"The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly."
Ponce Denis Ecouchard Lebrun
Rather apt, I think!My recent laps around the river trail on the bike have paid off not only with several reasonable bird shots, but also with a few half-decent butterfly photos too. Now whilst my knowledge of the local bird population is pretty good, I know very little when it comes to butterflies. That it would seem, needs to change.
Some time ago, I posted on the butterflies I had so far managed to spot. They were the Cabbage White and the Common Brown Butterfly. Recently however, I spotted a few pairs of wings which I hadn't seen before. After some research, I also started looking a little more closely at what I had assumed was a homogeneous population of Common Brown Butterflies and discovered that all was not as it seemed.
During today's ride I snapped the following photos of what I believe was a Meadow Argus Butterfly a little upstream of the Queen's Park Bridge:
Meadow Argus Butterfly |
Meadow Argus Butterfly |
On the opposite side of the river and a little downstream of the aforementioned bridge, I also came across this guy:
Yellow Admiral Butterfly |
Underside of a Yellow Admiral Butterfly |
These were my "captures" for today, however a couple of days ago, I also took the following shot, but have been unable to identify the subject - whether butterfly or moth:
It was quite spectacular in flight with flashes of red as it fluttered around before finally coming to land on this branch, but try as I might, I can't find it on-line.
Ideas anyone?
Hi Jo. It's a Grapevine Moth Phalaenoides glycinae, a day-flying moth. Beautiful aren't they.
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Thanks Lorraine. Knew someone would be able to tell me! Yes, it was quite striking when it was in the air.
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