Small white

[cmcmck]

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.

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[pameladean]

Oh, both lovely!

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

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[cmcmck]

Sounds like a good name to me! :o)

There's a similar looking species here called the Small Heath, because it's small and likes heathland!

[pameladean]

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.

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[cmcmck]

I do like that name!

My own all time favourite having grown up where I did down in Kent is the chalk hill blue.