Day 62 - Escaping from the Farm?
Posted September 10th, 2010 at 12:51 PM by Briar
Was just coming out of Dobbies Garden Centre today when I spotted this butterfly. He was huge!!! I had my e-pl1 and 20mm lumix lens with me but every time I tried to step closer to take a photograph he'd fly that little bit further away so this is the best shot I could manage before he finally flew out of my reach. I don't know if he's a common butterfly in Edinburgh. I've never seen one like it before. There is a butterfly farm across the road and I wondered if I had come across him as he was making his bid for freedom!
Thanks for looking. Comments and criticisms most welcome.
Cheers, Briar
Thanks for looking. Comments and criticisms most welcome.
Cheers, Briar
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great saturated colours and contrast ... I can't see this being a native species at all ...Posted September 10th, 2010 at 03:30 PM by pdh
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Lovely black! I know how tricky it is to capture butterflies. I think this might be a White Admiral but not absolutely sure.Posted September 11th, 2010 at 06:15 AM by Christilou
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Lovely shot and great colour.
AndrewPosted September 12th, 2010 at 05:03 PM by Maczero
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Got an email from the Butterfly World and they confirmed this little chap was indeed an escapee ... he's been identified as a Male Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) common across Asia but not common in Scotland so lucky I had my e-pl1 in my hand when we had our brief encounter.
Cheers, BriarPosted September 22nd, 2010 at 03:24 PM by Briar
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"not common in Scotland" would be a slight understatement ... by the way, if you have a google for images of this species Briar, you won't find any better images of an example than yoursPosted September 22nd, 2010 at 04:50 PM by pdh
