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Painted Lady
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It has not been a good season for butterflies here in our Suffolk garden, though we had a few Brown Argus earlier on and even a Green Hairstreak. However, Red Admirals seem to have flourished in recent days and even the white Buddleia has been awash with their colourful wings.
We have been thrilled to see a few Painted Ladies, like the one in the picture above that landed on one of the old insect houses. This house has been taken over by ants; you can see their earthworks in the holes. Last summer this same insect house was the domain of Leafcutter bees, who were a joy to watch as they came in and out with their rolled-leaf parcels.
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Meadow Brown, numbers down on 2020
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A rather travel-worn Red Admiral
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Peacock, one of the few
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Red Admiral, one of the many more numerous
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Small White (we have had Large Whites, too)
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Small Tortoiseshell, a slightly better 'garden season' for these
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We also had a single male Brimstone a few days ago followed by a Speckled Wood, but they didn't stay around long enough for a photograph.
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Painted Lady, wings closed
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The painted ladies and red admirals have done well in our corner too. Overall a poor year though. The whites are only just appearing in any numbers. B x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful butterflies and photos. The Peacock is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day and happy week ahead!
Such wondeful photos, must say I haven't seed many butterflies in our garden this year - unfortunately. All good wishes ~ Mike.
ReplyDeleteThank you to everyone for your kind comments. After my leafcutter bee comment, you may be interested to hear that while I have not seen these bees this summer, we now have a bush with punched-out circles all over its leaves ... I'm keeping my eyes skimmed!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos. I still haven't seen a Painted Lady this year. Buddleias are good for attracting butterflies and bees :)
ReplyDeleteLovely photos, Caroline! Speckled woods have had a good year up here in Edinburgh and I've had three days of wonderful butterfly watching in three different greenspaces around the city. I've not seen a single butterfly on buddleia this year though....
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing your lovely photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan