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In my new and growing collection of butterfly images, there are a couple I took this week where I'm not entirely happy with my own amateur attempts at identifying them. I THINK they are a Meadow Brown and a Wall Brown but they don't quite match the images here or in the books. Any advise or thoughts would be appreciated.
Many thanks.
Ted

(Images are attachments - one day I'll find out how to stick 'em in the text box, lol.)

The first is Speckled wood, but the second is correct.

Wow, thanks for the quick reply. Just shows my advancing years are inversely proportional to my identification skills, lol. I've already got a couple of images of the underside of a Speckled Wood from a couple of years ago but still failed to spot the similarity. Thanks too for confirming the Meadow Brown was correct. It didn't quite look right to me - not orange enough around the eye and darker around the wing edges than I'd expected - so I appreciate the reassurance.
Thanks again.
Ted

I'd say it is a worn sample. The orange has faded and the white scales at the edges are almost gone.

A Wall Brown would be a good find nowadays - they have become quite scarce, especially inland. Speckled Woods conversely have become very common.

Jack

Jack Harrison wrote:A Wall Brown would be a good find nowadays - they have become quite scarce, especially inland. Speckled Woods conversely have become very common.

Jack

Correct. Wall Browns were ten a penny during my childhood years in NW England but I've yet to see one in the two and a half years I've been living in Wales.

What's happened to them?

The Wall Brown is said to be quite widespread here in Cornwall so I'll keep my eyes peeled and if I manage to get an image of one I'll let the forum know. You've set me a challenge now, lol. I just hope I can live up to it.
Ted