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Pararge aegeria
Whilst out doing some wildlife photography with my son we came across this beautiful butterfly. The Speckled Wood is a common butterfly and familiar to many observers, especially in woodland where, as its name suggests, it is most often found. The appearance of this butterfly changes from north to south, forming a "cline", where individuals in the north are dark brown with white spots, with those in more southerly locations being dark brown with orange spots. This has given rise to a number of named subspecies.
As its names suggests, this butterfly is woodland, but can be found anywhere there is sufficient scrub to provide the shaded conditions that this butterfly favours which includes gardens and hedgerows.
Pair discovered in Sampsons Wood. Warm afternoon when the sun was out but chilly when under cloud cover. Discovered a pair which looked like they were following each other around. Allowed to get fairly close to photograph, although Kieran attempted to get too close and they flew off quickly
Spotted on Apr 13, 2012
Submitted on Apr 13, 2012
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nice one!