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cmcmck ([personal profile] cmcmck) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2020-08-08 01:30 pm

Small white

This is a small white (unoriginal name, I know).

They're quite hard to get pics of as they rarely sit still for long and rarely unfold their wings while feeding.

This one did both for me!  :o)



And have some pretties too! I believe it's a species of mallow.



kotturinn: (Default)

[personal profile] kotturinn 2020-08-08 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Corn cockle?
peoriapeoriawhereart: in red serge Benton looks askance (Benton looks back)

[personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart 2020-08-08 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
And here I'd only known cockle from Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore. But they are plumelike so cockadesque.

*And cockles of hearts, but that's poetic. ;)
Edited 2020-08-08 15:06 (UTC)
ranunculus: (Default)

[personal profile] ranunculus 2020-08-08 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty!
kotturinn: (Default)

[personal profile] kotturinn 2020-08-08 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, right, that'll teach me to check the continent! Pass rhen, except it doesn't look like the leaves of mallow as we know them here 🙃
earthspirits: (blue dusk)

[personal profile] earthspirits 2020-08-08 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovey photos!
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[personal profile] elperian 2020-08-08 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
You have a great eye!
peoriapeoriawhereart: white cat 3/4 left eye blue near eye yellow (cat looks up)

[personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart 2020-08-08 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
(I think Sally and a bunch of other Names got introduced in the production of picture books out of tongue twisters.)
turlough: purple crocuses ((seasonal) flower fairy)

[personal profile] turlough 2020-08-08 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
What a pretty little butterfly!

That's a Great Hairy Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum). I've never seen one here in Sweden but they're a relative of Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium aka Chamerion angustifolium aka Chamaenerion angustifolium) which is VERY common here.
yourlibrarian: Butterfly and Alstroemeria by yourlibrarian (NAT-ButterflyAlstroemeria-yourlibrarian)

[personal profile] yourlibrarian 2020-08-08 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
So soft and pretty.
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[personal profile] rose_griffes 2020-08-08 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely! I like the delicate tall stems on the flowers.
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[personal profile] pameladean 2020-08-08 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, both lovely!

My hiking partner and I recently saw a butterfly that was new to us. Its name? The eyed brown.

P.
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[personal profile] pameladean 2020-08-10 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
We also saw a Tailed Blue and a Red-Spotted Purple. At least they are fairly easy to remember. Oh, and Hackberry Emperors were abundant as well. That is a good name. They do frequent hackberry trees, and they are fancy enough to get a title.

My first serious interest in insects was in dragonflies, and dragonfly nomenclature is just absolutely wild compared to common butterfly nomenclature. So perhaps I'm spoiled.

P.