23 October 2011

Yellow Admiral?


Paler orange form of the red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta).  Colour is true to life, as seen in the field (no, I haven't changed it in post processing).  Confused me slightly as to what it was at first as usually the orange is much darker - research indicates that these paler forms are very rare, so it is a good sighting.  Which is nice!

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