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            <description><![CDATA[A comma butterfly by Katie White. These resemble a tatty small tortoiseshell and are thriving throughout Wales. You&#39;ll often find them basking on trees, dead wood piles and fence posts.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A painted lady in Angle enjoying the ivy flowers by &#39;Ef-stop&#39;. This species migrates in large numbers to the UK from North Africa and is a very strong flyer.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ashley Cohen sent this photo in of small tortoiseshell. You&#39;ll often find the males waiting in nettle beds for the females to come and mate.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The small (and large) whites also known as cabbage whites are a gardeners nightmare as their caterpillars enjoy anything green! It&#39;s believed that they can fly up to 100 miles but Irene Smith didn&#39;t have to travel too far as this one landed in her garden.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The green veined white butterfly is fairly common and often mistaken for the small white. The green veins are actually an illusion created by a mixture of yellow and black scales. Image by Ashley Cohen.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Julian in Swansea captured this lovely shot of an orange-tip butterfly - one of the first butterflies to emerge in early spring. The males have amazing orange coloured wing tips which act as a warning to would-be predators - as they don&#39;t taste very nice.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[David Curtis sent in this shot of a female adonis blue butterfly at the Great Orme. This rare species prefers warm, sheltered spots and chalkland areas where their favourite horseshoe vetch grows. Watch a video about this butterfly on the .]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Donna Marie snapped this small heath butterfly in Bridgend. This is the smallest of the &#39;browns&#39; and has a distinct  fluttering flight. It always sits with it&#39;s wings folded, displaying the eye spots which help keep predators at bay.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This is the largest of the &#39;golden&#39; skippers and is found in sheltered areas with long grassland. Mike McCarthy spotted this male at the  in Bridgend.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A small skipper in Bridgend taken by Mike McCarthy. Despite its name, 4 skipper species found in the UK are the same size or smaller than the small skipper!]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Peter Eeles photographed this pearl-bordered fritillary. This woodland butterfly gets its name from the series of &#39;pearls&#39; that run along the outside edge of the underside on the hindwing.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Brian Mottershead snapped this silver shredded blue and gatekeeper butterfly sharing a flower in Groesffordd Marli. Silver shredded get their name from the light blue reflective scales found on the underside of most adults.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mike McCarthy snapped this gatekeeper butterfly at Aberkenfig. There seem to be plenty about in 2010. The the gatekeeper name probably refers to their preferred habitat of hedgerows and field boundaries near gates and fences.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dr Murray photographed this lovely image of common blues roosting in Coed-y-cwm. He spotted at least 16 butterflies and returned the next morning to find the number had almost doubled!]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This female large white butterfly was snapped by Jeff Cohen. It&#39;s wings are white, with black tips on the forewings and two black spots on each wing.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The meadow brown butterfly is one of our most common butterflies and can be seen flying in a variety of weather conditions providing it&#39;s warm enough. Image by Ashley Cohen.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The wall butterfly gets it&#39;s name from resting (with wings two-thirds open) on bare surfaces and walls in mainly coastal areas. Mike Davies has waited 50 years to see this one on Cadoxton Mountain, Neath. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It is commonly believed that the word &#39;butterfly&#39; is derived from &#39;butter-coloured fly&#39;, attributed to the male Brimstone butterfly. Image by Conny Carnuth.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Unlike most other "blues", the brown argus has no blue scales on its upperside and both sexes are mainly brown in colour. James sent in this photo from Gower.

Brown argus butterfly on Gower South Wales by James]]></description>
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