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Two Peacock butterflies on white buddleia
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Two Peacock butterflies on white buddleia
08 August 2009
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on white buddleia
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on white buddleia.
15 August 2009
Red Admiral butterfly on white buddleia
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Red Admiral butterfly on white buddleia, showing its proboscis curled up.
15 August 2009
Red Admiral butterfly on white buddleia
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
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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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
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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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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Portree area
White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight, Skye
01 July 2011
Greater Butterfly Orchid, Lochgair, Argyllshire
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CEP - Loch Gair
Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) around Loch Gair, Argyllshire. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar
02 December 2016
Green-veined White, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
Green-veined White (Pieris napi) on Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum), taken by David Palmar. This is a female, spring brood individual. Later in the season the dark grey/brown colouration on the upperwing becomes less obvious.
06 August 2023
White Campion, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
White Campion (Silene latifolia), taken by David Palmar. The flower has five petals that are deeply notched.