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Meadow Brown For Sure

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Posted by Brett Lewis on August 18, 2009 at 4:39 AM
Meadow Brown For Sure
Another from my recent outing with Adders :biggrin: This time without the bee who was to busy to hang around but this Meadow brown was very obliging..

Have a good day folks,

Brett


Canon 5D MKII, Sigma 150mm, HH
1/1300 @ f7.1, ISO 1250 (don't know why :confused:)
Posted by kevin Treadwell on August 18, 2009 at 6:19 AM
Hi Brett

Super shot and a great background!!!!

What time was this taken???

Kevin
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on August 18, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Great colours and perhaps unintentional, but I like the way the butterfly's head is framed by the lighter area. Great stuff! :toast:

Simon
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 18, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Very nice lovely colours and background :smile:
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 18, 2009 at 8:01 AM
Thanks Guys,

Kevin: This was taken at about 11:30am about 10 days ago..

Kind regards,

Brett :wavey:
Posted by Craig Jones on August 18, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Beautiful composition,stunning colours and detail,lovely shot Brett :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on August 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Nicely captured. Lovely colours and background. Looks a better specimen than my dowdy pair :wink:
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 19, 2009 at 5:22 AM
After keep going back and forth between my shot and Maggie's as well as trawling my ID guides I'm a little confused over the actual ID of this one but since it has 2 white dots in the eye I think this might be a Small heath as well.. Anyone got any real idea..? :confused:
Posted by Justin on August 19, 2009 at 5:33 AM
An attractive and well captured butterfly image. Sorry, can't help with the I.D.
Posted by PhilH on August 19, 2009 at 5:47 AM
Nice one Brett... I believe this is a Meadow Brown (female), AFAIK the Small Heath only has a single white spot int eh 'eye' whereas the Meadow Brown often has a smaller second spot.

Speak soon

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 19, 2009 at 6:44 AM
Thanks Guys.. Thanks Phil, I also had it confirmed by UK Butterflies experts and they too said it was a MB.. :biggrin: My ID isn't so bad after all.. :biggrin:
Posted by Peter Woods on August 19, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Lovely image, but I think you will find this is a GateKeeper Butterfly, it has 2 eye dots on each patch as yours and the wings although closed have more orange on the upper wing than a meadow brown.
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 19, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Sorry Peter but have had it confirmed with the experts at Butterfly conservation and they tell me that it is most definitely a Meadow brown. The number of spots is variable according to them and this butterfly was bigger than the Gatekeepers that were around at the same time. Gatekeepers also have apparent ocelli in their underwing of the hind wings which is not present in the Meadow brown.. Thanks anyway.

Brett :wavey:
Posted by Peter Woods on August 19, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Brett
I stand corrected then :wink:
Posted by Matt Cole on August 19, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I would agree that it has the larger look of a MB. A very attractive shot Brett, nicely taken.

Matt :toast: