Couple of new butterfly visitors

[LordV]

Haven't snapped either of these two butterflies before. First 4 shots are either a bath white or a female orange tip. First 2 flash, 2nd 2 natural light. Last shot a brimstone butterfly.

Brian V.

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[GAELICSTORM7]

Just love the 2nd one Brian, stunning markings, and very hairy !, look more like moths.

Alan

[racketman]

love the natural light shots which include the Brimstone - I see these on trips deeper into surrey but havent shot one yet. The first four are a female Orange tip as there are not enough black spots on the upper wings for a Bath White female.

[Action_Man]

Lovely captures Brian, have you got some raspberry bushes ? ...

[eccles]

Super shots, Brian. Was it cool when you caught these? I find once they're well warmed up then both of these species can go on flying for ages without stopping.

[silvex]

Nice subject and stuning shots! I like last one. It seems made out of leafs.

[mx22o]

the last one looks really cool how the wings are camoflaged

[dpastern]

All excellent shots, but the natural light ones look superb! Boy oh boy do I wish I'd spotted more butterflies during summer :(

Dave

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments all :)
Turns out I forgot to turn the flash off in #3 & 4 so they are actually fill flash shots :oops:

Gordon- yes have a few raspberry canes (my wife is Scottish :) ) Last remnants of the veggie and fruit growing of my younger days.

RM- Yes agree on the ID of the Orange tip.

eccles the Orange tip was shot late afternoon, it was still pretty warm but was right at the end of my back garden- only place that gets very late Sun. The Brimstone I think was shot late morning.

Brian V.

[eccles]

You must have the gift of insect whisperer, Brian. During a warm afternoon, these usually never stop.
@mx220 the camoulflage is very effective when it's settled on its food plant, which is garlic mustard. They also favour hedge parsley to rest on, on which I photographed a mating pair once. They closed their forewings right back under the camoulflaged hindwings, and the only reason I knew they were there was that I had watched them fly towards each other before settling to mate. Even so, you couldn't make them out from more than six feet away.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,

Excellent series of shots, love em all !!

From the two photographs I have here, that looks almost identical to the Orange Tip, they have much more rounded wing tips than the Bath White, or so it says :D

Is that a Callistemon I see there ? my beggar's been in flower for a few weeks now, far earlier than usual.

Cheers for now
Mark

[MagicallyDelicious]

never seen a butterfly like that before!

gorgeous shots as always!

[LordV]

Hiya Brian,

Excellent series of shots, love em all !!

From the two photographs I have here, that looks almost identical to the Orange Tip, they have much more rounded wing tips than the Bath White, or so it says :D

Is that a Callistemon I see there ? my beggar's been in flower for a few weeks now, far earlier than usual.

Cheers for now
Mark
Thanks Mark :)
pretty certain that as RM suggests it is a female orange tip.
Yes it is a bottlebrush - this one is a yellow- grew it from seed I picked up when i was in Melbourne a few years ago. I've got 4 different bottle brushes that all bloom at slightly different times- the yellow is normally first followed by 2 different reds. I've got one crazy slightly mauve one that seems totally mixed up and insists on blooming in the middle of December (interestingly I picked that one up in Cornwall).

brian V.

[LordV]

never seen a butterfly like that before!

gorgeous shots as always!

Thanks MD :)- suspect I've seen it fly past before but haven't managed to capture it - you really don't notice the colouring until you are quite close.
Brian V.