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Ringlet
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:39 pm
by JIMCOBB49
I saw this butterfly today,5/7/2020,which appears to be a ringlet with no rings.Am I correct?
Re: Ringlet
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:59 pm
by Padfield
It is indeed - ab.
arete. Very good find!
See:
http://www.britishbutterflyaberrations. ... berrations
(halfway down the page).
Guy
Re: Ringlet
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:54 pm
by JIMCOBB49
Thanks Guy.Although this is not a butterfly, this fly was seen at the same time-do you know if this is mites on the fly and is this normal? Jim
Sweet Track
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:35 pm
by Medard
Today at the Sweet Track 06-07-2020
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Cloudy so the winged wonders were uncooperative ,however my first Gatekeeper seen.
(Pyronia tithonus)
,
Female ? Large Skipper,
Speckled Wood
a Moth for identification,
a scary looking insect perhaps someone can put a name to it,
and a Dragon, ditto..
Re: Ringlet
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:31 pm
by JIMCOBB49
The scary looking insect is a scorpionfly.
Re: Ringlet
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:17 pm
by Allan.W.
Hello James ,
Your Dragonfly is a Southern Hawker ,and your moth Marbled White spot (rather worn !) protedeltote Pygarga.
(happy to be corrected !) Regards Allan.W.
Re: Ringlet
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:12 am
by Medard
by JIMCOBB49 ยป Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:31 pm
The scary looking insect is a scorpionfly.
Hello James ,Your Dragonfly is a Southern Hawker ,and your moth Marbled White spot (rather worn !) protedeltote Pygarga.
(happy to be corrected !) Regards Allan.W.
Thank you both for your input.
I managed to find another scorpionfly, picture showing its scorpion like tail.
Good numbers of Ringlets along the old Somerset and Dorset Railway line track.
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