Thanks David

I found this Butterfly in Scotland whilst touring around. It was South West of Inverarary near a village called Minard. The exact location seen is marked by the arrow on the map from this link. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=196315&y=698110&z=120&sv=196315,698110&st=4&ar=y&...

Sorry for the late reply. I'm not used to a forum that doesn't send an email out alerting you to you receiving a reply. I haven't seen them since and I do that walk twice a day so I am not optimistic that I will see them again. You guys are probably right in your assumptions it's just that I have wa...

Hi Callum Definitely wasn't a Barred Straw. Too open and narrow winged, but I take your point about the possible weak markings of this moth. I have seen them virtually without markings until you take a very close look at them.. The Butterfly / Moth flew very close to me and briefly rested before fly...

No not that. As I said, the colour of a Brimstone and I couldn't see any markings. Yellow Shell is a well marked Moth plus is darker and also a different shape.

Unless I see it again, and can get a photo of it, I feel this is going to go down as unidentified. It's got me beat.

Hi Callum Thanks for your reply. I know my moths better than I know my Butterflies having trapped Moths for years. I did consider the Brimstone Moth at first but whilst the Brimstone Moth is relatively of a similar size to the Holly Blue I couldn't see any markings on the wings. I would have thought...

My first post in this group and it is an ID query. Yesterday, whilst out walking my dog in Coventry, two small Butterflies flew out from a nearby hedgerow. This hedgerow borders a large grassy field (ex school playing fields) and a large allotment area in a busy part of Coventry. The two butterflies...