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01-AUG-2005 Jim Worlding

1st ON THE VINE

Huntingdon England

This is the first time I have seen any butterfly except for the
Large White settle in the garden for more than a second or two.

We get a lot of flies on the Russian Vine when its in flower and
I had been thinking it was because our rubbish bins are near it,
but when I lent into the vine today to get this shot I found out
the true reason, the flowers on the vine smell like cat pee.

FujiFilm FinePix S7000Z
1/640s f/3.1 at 46.8mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large auto
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Guest 02-Aug-2005 23:37
Looks like a meadow brown,.possibly a gatekeeper.. actually the latter I am sure..
nomadicdragon02-Aug-2005 12:57
Beautiful capture. Nicely done. I'm always amazed by the Fuji's capabilities with shots like this.
Buz Kiefer01-Aug-2005 23:19
Looks like one of the spread-winged skippers but not sure. Good photo and a great story, Jim.
Jim Worlding01-Aug-2005 22:59
No I don't know what it is either, Help with a name Please.
The fly was a bonus Joanne it was a shoot one get one free offer.
Joanne Santillo01-Aug-2005 22:51
I've never seen a butterfly like this before, I wonder what it is called. Nice composition. I see you also captured one of the flies to ...
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