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help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:17 pm
by kieran_c
I would be grateful if anyone could ID the two butterflies I photgraphed in cornwall last week.
unknown 2 is not a great photo but perhaps its good enough for an ID.
Cheers,
Kieran.
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:29 pm
by Dave R
No 2 is a Speckled Wood
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:05 am
by Charles Nicol
the antennae on the first one look a bit mothy
charles
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:12 am
by Tony Moore
They both look a bit 'moth eaten'
AM
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:57 pm
by thepostieles
yeah first one s a moth second one speckled wood
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:53 pm
by Dormouse
First one I'd hazard a guess at a type of carpet moth. Why not post in on Back-Garden Moths - they enjoy a challenge?!
DM
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:53 pm
by kieran_c
Thanks for the replies.
Cheers,
Kieran
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:20 pm
by Grove
i would be grateful if anyone could tell me what this butterfly species might be - thanks in anticipation
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:30 pm
by eccles
It's a speckled wood, same as post two above except yours is a male (note the longer slimmer abdomen). The second brood is in full swing now and there are lots of them about, in or near woodland.
Re: help with a couple of identifications
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:56 pm
by hjalava
kieran_c wrote:I would be grateful if anyone could ID the two butterflies I photgraphed in cornwall last week.
unknown 2 is not a great photo but perhaps its good enough for an ID.
Cheers,
Kieran.
1. Common Carpet (
Epirrhoe alternata).