Dead or Alive?
Walking along the track through the dunes at Pettycur Bay this afternoon, I spotted something red just ahead. My first thought was a small copper but the camera's zoom revealed it to be a cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae). Sadly, it was a deceased specimen.
Just a few paces on, I came across the main image. A peacock butterfly (Aglais io). From its appearance, I assumed it had met a similar fate but as I stepped nearer, it suddenly took to the air and flew strongly away over the dunes! I am amazed at how some butterflies seem to adapt and keep flying even when their wings are severely compromised.
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