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Meadow Brown with extra white spots in eyespot
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:44 pm
by EricY
![P1780386 Meadow Brown 2 whites in eyespot.jpg (162.56 KiB) Viewed 374 times Meadow Brown with 2 white spots in eyespot](./files/thumb_10319_a3cdafe7bde2850257e27667b9b18de3)
- Meadow Brown with 2 white spots in eyespot
Last Thursday in Norfolk I photographed this Meadow Brown with a largish 2nd white spot in the eyespot. Any observations on how often this occurs? Earlier in month I also photographed one with a small 2nd white spot just like the subspecies "cassiteridum" in Adrian Riley's book. Eric
Re: Meadow Brown with extra white spots in eyespot
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:22 pm
by MikeOxon
There was a short thread about double-spotted Meadow Browns, a few years ago:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6357
I've seen a few more since then but they're not common. I rather enjoy confounding the old 'rule' that two spots = Gatekeeper
Mike
Re: Meadow Brown with extra white spots in eyespot
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:16 am
by EricY
![P1780028 Meadow Brown small extra white spot in eye.jpg (159.15 KiB) Viewed 284 times Meadow Brown small extra white eyespot](./files/thumb_10319_119fe02d2c13e2a89d7316bdd1203898)
- Meadow Brown small extra white eyespot
Thanks Mike for that link, interesting. I now also post this photo with the smaller 2nd white eyespot. Eric