Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae)
Introduction
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Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae)
Image: © Richard Mudhar Taken: 26 Mar 2007
Observed by the path from Boyton to Flybury Point. See http://www.bto.org/gbw/invertebrates/lepidoptera/accounts/smalltortoiseshell.htm for more details. Many thx to Stan for the species ID
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Image Location
Latitude
52.067532
Longitude
1.47296