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Very windy on Arnside Knott today!

What are these?

1. Dark Green Fritillary.

2. High Brown Fritillary.

3. Dark Green Fritillary.

This is based on the upperwing spot, as shown here:



Cheers,

- Pete

Thanks Pete

Pete,

Thanks for pointing me to your site.

You reply above "This is based on the upperwing spot, as shown here: "

but I can't see anything there! Any idea why?

Thanks

Richard

Hi Richard,

The "as shown here:" is followed by an image that is actually on another website - which may have been unavailable at the time. So if you try again it might work!

The thumbnail (which is hyperlinked) resides at

http://upload4.postimage.org/670116/comparison.jpg

and the full image is at

http://upload4.postimage.org/670116/photo_hosting.html

Cheers,

- Pete

Thanks Pete, I can see the images now.

How reliable is this? I was photographing 4 frits following each other around this morning. I thought they were all HBFs. I definitely saw the underside of one - it was a HBF without doubt so i though they were all HBFs. However, my pics show at least 1 with a small spot and at least 1 a with large spot. I didn't check them all underneath - perhaps there was both HBFs and DGFs together?

Richard

Hi Richard,

DGF and HBF fly together at Arnside, which is why a) this makes things more difficult and b) distinguishing between the two is a very relevant question to ask!

I'd say that Dark Green definitely outweigh High Brown at Arnside, although the relative proportion varies. The Dark Green appear slightly earlier.

Cheers,

- Pete

Thanks

The ones I saw today were at Gait Barrows.

I attach a HBF I took at Arnside approx 3 weeks ago - seems to have a 'large' spot to me

Richard

Hi Richard,

I believe this *is* High Brown, but this isn't because of the size of any spot. It's because the 3rd spot is indented, as shown in the figure in a previous post. Hope this helps!

Cheers,

- Pete

Yep - I see what you mean.

Thanks.

Richard

hi pete

when you say the third spot is indented i guess you meen set further back and not aligned with the first larger two if so ive seen the light amazing i just thought it was the size if the spot or its absence

best

eric

That's it!

Cheers,

- Pete