Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina

Meadow Brown

06/2006/20Posted in Butterflies, InsectsTagged Butterflies, Insects, Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina, Nature32 Comments

Maniola jurtina – This was a bit of an odd one. Firstly, it’s very rare I see a Meadow Brown butterfly in the garden. I usually see them by the dozen in the local fields. Secondly, it behaved quite docile. Usually they fly off when you get near them, yet this one only flew a short distance, and it even stepped on my finger and allowed me to tour the garden with it. Maybe it is the thunderstorms in the air. One breaking now as I type this.

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Meadow Brown

03/2003/20Posted in Butterflies, InsectsTagged Butterflies, Insects, Meadow Brown, Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina, Nature Photography, Wildlife Photography13 Comments

Maniola jurtina – This is how you tend to find this butterfly – feeding on nectar-rich flora with its wings closed displaying its underwing colours and patterns. Double-click image to get closer.

All The Browns

07/1907/19Posted in Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Butterflies, Insects, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife PhotographyTagged Butterflies, Insects, Lepidoptera, Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography11 Comments

Out in the local fields these Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) are flourishing this summer. An odd perspective, I know, but sometimes all you get is all they want to show you before they flutter 🙂

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July 2019, local field, South Staffordshire, England. © Pete Hillman.