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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: jeanaustin on August 14, 2006, 20:19:20

Title: Camberwell Beauty Butterfly
Post by: jeanaustin on August 14, 2006, 20:19:20

We gets lots of butterflies and moths on our allotment site (Suffolk), especially in the wildlife area, where we grow plants to attract butterflies.  We've also planted (about ten years ago) a sea buckthorn in the hope of attracting Brimstone Butterflies but we haven't seen any yet.
However, today I was doing some tidying up on my allotment after a weekend of rain and strong winds, and I saw the most beautiful butterfly I have ever seen and one that I had never seen before.  Came home to look it up to identify it - and its a Camberwell Beauty, which is quite a rare butterfly in the UK.
Going to take my camera up with me tomorrow, in the hope that it may still be about.

Title: Re: Camberwell Beauty Butterfly
Post by: flossie on August 14, 2006, 21:21:27

Wow

I have just looked this up -isn't it stunning, lucky you.

Good luck with the camera tomorrow