Liten fläckmätare - Lomaspilis marginata - Clouded Border

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Liten fläckmätare - Lomaspilis marginata - Clouded Border
NF Photo 140701

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Mindre bastardsvärmare - Zygaena viciae - New Forest Burnet

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Mindre bastardsvärmare - Zygaena viciae - New Forest Burnet

NF Photo 140716

Om Mindre bastardsvärmare på Lepidoptera
About  New Forest Burnet on Lepidoptera
 Fjärils / Butterfly gallery

I had a request of reopening NF Winged. A meme for everything winged like flies, butterflies, bugs, birds and such. Winged critters really. If you are interested in that please make a comment at:

NF Winged Interest survey
 Nature Notes   NF Blo-Ma

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Aspfjäril - Limenitis populi - Poplar admiral

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Aspfjäril - Limenitis populi - Poplar admiral 

NF Photo 140702, Hagsätter

Om Aspfjäril på NR
About Poplar admiral on wiki
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Pärlgräsfjäril - Coenonympha arcania - Pearly Heath

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© NF Photo 110630

© NF Photo 140626

© NF Photo 140705

Pärlgräsfjäril - Coenonympha arcania - Pearly Heath

Normally you never see the upper part of the wing. The Pearly Heath always move the wings together when it sits on a plant. I hae been lucky twice and managed to get flying shots of it.
 

Today I noted something I have never seen before. It was windy and if you look carefully on the last image the butterfly has folded both wings to the side avoiding the wind by laying the wings close to the leaf.

This butterfly is damaged on the upper wing so the little dark red area is the lower wing.

 Fjärils / Butterfly gallery

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Cabbage White and Comma

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The Large White (Pieris brassicae), also called Cabbage Butterfly, Cabbage White, Rapsfjäril - Pieris napi - Green-veined White
lol, a butterfly with lots of names. :)

 Vinbärsfuks - Polygonia c-album - Comma 

NF Photo 140425, Carl Ugglas park

It is a good feeling to see them flying again. Really nice.

Saturdays Critters
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The first ones to awake this spring

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Nässelfjäril - Small Tortoiseshell  and    Citronfjäril - Brimstone
NF Photo 140312

The first ones to awake this spring. So nice to see them.

Saturdays Critters 15
 Fjärils / Butterfly gallery

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Costa Rican butterfly

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NF Photo 110211, Copal, Costa Rica

This is a butterfly I captured during my stay in Copal, Costa Rica in jan-feb 2011. Of course I don´t know what species it is. But I thought we all need something beautiful to look at.

NF Winged

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Eldsnabbvinge - Thecla betulae - Brown Hairstreak

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Eldsnabbvinge - Thecla betulae - Brown Hairstreak 

NF Photo 130810, Mogetorp

One of the prettiest butterflies we have and  I have only seen it twice. And both times this summer.

NF Winged
Orange Friday  Nature Notes
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Eldsnabbvinge - Thecla betulae - Brown Hairstreak

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Eldsnabbvinge - Thecla betulae - Brown Hairstreak
NF Photo 130730

Om Eldsnabbvinge på wiki
About Brown Hairstreak on wiki

A little butterfly I did not have before. A real beauty when it comes th the underpart of it´s wings. I can´t figure out whether it is a male or female. They seem to be rather rare. At least I have not seen it before. There is a third image but I decided to post it on NF photography. If you like you can take a look HERE.

NF Winged

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Sotmätare - Odezia atrata - Chimney Sweeper

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Sotmätare - Odezia atrata - Chimney Sweeper
NF Photo 130616, Botorp

My favourite moth. A small one but easy to spot as it is all black except for the tips of the wings.
Flies mostly on bushy meadows a sunny day.

Om Sotmätare på wiki
About Chimney Sweeper on UK Moth
 

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