+-+(I+THINK)+-+MAY+16TH+2013+-+INDIVIDUAL+TWO+(WHICH+MIGHT+BE+SAME+AS+ONE)+-+1+-+IMG_3935+-+cr.jpg "Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on leaf with wings part open.") |
Speckled Wood Butterfly (Parage aergeria) on Brambles
May 16th 2013
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I was photographing dandelions. I couldn't stop photographing dandelions. I love dandelions.
A sign came up on my camera to say the battery was almost spent.
When a butterfly arrived.
As I chased it around, it struck me that we are a bit conventional when it comes to butterflies.
We like to see the pretty side of their wings.
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Speckled Wood Butterfly - Parage aegeria
May 16th 2013
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We like them to stop a moment. Even the undersides of their wings are interesting.
But, just as I showed the face of the Red Admiral in the last post. (Did you notice its curled and withdrawn proboscis?) I thought you might like to see the rear end of this Speckled Wood butterfly. (Pararge aegeria)
+-+MAY+16TH+2013+-+INDIVIDUAL+TWO+(WHICH+MIGHT+BE+SAME+AS+ONE)+-+2+-+IMG_3936cr.jpg "Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) from behind.") |
Speckled Wood Butterfly - Parage aegeria
May 16th 2013
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I wish I had such an elegant bottom!
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For the UK Butterflies Speckled Wood Page - click HERE.
And to go to its page on the Learn About Butterflies site - click HERE.
The links will take you to lots of information about the Speckled Wood but perhaps I should mention here that however dramatic it looks in the pictures, this isn't a large butterfly. I doubt each wing of this individual was as much as an inch from body to tip.
The links will take you to lots of information about the Speckled Wood but perhaps I should mention here that however dramatic it looks in the pictures, this isn't a large butterfly. I doubt each wing of this individual was as much as an inch from body to tip.
