Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Peacock Butterfly in the orchard ~ Inachis io


I've had a few sightings of the Peacock butterfly (European) this week, it's easily recognisable with those large eye-spots on the wings. The Peacock butterfly will over winter in buildings or trees and is often the first butterfly to appear in early Spring.

Just a quick note about the photograph by Korall via Wikimedia Commons it is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons and is considered one of the finest images. It has also been elected as picture of the month at Swedish Wikipedia. The election of this picture was done by voting among pictures uploaded and inserted into an article at Swedish Wikipedia during the specific month.

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