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Dark Green Fritillary, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) at Grantown East. The proboscis has been inserted into the flower, demostrating how butterflies feed from the nectar produced by flowers.
24 July 2024
Dark Green Fritillary, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) at Grantown East
24 July 2024
Dark Green Fritillary, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) at Grantown East. The proboscis has been inserted into the flower, demostrating how butterflies feed from the nectar produced by flowers.
24 July 2024
Small Heath, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) at Grantown East
24 July 2024
Northern Brown Argus, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxus) at Grantown East
24 July 2024
Dark Green Fritillary butterfly, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) butterfly, Grantown East, Speyside, taken by David Palmar. From the top, the butterfly is orange with black markings, and doesn't look green. The "dark green" refers to the underwing, which has white patches and in many cases the green isn't actually very dark!
28 July 2023
Meadow Brown butterfly near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
A fresh example of a Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) butterfly near Grantown-on-Spey, showing good contrast and colour saturation on its wings, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Northern Brown Argus butterfly underwings, near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) butterfly showing its underwings, near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
25 June 2023
Northern Brown Argus butterfly upperwings near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) butterfly showing its upperwings near Grantown-on-Spey taken by David Palmar. The (largely Scottish) Northern Brown Argus can be distinguished by its white dots on the upper forewing from its (largely English) cousin which has black dots instead.
25 June 2023
Northern Brown Argus butterfly upperwings near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) butterfly showing its upperwings near Grantown-on-Spey taken by David Palmar. The (largely Scottish) Northern Brown Argus can be distinguished by its white dots on the upper forewing from its (largely English) cousin which has black dots instead.
