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Large Heath butterfly on Cross-leaved Heath, Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia) butterfly nectaring on Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik
25 June 2022
Large Heath butterfly on Cross-leaved Heath, Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia) butterfly nectaring on Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik
25 June 2022
84-0921 Large heath butterfly, Gallangad Muir, Gartocharn
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CEP - Loch Lomond
Large Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha tullia), scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in Glasgow, but the butterfly was found on Gallangad Muir, Gartocharn.
01 July 1984
Large Heath butterfly, Braehead Moss, Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire
Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia) butterfly on Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Braehead Moss raised bog, South Lanarkshire. This is subspecies polydama, with indistinct eye spots, intermediate in appearance between the northern subspecies scotica and the English subspecies tullia. You can see its proboscis as it hunts for nectar in the Bell Heather.
08 July 2017
Large Heath butterfly, Braehead Moss, Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire
Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia) butterfly on Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Braehead Moss raised bog, South Lanarkshire. This is subspecies polydama, with indistinct eye spots, intermediate in appearance between the northern subspecies scotica and the English subspecies tullia.
08 July 2017
Heath Milkwort, Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig
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Allt Mhuic Loch Arkaig
Heath Milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia) on Butterfly Conservation Scotland's nature reserve at Allt Mhuic, Loch Arkaig, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2023
Small Heath at Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) at Grantown East, taken by David Palmar
21 July 2023
Small Heath, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) at Grantown East, taken by David Palmar
21 July 2023
Small Heath butterfly on Buttercup, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) butterfly on Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.), Great Cumbrae, taken by David Palmar
18 June 2022
Small Heath, Basildon Park
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
This Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) was taken at the National Trust property Basildon Park, in Berkshire by David Palmar. This butterfly has quite a distinct eye spot on the forewing, surrounded by orange colouration. The underwing consists of a variation of cream, brown and grey colours which form a slight scalloped band near the edges. Their total wingspan can vary between 34-38mm.
