@Emirion - yes, funny how they suddenly appeared isn't it! I didn't see any in my garden all year until this weekend, now there's a couple of them out on the verbena every day. I remember growing up in the 80s they were so common they were as banal as cabbage whites. Now it's a pleasure to see them.
Thanks @SherwoodArrow, I think you’re right, although I couldn’t find an exact match in google.
It’s funny how there are loads of tortoiseshell ones, @borgadr, I’m only seeing one or two peacocks, Red admirals and Commas. But there must have been 30-50 tortoiseshells at one point yesterday afternoon. Really delightful, feeling surrounded by them in every direction, like a Disney film 😁.
Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.
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I remember growing up in the 80s they were so common they were as banal as cabbage whites. Now it's a pleasure to see them.
@Emerion - looks like some type of parasitic wasp?
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