Meadow Brown Vs Large Heath

[gobbiner]

Help with ID please i have this in my Gallery as a Meadow Brown, but i just had an email saying im wrong its a Large Heath, looking in the book again it does say the Large Heath always rests with wings closed, and ive found this to be the case with these am i right or wrong thank you...Ray

[Deb London]

Meadow Brown for me Ray.

Email? I will wager that they have it wrong.

PS This is how MB rest too.

[gobbiner]

Originally Posted by Deb London

Meadow Brown for me Ray.

Email? I will wager that they have it wrong.

PS This is how MB rest too.

So that i can put my case can you please give me the reason so i know what im talkin about thank you Deb

[Deb London]

The pattern Ray - look at those two almost invisible dark spots on the hind wing for example. And the lack of the cream mark. Scale-for-scale this fits MB to a T. Even the planer Large Heaths without rings would not fit your photo.

I can't say much more than that as I have no experience with LHs, forms, distribution etc.

But have a look here:

UK Butterflies - Large Heath - Coenonympha tullia

Where did you take this?

[gobbiner]

Originally Posted by Deb London

The pattern Ray - look at those two almost invisible dark spots on the hind wing for example. And the lack of the cream mark. Scale-for-scale this fits MB to a T. Even the paler Large Heaths without rings would not fit your photo.

I can't say much more than that as I have n experience with LHs, forms, distribution etc.

But have a look here:

UK Butterflies - Large Heath - Coenonympha tullia

Where did you take this?

Thank you Deb that does it for me its a Meadow Brown cheers...Ray

[Johnny Redgate]

Also, if you weren't in a bog it wasn't a large heath. The larval foodplant is Hare's-tail Cottongrass found on blanket and raised deep peat bogs.