Tort Man
Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly (male). No cropping.
This freshly emerged DGF only has the one Antennae, it also shows a small amount of abnormal skin/tissue attached to the back of its head?! Despite these minor defects, it flew/nectared/behavoured normally.
Still very low numbers at this site, in the last 3 visits over a 7 day period, i could only find maybe 5 males!!! This one was sighted both Friday and again on Saturday, in the late afternoon/early evening.
Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly (male). No cropping.
This freshly emerged DGF only has the one Antennae, it also shows a small amount of abnormal skin/tissue attached to the back of its head?! Despite these minor defects, it flew/nectared/behavoured normally.
Still very low numbers at this site, in the last 3 visits over a 7 day period, i could only find maybe 5 males!!! This one was sighted both Friday and again on Saturday, in the late afternoon/early evening.