Heteronympha merope

Common Brown Butterfly at The Pinnacle

Heteronympha merope at The Pinnacle - 22 Mar 2018
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Identification history

Heteronympha merope 25 Mar 2018 SuziBond
Heteronympha merope 23 Mar 2018 AlisonMilton

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This butterfly spent more than 10 minutes sucking sap from the bark of this tree while I waited for it to open its wings to identify it. Moving on there were many more of this species flitting around.

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 22 Mar 2018 02:53 PM Recorded on
  • AlisonMilton Recorded by

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