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Photography => Nature => Topic started by: BetCrooks on July 03, 2016, 02:25:30 PM

Title: Possible Compton Tortoiseshell?
Post by: BetCrooks on July 03, 2016, 02:25:30 PM

The sap is starting to escape the cracks in the oak along the Red Deer trail at the Riverwood Conservancy in Mississauga. There were several Mourning Cloaks, Commas, Question Marks and moths today taking advantage of it.
One was this one, which I hope is my first Compton Tortoiseshell. (I'm having more luck identifying butterflies when I can get a photo to study in detail later.)

Can anyone confirm the id?

[attachment=0:14qs0149]PossibleComptonsTortoiseshell450.jpg[/attachment:14qs0149]

Title: Re: Possible Compton Tortoiseshell?
Post by: Paul O'Toole on July 03, 2016, 04:57:17 PM

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-vaualbum

Title: Re: Possible Compton Tortoiseshell?
Post by: JW Mills on July 03, 2016, 09:28:47 PM

Looks good for a Compton. What ID guide are you using?

Title: Re: Possible Compton Tortoiseshell?
Post by: BetCrooks on July 04, 2016, 05:05:40 PM

I have quite a few. It looked like a Compton in the ROM Guide but I'm so new to some of these butterflies that I always like to double check.

Thanks to you both for the feedback!