Large Tortoiseshell

Paul Iddon

All photos of the butterfly sat on a thistle plant.












Upside down on the plant!







And the obligatory close close up!







Paul.

GOLDENORFE

great shots Paul , it is a Small Tortoiseshell.
painted ladys are bigger and have white spots and blocks on wings.

like #1 best.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Paul Iddon

GOLDENORFE wrote:

great shots Paul , it is a Small Tortoiseshell.
painted ladys are bigger and have white spots and blocks on wings.

like #1 best.
phil

Thanks Phil (I amended the title.. )


Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely series Paul- certainly allowed you to get close
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Cheers Brian.

Took me ages, and I was sweating cobs by the time I had finished!


Paul.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

All photos of the butterfly sat on a thistle plant.
Upside down on the plant!

And the obligatory close close up!

Paul.

Nice work Paul, wonder if it was too tired to fly away.
I love the pretty pattern around the edges of it's wings

It's got an ugly face though
Thanks for sharing .... Skippy
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Paul Iddon

Skippy wrote:

Wonder if it was too tired to fly away.

The last time I saw it was as it flew away toward one of the houses on the estate. Oddly, it flew AWAY from the evening sunlight's direction, headed eastwards...


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