Butterflies

[clydebirder]

On a recent visit to Fife I photographed several species of Butterflies, seems to be a good year for them


ABOVE & BELOW: Common Blue


BELOW: Small Tortoiseshell


BELOW Red Admiral


Really should pay more attention to these wonderful insects

cheers, John

[clydebirder]

Another butterfly from Fife

BELOW Painted Lady


cheers, John

[Twitcheruth]

Wow! Thanks for sharing these stunning images John!
The C.Blue and Painted Lady are just wonderful!

[amanda]

Love the Butterflie photos,managed to take a few to day they are as bad as the birds they do'nt stay still for long.Need a Butterfly book now!

[Chrissy]

Amanda, I find this site very useful

Identify a butterfly - Butterfly Conservation

Well, it has helped me a lot in the last few weeks

[Twitcheruth]

Originally Posted by Chrissy

Amanda, I find this site very useful

Identify a butterfly - Butterfly Conservation

Well, it has helped me a lot in the last few weeks

Thanks Chrissy.......and this one is useful too........

UK Butterflies

[Chrissy]

Oh and John, lovely photo's especially of the Common Blue. I took some of one recently and it looks very different on the top of the wings, is the male a lot bluer?

[clydebirder]

Originally Posted by Chrissy

Oh and John, lovely photo's especially of the Common Blue. I took some of one recently and it looks very different on the top of the wings, is the male a lot bluer?

Hi Chrissy, thank for your kind comments on my photo's. The female Common Blue has browner upperwings and look quite different from the males. Some of the males I saw were much paler and worn looking, most likely earlier hatched examples

cheers, John

[Chrissy]

Originally Posted by clydebirder

Hi Chrissy, thank for your kind comments on my photo's. The female Common Blue has browner upperwings and look quite different from the males. Some of the males I saw were much paler and worn looking, most likely earlier hatched examples

cheers, John

I did have to wait some time for it to open it's wings, I have more images of the undersides...but a lot browner!

[clydebirder]

Originally Posted by Chrissy

I did have to wait some time for it to open it's wings, I have more images of the undersides...but a lot browner!

Hi Chrissy, thats a female. Never managed to photograph a female so far

cheers, John