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Spoof Red Admiral
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:55 pm
by Jack Harrison
I am told that there is a spoof picture in today's Times newspaper of a Tortoiseshell with the caption Red Admiral (or something like that).
I no longer read The Times since they stared charging to view online. Anyone any info on the "Red Tortie"?
Jack
Re: Spoof Red Admiral
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:20 pm
by PhilBJohnson
Hi Jack,
I put a comment about this under "silly sightings" ,
regards,
Philip
Re: Spoof Red Admiral
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:30 pm
by David M
Why
do so many people mistake Small Tortoiseshells for Red Admirals?
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Re: Spoof Red Admiral
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:51 am
by PhilBJohnson
I personally don't like any "butterfly on snow" images unless it can be shown that they were genuinely taken with the butterflies best interests in mind. I don't think Butterfly Conservation should sell butterfly merchandise like this simply because it is too easy to take a "dopey" butterfly out of hibernation and get it to pose on top of ones Christmas Tree ! (This might not have anything to do with that picture in The Times). I start from the premise that a butterfly does not want to be on the snow.
Re: Spoof Red Admiral
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:30 am
by peterc
David M wrote:Why
do so many people mistake Small Tortoiseshells for Red Admirals?
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
Education, education, education! Or not
I read the current issue of the BBC Wildlife magazine last night and was particularly interested what Chris Packham wrote. He commented that he visited a university with one of the best zoology courses in the UK. He found that almost all first-year successful students could not tell the difference between a Blackbird from a Starling or a Chaffinch. Or a Small Tortoiseshell from a Peacock or a Red Admiral. A sad state of affairs.
Peter