Name my butterfly
(looking for a type, rather than Fred or Betty Butterfly)
It's got very raggedy wing edges, looks impressively like a dead leaf when wings are closed. On opening they are orangey with dark spots in a kind of mottled pattern, I think (weren't open long). It's currently sat in the sun on a bunch of grapes. -- |
Name my butterfly
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Name my butterfly
Willi wrote:
It's got very raggedy wing edges, looks impressively like a dead leaf when wings are closed. On opening they are orangey with dark spots in a kind of mottled pattern, I think (weren't open long). It's currently sat in the sun on a bunch of grapes. That was probably a "Comma" (Polygonia c-album). Looking at the pictures, I think you're probably right, thank you http://www.searchlotto.co.uk/yhs_sea...rfly&cid=13010 Although the one I had was much darker on the inside than those photos show (although they're probably all flash-lit or bright sunlighted) and the edges were /much/ more raggedy. |
Name my butterfly
On Saturday, September 8, 2012 1:15:06 PM UTC+1, (unknown) wrote:
Willi wrote: It's got very raggedy wing edges, looks impressively like a dead leaf when wings are closed. On opening they are orangey with dark spots in a kind of mottled pattern, I think (weren't open long). It's currently sat in the sun on a bunch of grapes. That was probably a "Comma" (Polygonia c-album). Looking at the pictures, I think you're probably right, thank you http://www.searchlotto.co.uk/yhs_sea...rfly&cid=13010 Although the one I had was much darker on the inside than those photos show (although they're probably all flash-lit or bright sunlighted) and the edges were /much/ more raggedy. The colours can vary quite a lot with commas. Newly emerged specimens will sometimes appear darker than ones which have lived for some weeks. Ones that have been flapping around in someone's garden shed window for a day or two before the door finally opens and they can return to the big wide world will have almost translucent wings. |
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