Meadow Brown ab ? Gate Keeper ab ? Goldie

[Goldie M]

I've been looking through my photos from last year and on entering my Meadow Brown photos in the favourites post noticed this one I took last year on the 3rd of July at Fleetwood, I was walking along the sea front behind the small sand dunes near the Marina Gardens when I spotted this Meadow Brown with the two spots on it's wing , I know they can vary quite a lot with their
markings so just wondered if there was a name for this one.?

Also on the 7th of August in my back Garden I got this shot of a Gate Keeper that seemed unusual at the time with so many spots on it's hind wings and a spot just below it's two spots on the wing, I couldn't get more shots because as quickly as it arrived it took off again. hence the slightly blurred shot. Goldie

[Goldie M]

Looks like nobody knows Thanks any way for viewing Goldie )

[Blackfish]

This may be what you are looking for: Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina ssp. insularis
We get them here in Cornwall and are more common in the west of the county.

[Pete Eeles]

Hi Goldie,

The Gatekeeper is most likely ab. excessa (see http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/aberrati ... s=tithonus).

The Meadow Brown is possibly ab. biocellata (see http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/aberrati ... es=jurtina).

Cheers,

- Pete

[Blackfish]

Best ignore my suggestion, not sure how I got that!!

[Goldie M]

Thank's any way Blackfish,

Thanks Pete, I didn't think the Gate Keeper was excssa , I was going off the six spots on it's outer wing rather than the extra spots on it's fore wing.
It's also good to put a name in my ab column for the Meadow Brown, it's my first MB ab (Thanks again,) Goldie