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Just a Gatekeeper:
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July 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
ormejks.bsky.social
Gatekeepers in cop.

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A pair of Gatekeeper butterflies copulating on a laurel hedge. Both butterflies have their wings folded, displaying the undersides. The hindwings are orangey-brown, with a wavy cream band running across the wing towards the outer edge. To either side of the band are some small white spots with dark borders. The forewings - mainly hidden by the hindwings - are orange, with a darker band at the outer edge, and a paler area next to this that contains a large black spot with two small white spots inside it.
July 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
drtonygillie.bsky.social
The Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus).
@europebutterfly's Butterfly of the Day for #FebruaryButterflyMonth. A regular garden visitor here in Oxfordshire, and pictured on Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), a real insect magnet!
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December 5, 2024 at 11:07 PM