while fishing on the river in north yorkshire?

KEITH M · #1 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 01:12 AM

i seen a large white butterfly LIKE thing skimming across the water----it was definitly not a swallow or martin-----it was about 3 inches long and looked more like a swallow tail butterfly but was pure white----it seemed to glide across the water rather than flap like a cabbage white would------i watched mezmerized for 5 minutes having never seen anything like it before.can anyone identify the species please.

The Deep · #2 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 01:12 AM

It may have been an albino swallow or swift...martins arnt so common near water! rare to see an albino type!

stumpy. · #3 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 01:12 AM

hello.a little reading for you.what i read is that it"s alittle late in the season for swallow tail butterflies..

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?vernacular_name=Large%20White

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GWYH&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=re sult&cd=1&q=swallowtail+butterfly&spell=1

good luck with it anyway..