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Photo by LisLambertsen
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Field Notes

Description:

Small black and red butterfly

Habitat:

Seen in city centre garden in Liverpool, North West England

Notes:

First seen flying around in yard but then spotted sitting basking on air brick - it sat here for a quite a while - much longer than I've ever seen a butterfly sit before - and didn't fly off when I started taking photos.

Species ID Suggestions

Cinnabar Moth

Tyria jacobaeae

Reference Link
Maniacval
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Comments (3)
Matthijs
You're welcome! and welcome to Project Noah!
LisLambertsen
Thank you so much - that's exactly what it is (I looked at google image with that name!). It crossed my mind it might be a moth when I couldn't find it in my butterfly field guide! Thanks again!
Matthijs
Looks like Tyria jacobaeae / Cinnabar ..
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PublishedJune 13, 2012

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