Botany Bay.
- P.J.Underwood
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Botany Bay.
This Sunday,as well as seeing many grey Wood Whites,I saw my first Wall of the season.
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Re: Botany Bay.
Hi Philip - that looks like a Speckled Wood to me!
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Re: Botany Bay.
That's what I thought at first,but I was puzzled by the rings on the lower wing all being the same uniform larger size,as in the Wall,as in Collin's giude.
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Pete is, of course, right, though. The sizes of ocelli vary greatly in many browns and that is not a reliable feature for identification. The colours and markings of this butterfly are unambiguous.
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Re: Botany Bay.
I live two miles west of Botany Bay and have never seen a Wall but now that you point out the similarities I shall gives the Speckled Woods a second glance.
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Re: Botany Bay.
I am sure Pete is always right.I just find all these small differences rather difficult and the guides don't always give the correct picture.But,I do know all about animal diseases,that is what I am qualified in!
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I'm not In fact, I know I'm notP.J.Underwood wrote:I am sure Pete is always right.
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Re: Botany Bay.
Definitely a SW.
Re: Botany Bay.
Ohhhh yes you are! Or you would have been but for the above post, which is the once you are wrong, so ooooooh no your not!Pete Eeles wrote:I'm not In fact, I know I'm notP.J.Underwood wrote:I am sure Pete is always right.
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Have we gone all panto?
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.
Re: Botany Bay.
Sorry, silly is my default mode. I'll try and be serious.Lee Hurrell wrote:Have we gone all panto?
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No no, I like silly
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.