Meadow Brown Butterfly Female | Slide Mouse
Ringlets are usually a darker brown than the meadow brown and lack the single eyespot.
Meadow brown butterfly female. The gatekeeper is generally smaller and more orange with a row of tiny white dots on the hind underwings. Meadow brownmaniola jurtina female stockbridge down hampshire adrian hoskins. Female hindwing underside heavily flecked with dark brown and is more variegated than any other subspecies with a greyish buff rather than a yellowish or orange wash. Female forewing underside has more contrast between the darker inner and lighter outer orange areas which are separated by a brown line.
The meadow brown is one of our commonest and most widespread butterflies and a familiar sight across the british isles during the summer months. The male is more active than the female. This is a brown butterfly with an orange patch on each wing surrounding a black eye spot with a single white pupil. The meadow brown is the most abundant butterfly species in many habitats.
Hundreds may be seen together at some sites flying low over the vegetation. This female meadow brown is basking. If you can see a white fringe to the wing as it flies it is a ringlet. She is a newly emerged butterfly.
Adults fly even in dull weather when most other butterflies are inactive. Meadow brown butterfly maniola jurtina adult female. If you can see even a small amount of orange in flight your butterfly is the meadow brown.