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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It's a stunning butterfly. I rarely get any at all.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I found this video interesting. Bunny mentions Miyawaki models of micro-forests which I hadn't heard of before. I guess mixed native hedging is a similar thought, but with micro forests you have high canopy. Good for small gardens and quick trees to grow. Intruiging.






  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    Red mason bee, yay they're back (my pictures are always so huge  :D , not sure why)
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Orange tip butterflies around the garden this week as well as more bumbles, mason bees, hoverflies and mining bees.
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    wild edges said:
    That's a tawny mining bee :)
    I just added another moth to the garden list while putting the bins out. The Streamer.


    Oh is it! That makes even more sense because I have a couple of small holes in the ground by my shed that have just reopened from last year.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @Ante1 wow stuning!
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Yeay - I just saw my first flutterby of the year - I think a holly blue.
    We see so few here, despite lots of buddleia about. A few cabbage whites, a few holly blues and that's mostly it. We are much better off for moths.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    edited April 2022
    The year has started well for me. Yesterday I had a Brimstone and today I had an Orange Tip, neither of which I see every year. I have also had Comma, Peacock, Small White and Tortoiseshell.
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