Aug 12
Butterflies
So I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at butterfly photography. The few feeble attempts I’ve made so far haven’t amounted to much, so I decided that next year I will make a proper effort. But this morning I noticed that the bush in front of my house was getting constant attention from two sorts of butterflies, small tortoiseshells (Aglais urticae) and, umm, this fella below, I’ll gratefully receive any ID help you can spare me…
Happily, that’s full frame (the 300mm + 21mm ext. tube is perfect for the job!) but maybe one day I will learn how to get them to actually face me…
I’d say it is either dark green fritillary (Speyeria aglaja) or high brown fritillary (Fabriciana adibbe). Cannot say for sure without seeing the underwing.
Neat shot, very good beginning! I welcome you to the world of fast moving subjects
Thanks! It probably has to be the high brown fritillary then - it was quite large, a bit bigger than the small tortoiseshell. Dunno why my bugbook doesn’t have either of them, but then again it’s just a small field guide. And now I remembered to check the good old Kotimaan Luonto-opas, and sure enough they’re both there.