"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Rod" wrote
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rodsgarden/DSC_0008.jpg
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rodsgarden/DSC_0010.jpg
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rodsgarden/DSC_0011.jpg

butterflies look like 'meadow browns' to me

No, they're far too small - Meadow Browns are something we have at
home and they're 3 or 4 times larger than this baby.
Thanks for the reply though.

A Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) then?
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/speci...eath/index.htm
Males about 23mm according to my books, whereas the Meadow Brown is more
like 40 - 48mm.

not arguing ident but .. is this abdominal length ??
Picture here quotes wingspan of 40-60mm which would make abdominal length
(2nd vinctus to end) of about
10-15mm, abdominal length of 40mm would imply a wingspan of 120mm

http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/resea..._NUMBER=500472

nik