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Dark Green Fritillaries, Corfe Castle

Two orange butterflies with black,white markings

Dark Green Fritillary. Photo: Jeremy Oakes

Two orange butterflies with black markigs on a green leaf

Dark Green Fritillary. Photo: Jeremy Oakes

Jeremy sent us these two photos he took on 08/07/2023 of two Dark Green Fritillaries he saw on Corfe Common (left hand side of the road going up to Kingston).

Orange butterfly with black markings resting in foliage

Small Copper. Photo: Jeremy Oakes

Jeremy sent us this photo of a Small Copper he saw yesterday, 20/07/2020 on Halves Fields in Corfe Castle. It is a butterfly readily identified by its brightly burnished copper forewings with black margins and spots. The hindwings are dark with black-spotted copper margins.

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Dark Green Fritillaries, Corfe Castle