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Speckled Wood Butterfly

Pararge aegeria

Photo by MatthewFuller
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Field Notes

Notes:

This flutterby kept flying away, only to land in the same spot over and over, allowing me to take several photos.

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Speckled Wood

Species ID Suggestions

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria
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Comments (2)
MatthewFuller
Only butterfly I've managed to photograph this year!!
LauraMaria
Oooh so pretty!! This is called a Speckled Wood. I love how fuzzy their bodies are :D And he seemed to be a pretty willing model!

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