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Arctic skua, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) dark morph, Foula, with coloured rings on its legs to enable it to be identified.
28 June 2014
Arctic Skua in flight, Hirta, St Kilda
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Western Isles - St Kilda
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) dark morph (dark phase) in flight over its moorland habitat, Hirta, St Kilda
24 June 2011
Arctic Skua, Hirta, St Kilda
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Western Isles - St Kilda
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) in flight, Hirta, St Kilda.
24 June 2011
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
Dark Bordered Beauty moth (male), Insh Marshes
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Dark Bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. An extremely local species, occurring in only a couple of locations each in Scotland and northern England, the preferred habitat being damp woodland and wet heathland. Photo taken by David Palmar at Insh Marshes.
29 July 2023
Dark Bordered Beauty moth (female), Insh Marshes
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Dark Bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The female tends to be a lighter yellow than the male, it also has a deeper indentation in the dark border along the edge of the wings. Photo taken by David Palmar at Insh Marshes.
29 July 2023
Dark Bordered Beauty moth (male), Insh Marshes
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Dark Bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. An extremely local species, occurring in only a couple of locations each in Scotland and northern England, the preferred habitat being damp woodland and wet heathland. Photo taken by David Palmar at Insh Marshes.
29 July 2023
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!
