Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Butterfly seen today

This fellow was showing its slightly tattered wings on a Cox's Orange Pippin in my garden this afternoon. According to my book, it is a speckled wood butterfly and I don't recall ever seeing one before.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on August 24, 2021 at 11:07

What a beauty (and the apple Dick)

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Permalink Reply by Liz on August 24, 2021 at 18:14

It is a Speckled Wood and as it's name suggests it is fond of partial shade and dappled woodland. Looks like a local bird has had a go at it but they are tough little thing. It prefers the honeydew of the leaves in the woods. We have a fair few of them at Railway Fields (here's one I photographed in July) and it has a growing population after some years of decline. It's a beautiful butterfly