butterfly related thread

[mac-nutty]

hello ecf

iv always had a pet butterfly come to stay for the winter this year i have a photo but...
does anyone know what kind it is?
I'm in the UK if that helps

 

[sdennislee]

A quick Bing photo search turns up the following info:

Small Tortoise Shell or Aglais urticae

small_tortoiseshell,aglais_urticae

I pasted your picture in to the Bing search engine using their “Search using and image” feature. I’ve been looking for an excuse to use the image search feature.

 

[mac-nutty]

A quick Bing photo search turns up the following info:

Small Tortoise Shell or Aglais urticae

small_tortoiseshell,aglais_urticae

I pasted your picture in to the Bing search engine using their “Search using and image” feature. I’ve been looking for an excuse to use the image search feature.

thanks exactly what it looks like
I was hoping the wee thing was a
rare one ohwell,,,,left the window open
today again for him her so of to find a mate

 

[mac-nutty]

and he's back lol