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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Marvellous Marbled

The Marbled White Butterfly (Melanargia galathea)

I was pleasantly surprised to find Marbled White on the wing yesterday, which is about the earliest I have found it in this part of the country (from my records anyway).

I was also fortunate to get some shots of the few that I observed, as generally at this early period in their flight time they tend to be very 'skittish', never remaining pitched for any sensible time for photography.  
This suggests to me that I must have caught them on the first day of emerging.










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21 comments:

  1. The Herald18 June 2014 at 08:32

    Great find Roy and a cracking set of images. I've not seen any around this area yet!...[;o)

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    1. Roy Norris18 June 2014 at 12:58

      Thanks Trevor. I think I was lucky for a change.{:))

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  2. Roy Norris18 June 2014 at 12:58

    Thanks Gunilla, they are a little different from most of our spices.

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  3. holdingmoments18 June 2014 at 17:07

    Superb set Roy.

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  4. John18 June 2014 at 19:29

    Very nice Roy! Hoping to get my first ones fairly soon. Still find it hard to believe that the Marbled White is a 'Brown' butterfly!
    J
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    1. Roy Norris18 June 2014 at 21:31

      Thanks John, they are at H and H.
      Yes brown butterfly, its a bit of a joke really.

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  5. FAB18 June 2014 at 20:01

    A very nice find Roy. From memory my earliest sighting last year was the 1st week of June. Is everything going to be early this year?

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    1. Roy Norris18 June 2014 at 21:32

      Thanks Frank, maybe it will, which means a lot of guess work as to when things are coming out.

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  6. The Quacks of Life18 June 2014 at 20:13

    lovely capture. only ever seen one!!

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  7. Linda Yarrow18 June 2014 at 22:51

    Beautiful captures of this butterfly Roy :-) I have yet to see one this year.

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  8. grammie g19 June 2014 at 01:58

    Hey Roy... Striking looking butterfly, and very nice photo's of a cooperating subject!!

    Grace

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  9. FAB19 June 2014 at 19:21

    Roy. Just thought I'd let you know that I saw 20+ up on the North Downs this morning.

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  10. Amanda Peters19 June 2014 at 21:12

    Stunning photos of a beautiful Butterfly..
    Amanda x

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  11. Christian Perrin20 June 2014 at 00:07

    A great series of photos! It's interesting how the simple colours can add up to something so beautiful when arranged in such a lovely pattern.

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  12. Helma22 June 2014 at 20:12

    We do not have this beautiful butterfly in nature.
    Great to see :-)

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