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Friday, 10 July 2015

Silver-Washed Fritillary Butterfly

The Silver-washed Fritillary Butterfly (Argynnis aglaja).
 A large species, the female's wingspan measures some 76 mm and the male 72mm.
The most common and widespread of our Fritillaries, that said it is still low in numbers as opposed to our more common species generally. A woodland Butterfly emerging at the beginning of July. 

Male

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24 comments:

  1. Margaret Birding For Pleasure10 July 2015 at 08:40

    HI Roy Onceagain, these images are marvellous of this very beautiful butterfly

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  2. Midmarsh John10 July 2015 at 08:48

    Great photos of a beautiful flutter.

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  3. Ian Doyle10 July 2015 at 10:06

    Super shots Roy.

    I thought I'd spotted one of these but I think it's a Dark Green Fritillary instead, what do you think (http://my-30dayswild-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/day-27-look-for-lizards-in-sand-dunes.html)

    Cheers

    Ian

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  4. Anthony's Garden10 July 2015 at 12:14

    beautiful pictures :)

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  5. The Quacks of Life10 July 2015 at 13:10

    nice shots Roy!

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  6. grammie g10 July 2015 at 14:21

    Hey Roy..I have been trying to get a shot of a fritillary we have here, but darn it get's it's name well. It just flits about to much. It looks like you are quicker than I.

    Very nice shot's, my favorites are #5, and the last one. Love being able to see there eyes like in #5 .

    Grace

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    1. Roy Norris11 July 2015 at 11:53

      Thanks GG, yes they don't hang around.{:))

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  7. Wilma10 July 2015 at 15:01

    Great shots.

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  8. Nathailes SANTA MARIA10 July 2015 at 15:19

    Hi Roy
    What a good picture ! The sharpness is very very great.
    Hugs

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  9. Linda Yarrow10 July 2015 at 21:50

    Lovely pictures Roy, this is one butterfly I did manage to get pictures of at Martin Down.

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  10. FAB11 July 2015 at 00:15

    Always a joy to see this species emerge.

    Excellent series Roy.

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  11. miss-cherry12 July 2015 at 16:36

    Piękne kadry.

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  12. Unknown14 July 2015 at 10:02

    Fabulous photos of this beautiful butterfly.

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  13. Ana Freire18 July 2015 at 01:51

    What can I say?... Pure poetry in each image of this sequence...

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