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03 June 2012
Speckled Wood Butterfly?
Perched on the old bath we use as a planter. I think it's a gatekeeper but I'm not sure... Thanls toStan I've looked gai and I think he's right and it's a SpPeckled Brown
Comparing this beauty with the examples in Sterry's Complete Irish Wildlife, I'd say it's a Speckled Wood. Book says it "favours clearings and [is] fond of sunbathing". Sounds like most people I know!
Comparing this beauty with the examples in Sterry's Complete Irish Wildlife, I'd say it's a Speckled Wood. Book says it "favours clearings and [is] fond of sunbathing". Sounds like most people I know!
ReplyDeleteI think you are right on the ID Stan. And in our garden it was sunbathing!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so pretty on the blue background. I really like pale blue and brown together.
ReplyDeleteIt makes a nice contrast doesn't it
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