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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: Georgie on July 23, 2006, 12:42:24
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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
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Peacockbutterfly.jpg)
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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.
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Very pretty too. Cleaned it up a bit for you, hope you do not mind!
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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.
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Thanks, Eric. And Tim, those are super pics, so well captured. ;D
G x
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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.
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Same here, and another thing I've noticed is that groundsel all over my plot is absolutely covered in cinnabar moth caterpillars.
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At least they only eat groundsel?
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They devour ragweed as well, but nothing we want to keep!