Very excited in early January to find a caterpillar had climbed up our bedroom's outside door and turned into a chrysalis. Yesterday it emerged and sat there drying its wings in the sun but I suspect it's just a cabbage white. Oh well.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Finally today I could take a pic of a common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni, basking in the sun on flower-bud of my Clematis 'Mme le Coultre'. It was not quite awake, so gave me plenty of time of take very close shots. Then it flew away.
Looking at all the wonderful photos in this thread has truly lifted my spirits. Yesterday I saw my first honeybees in the garden, feasting on the flowers of a skimmia, followed by a harlequin ladybird and plenty of bumble bees on my stinking hellebores. I'm looking forward to the butterflies, but no visitors as of yet!
Stunning photos @Papi Jo. We all need a bit of a lift during these testing times. I'm isolating with my children and elderly father whom I care for, and the garden is keeping me going.
I will try and take a couple of photos tomorrow for a contribution to the thread. I doubt I will be nearly as skilled with a camera though!
Take it easy, @wild edges Actually, although the violet carpenter bee makes quite a noise as it flies about, it's not harmful and I consider it a rather friendly creature.
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Yesterday I saw my first honeybees in the garden, feasting on the flowers of a skimmia, followed by a harlequin ladybird and plenty of bumble bees on my stinking hellebores. I'm looking forward to the butterflies, but no visitors as of yet!
I will try and take a couple of photos tomorrow for a contribution to the thread. I doubt I will be nearly as skilled with a camera though!