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Two Peacock butterflies on white buddleia
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Two Peacock butterflies on white buddleia
08 August 2009
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on white buddleia
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on white buddleia.
15 August 2009
Red Admiral butterfly on white buddleia
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Red Admiral butterfly on white buddleia, showing its proboscis curled up.
15 August 2009
Red Admiral butterfly on white buddleia
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Red Admiral butterfly on white buddleia, showing its wings spread out. Quite often it feeds with its wings folded.
15 August 2009
Peacock butterfly on white Buddleia
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) on a White Buddleia (Buddleja davidii). Peacocks hibernate over winter, and because of this are one of the first butterflies to emerge in early spring. With large eyespots which give it its name, the Peacock can be seen on any sunny day throughout its Scottish range. In May they will lay clusters of up to 500 eggs mainly on Nettle (Urtica dioica). Caterpillars will feed throughout June and will pupate alone, emerging from July. The 'Butterfly bush' Buddleia offers a rich nectar source and will attract Peacocks and other butterflies to gardens around the late summer.
15 August 2009
White tailed eagle in flight, Skye
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Skye - Portree area
White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight, Skye, with a Lesser Black Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) hoping for some remains of a fish
01 July 2011
White tailed eagle in flight, Skye
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Skye - Portree area
White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight, Skye
01 July 2011
Common Bluebells, Ardeer
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
The blue and white varieties of the native Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Ardeer, Ayrshire
04 May 2024
White-spotted Sable, Glasdrum
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Argyllshire - Glasdrum
White-spotted Sable moth (Anania funebris) at the National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Glasdrum, Argyllshire.
18 May 2024
Green-viened White, Broomhill Allotments
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Green-veined White (Pieris napi), from the Pieridae family, resting on leaves at the Broomhill Allotments.
