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Monday, 23 March 2015

Small Tortoiseshell

I found this Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on a cherry tree this morning in the Parkland. In fact I didn't expect to see any butterflies as the temperature was not really warm enough. High up in the tree it was not moving from that spot as it was enjoying the limited warmth from the sun on what was a cool morning. Having recently emerged from hibernation this is likely to be a male as it will habitually bask in the sun in the morning and look for females in the afternoon.
The male is smaller than the female, 50mm as opposed to 56mm.

1/640 at f8.  400mm.  ISO200





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26 comments:

  1. Simon Douglas Thompson23 March 2015 at 15:55

    He's in relatively good nick too! I'm still drawing a butterfly blank alas, although as with you the blossom is calling in the honey bees

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  2. FAB23 March 2015 at 18:09

    A very nice find Roy.

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  3. Nette Cecilia23 March 2015 at 19:24

    Lovley ,i can feel sprintime ,Nette

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  4. Nathailes SANTA MARIA23 March 2015 at 21:16

    Hi Roy
    The last picture is very great !!!!
    Hugs

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  5. grammie g23 March 2015 at 22:48

    Hey Roy... Sigh* I can only wait to see such a sight here. Just beautiful shots of this butterfly, and the setting with the cherry blooms and blue sky...very nice! : )

    Grace

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  6. Linda Yarrow23 March 2015 at 23:56

    Lovely pictures of the Tortoiseshell butterfly, lovely to see them again, I hope they will have a good year :-)

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  7. The Furry Gnome24 March 2015 at 01:15

    Nice butterflies! How do you get them so early in the season? We don't see many til June.

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    1. Roy Norris24 March 2015 at 16:04

      Thanks FG.
      We start to get butterflies during March from Hibernation.

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  8. Unknown24 March 2015 at 10:32

    Gorgeous photos!

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  9. Amanda Peters24 March 2015 at 20:08

    Lovely shots, still waiting...even the blossom is taking it's time to come out round here.
    Amanda xx

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  10. NCSue25 March 2015 at 09:19

    He's a beautiful butterfly!!!
    Please come share at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/03/springtime-at-last.html

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  11. Millymollymandy26 March 2015 at 05:00

    What a beautiful sight. Envious of that cherry blossom, you are miles ahead of here! :-)

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    1. Roy Norris27 March 2015 at 22:22

      Thanks Mandy. Its not all good as we have had a few cold days now.

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  12. Helma30 March 2015 at 20:06

    So, that's very early that you can photograph eenkleien fox. In the Netherlands, I have not seen this yet. Beautiful pictures.

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    1. Roy Norris31 March 2015 at 00:14

      Thanks Helma. I would expect to see this as one of the first.

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  13. Ana Freire2 April 2015 at 21:49

    Quite remarkable all these images, Roy!
    I love the perspectives of these images... and the combination of colors is stunning...

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    1. Roy Norris3 April 2015 at 00:26

      Thanks Ana. I was lucky to get them like that.

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