On 30 June on St. Mary's, in a rare sunny interlude, I spotted a butterfly that looked decidedly like a Wall Brown but was much lighter, even yellowish. It was in an allotment and as I didn't want to trespass I was unable to obtain a photograph but studied it through binoculars. It was resting with ...

Dave McCormick wrote:Guys, while we are on this subject, what is this one I took today?

Common Darter (M)

Thanks everyone for helping with my Fritillary pictures. I am now going back over my Skipper pictures and would like you experts to confirm what I have here. I believe 1 = Large, 2 and 3 = Small, but I'm far from certain. http://upload2.postimage.org/167215/Skipper_Large3_Filzmoos30Jun06.jpg http://...

@Pete: maybe cause I have seen so many around, I got bored with them? like the ringlets, so common that I get fed up with seeing them so much. Other species like DG Fratillary or skippers would excite me more as I don't get to see them much. A Fresh(ish) Ringlet: http://upload2.postimage.org/166270...

Thanks for everyone's help in this. I think I suspected that Heath might be involved but wondered about another one as the darker ones seemed just plain stubborn in not showing their undersides.

Boy - this is one of the hardest ID posts ever! I don't have any magic answers, but can provide some input. Here goes: For the images you've provided, and location information, we're choosing between: Knapweed Fritillary False Heath Fritillary Assmann's Fritillary Nickerl's Fritillary Heath Fritill...

I was in Slovenia at the beginning of this month at an altitude just over 800 metres. I took the attached pictures there and have gone through a number of potential species but am still not sure. I'm sure that some of them are Heath Fritillary, but there might be some different ones as well, e.g. Fa...