Butterfly, Lincombe Drive, Torquay
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Butterfly, Lincombe Drive, Torquay
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 25 May 2009
A Painted Lady, part of an unusually large invasion, feeding on white valerian in a genteel part of Torquay. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5406911/Invasion-of-the-Painted-Ladies.html . Thanks to Hugh Venables for the ID and link.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.465718
Longitude
-3.505591