Photo: M. Randall

Photo: M. Randall
Photo: M. Randall

Monday, 7 July 2014

Four-spotted Chaser - form praenubila

A great shot below taken by Paul Hopwood at Whixall Moss on 3rd July. When four-spots have more extensive patches of black at the wing nodes and sometimes dark smudges of colour towards the end of the wings they are referred to as the from praenubila. This is fairly common and beautifully illustrated here:

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