Joe 171 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I was running in the mountains here on Gran Canaria a few days ago (always take the Sony RX100111) when I spotted this Butterfly? Moth? on this flower. Can anyone help with flower and Butterfly...? identification? Thanks Joe Link to post Share on other sites
0 Chris Burrows 40 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 My guess would be some form of annual chrysanthemum for the flower. Link to post Share on other sites
0 Radim 76 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I think it's more Marguerite Daisy Argyranthemum Link to post Share on other sites
0 Chris Burrows 40 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 How about Glebionis coronaria https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/glebionys-coronaria.php 1 Link to post Share on other sites
0 Radim 76 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 10 minutes ago, Chris Burrows said: How about Glebionis coronaria https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/glebionys-coronaria.php Great Link to post Share on other sites
0 Nick Hatton 164 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Definitely a moth on a daisy of some form? Link to post Share on other sites
0 Betty LaRue 3,178 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Nick, identifying the moth will take a lot of elbow grease on your part. I Googled “Gran Canaria moths” and was overwhelmed with images. I have, in the past, spent a couple of hours searching for the ID of a butterfly or moth. Sometimes successful, sometimes not. There have been times I never uploaded a nice image because I couldn’t identify the parts of it. Decide whether this image is important enough for you to spend that kind of time on it if the forum members can’t help. For all the images I have similar to yours, I don’t believe I’ve ever had one of them zoomed, let alone sold. My advice is to kick this one in the street if the ID looks to become difficult. Why I keep taking these kinds of images, I have no idea. I think when I strap my macro lens on, my brain quits working. 😊 Link to post Share on other sites
0 Joe 171 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Thanks, help much appreciated. 13 minutes ago, Betty LaRue said: ...For all the images I have similar to yours, I don’t believe I’ve ever had one of them zoomed, let alone sold. My advice is to kick this one in the street if the ID looks to become difficult. Why I keep taking these kinds of images, I have no idea. I think when I strap my macro lens on, my brain quits working. 😊 I know what you mean, Betty. Heart ruling the head. Joe Link to post Share on other sites
0 Betty LaRue 3,178 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, Joe said: Thanks, help much appreciated. I know what you mean, Betty. Heart ruling the head. Joe Yes it does! I love nature of all kinds. If it’s there, I have to shoot it without considering sales potential. If I can ID it, I upload it. Who knows...maybe someday one of the rarer ones will sell for $$$$. And I have a used spaceship for sale, too.😂 I do have a correction to what I said. I have had some of my hummingbird moths zoomed. But those are special moths. Edited January 21 by Betty LaRue Link to post Share on other sites
0 Betty LaRue 3,178 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, Joe said: Thanks, help much appreciated. I know what you mean, Betty. Heart ruling the head. Joe I’m sorry I replied to Nick when I meant to reply to you, Joe. I have a headache. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. 😉 Link to post Share on other sites
0 Lori Rider 74 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 6 hours ago, Joe said: I was running in the mountains here on Gran Canaria a few days ago (always take the Sony RX100111) when I spotted this Butterfly? Moth? on this flower. Can anyone help with flower and Butterfly...? identification? Have you tried the Seek app to identify the moth? I also recently learned about Google lens (on the Google app). Google lens ID'd some things that Seek couldn't. It can also do buildings and probably other things. I recommend going from the original photo without the Alamy watermark as that makes ID harder. Edited January 21 by Lori Rider Link to post Share on other sites
0 MDM 1,906 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) The flower might be the one suggested but it looks more like argyranthemum to me. I might be wrong but there are several argyranthemum species in the Canaries, including a number of native species, so it is worth checking a bit further. Some are endemic to specific islands and they are often localised according to altitude as well as general climate. The leaves are very important in identifying the different species. Time of year for flowering can be helpful. By far the best online resource I have found is this one in Spanish. Edit. Actually looking again it probably is the one suggested above but the link there is very useful for Canadian flowers. Edited January 21 by MDM Link to post Share on other sites
0 Marianne 915 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I was thinking it looked like some sort of skipper butterfly but then realized the body is all wrong, however this site might help https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/butterflies-of-gran-canaria-mariposas-diurnas-de-gran-canaria this link opens to all the photos https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=23441&ttl=120&v=1602429221000&place_id=any&verifiable=any&view=species and if it's not some sort of moth it may well be a Gran Canaria Grayling butterfly - no pix on the site with the wings spread but the bottom left image makes me think this might be worth investigating further: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102801-Hipparchia-tamadabae/browse_photos Link to post Share on other sites
0 Marianne 915 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I had a sale of a butterfly image taken in my garden over the summer sold here in December. But alas, Betty, not for $$$$ just $$ Link to post Share on other sites
0 Joe 171 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 22 hours ago, MDM said: The flower might be the one suggested but it looks more like argyranthemum to me. I might be wrong but there are several argyranthemum species in the Canaries, including a number of native species, so it is worth checking a bit further. Some are endemic to specific islands and they are often localised according to altitude as well as general climate. The leaves are very important in identifying the different species. Time of year for flowering can be helpful. By far the best online resource I have found is this one in Spanish. Edit. Actually looking again it probably is the one suggested above but the link there is very useful for Canadian flowers. 10 hours ago, Marianne said: I was thinking it looked like some sort of skipper butterfly but then realized the body is all wrong, however this site might help https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/butterflies-of-gran-canaria-mariposas-diurnas-de-gran-canaria this link opens to all the photos https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=23441&ttl=120&v=1602429221000&place_id=any&verifiable=any&view=species and if it's not some sort of moth it may well be a Gran Canaria Grayling butterfly - no pix on the site with the wings spread but the bottom left image makes me think this might be worth investigating further: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102801-Hipparchia-tamadabae/browse_photos Thanks for the links, MDM and Marianne. Much appreciated. Joe Link to post Share on other sites
0 John Richmond 1,158 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) Found the moth. Spoladea recurvalis, beet webworm moth. Worldwide distribution, mostly tropical. 7 images on Alamy. Hat tip to Marianne for that naturalist.org link. A little further searching on butterflies and moths on the Canary islands showed a picture. Edited January 22 by John Richmond Additional info Link to post Share on other sites
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