Moth or Butterfly? by darrenboyj

Moth or Butterfly?

Another shot from a walk around Sandwell Valley yesterday and as the sun blazed down - the insects were in abundance!

Not sure is this a moth or a butterfly - just glad it stayed still long enough to be able to get a shot!

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This is a Butterfly! You can tell by the antenna, Moths tend to have much shorter and more furry antenna, and butterflies, like this one, have the more delicate and long antenna!

Gorgeous shot!
July 2nd, 2014  
Moth, I don't think butterflies have hairy bodies.
July 2nd, 2014  
Beautiful photo :-)
July 2nd, 2014  
Looks like a Ringlet butterfly according to Google it's the rings on the hind wing which give the butterfly it's name. Great timimg on this shot Darren.
July 2nd, 2014  
Good capture. Not sure what it is but I know there are lots of nice looking moths.
July 2nd, 2014  
Bit of both?
July 2nd, 2014  
No idea but it's great.
July 2nd, 2014  
Beautiful detail here
July 3rd, 2014  
Nice capture
July 3rd, 2014  
Lovely detaa
July 3rd, 2014  
Fabulous capture ..... its definitely a butterfly - the antenna give it away as Therese has said. Possibly a speckled wood ..... not sure though :)
July 3rd, 2014  
Looks like a ringlet butterfly and it's a nice shot
July 11th, 2014  
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