Topic: Peacock butterfly

[Georgie]

Apologies for the quality of the picture (it was about 7 foot up and breezy!) but I just had to share the excitement of this visitor this morning.  I haven't seen a peacock butterfly for years in these parts.  G x

[Robert_Brenchley]

I don't normally see many but there's a buddleia down the lane from my plot which has consistently had half a dozen on it at a time recently. I went down meaning to photogrph them yesterday, and of course by the time I got there there was a thunderstorm in the distance and they'd disappeared.

[Palustris]

Very pretty too. Cleaned it up a bit for you, hope you do not mind!

[tim]

Funny you should mention that, Georgie - I had just come in with these.

Infuriating how the Red Admirals always shut up as they land. So difficult to catch. Like the brownie.  A fairly bashed example of an Admiral too!!
The smell of buddleia is so nostalgic for me.

[Georgie]

Thanks, Eric.  And Tim, those are super pics, so well captured.   ;D

G x

[flossie]

It must have been the peacocks day today.  There were so many on the teasals  ( how do you spell it?) on my plot.  Haven't seen so many since I was a child.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Same here, and another thing I've noticed is that groundsel all over my plot is absolutely covered in cinnabar moth caterpillars.

[tim]

At least they only eat groundsel?

[Robert_Brenchley]

They devour ragweed as well, but nothing we want to keep!