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Meadow Brown
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:08 pm
by web4160
Saw this Meadow Brown in Gloucestershire on Tuesday. seems to be white where it would normally be orange!
Re: Meadow Brown
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:47 pm
by Vince Massimo
It's quite worn, but not enough to explain the very light colour so it appears to be a pale aberration, possibly ab. alba. Although they may well crop up quite regularly, they seldom get recorded because they are so difficult to photograph.
Here's one from a few years back together with another version (with twin eye-spots) which I saw today.
![IMG_0664-01G.jpg (158.72 KiB) Viewed 160 times Steyning, Sussex 17-August-2009](./files/thumb_3678_69aa08fc4cf83bff266c5b9e96c01273)
- Steyning, Sussex 17-August-2009
![IMG_2407-01G.jpg (130.76 KiB) Viewed 160 times Woldingham, Surrey 8-August-2012](./files/thumb_3678_7cd37a9688d1c1568d9421d6eab02b4e)
- Woldingham, Surrey 8-August-2012
And a "normal" one for comparison.............
![IMG_2490-01G.jpg (159.56 KiB) Viewed 160 times Woldingham, Surrey 8-August-2012](./files/thumb_3678_6495af3b3ced5767dabdeb3e85e3f63b)
- Woldingham, Surrey 8-August-2012
Conditions were prefect today for photographing Meadow Browns.
Vince