Quite a few torties here now so hopefully lots more to come along with Peacocks and Red Admirals in the next few weeks.
Someone was talking last week on a bee/butterfly thread about not seeing any butterflies on his plants, which were specifically planted for them. I commented that I'd not seen many but it was early for them - August is best for butterflies here. Next day, a tortoiseshell came and sat on the paving next to where I was working. Think he was just making a point
I used to live round the corner from where I am now, and I had Painted Ladies regularly. I'm hoping I can attract some again as they're apparently in short supply.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have plenty of peacocks here in Bedfordshire, on the buddlieja, and lots of small brown and orange butterflies (gatekeepers?) that I can't remember seeing before, a few large whites and the occasional red admiral but not a painted lady or tortoiseshell to be seen and both used to be abundant. The bronze fennel flowers are simply covered with bees though, which hoipefully is helping to pollinate the tomatoes nearby. Can you make bronze fennel honey I wonder?
I've also got more grasshoppers than I've ever had before - and bumped into a solitary frog by the geenhouse yesterday.
Which are the food plants for tortoiseshells and painted ladies? - I obviously need to grow some.
Hi, I live in Denbighshire and have had peacocks, small tortoise shell's and small white's here over the last few weeks. We do not tend to see the red admiral and large whites until August, these 5 types are really the only ones we get in our neck of the woods - we are semi rural so I do not know if that is a factor at all?
They all live on the different buddleia and lavenders throughout the garden, and also can be seen basking in the sun on the gravelled areas.
Think Painted Ladies like nettles too - we had a small wood across from that house which would have been full of them, a farmer's field and a narrow road with rough grassy verges full of wildflowers a hundred yards away, which probably helped considerably.
Area is a big factor too MrsT - we don't get blues up here. Check out one of the butterfly sites and it'll tell you what's resident in your own part of the country
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've got a white Buddlia, which isn't that big and I've seen quite a few butterflies on mine. In fact as Dove said I've seen more butterflies this year than I have for ages. They keep coming in our conservatory too.
Four Buddleias in my garden. Mainly Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshells but a few Red Admirals,Large Whites and Meadow Browns. Large White caterpillars on nasturtiums
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Quite a few torties here now so hopefully lots more to come along with Peacocks and Red Admirals in the next few weeks.
Someone was talking last week on a bee/butterfly thread about not seeing any butterflies on his plants, which were specifically planted for them. I commented that I'd not seen many but it was early for them - August is best for butterflies here. Next day, a tortoiseshell came and sat on the paving next to where I was working. Think he was just making a point
I used to live round the corner from where I am now, and I had Painted Ladies regularly. I'm hoping I can attract some again as they're apparently in short supply.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have plenty of peacocks here in Bedfordshire, on the buddlieja, and lots of small brown and orange butterflies (gatekeepers?) that I can't remember seeing before, a few large whites and the occasional red admiral but not a painted lady or tortoiseshell to be seen and both used to be abundant. The bronze fennel flowers are simply covered with bees though, which hoipefully is helping to pollinate the tomatoes nearby. Can you make bronze fennel honey I wonder?
I've also got more grasshoppers than I've ever had before - and bumped into a solitary frog by the geenhouse yesterday.
Which are the food plants for tortoiseshells and painted ladies? - I obviously need to grow some.
nettles for tortoiseshells gg. Not sure about the painted lady.
I've finally achieved good butterfly numbers, even got some blues now
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi, I live in Denbighshire and have had peacocks, small tortoise shell's and small white's here over the last few weeks. We do not tend to see the red admiral and large whites until August, these 5 types are really the only ones we get in our neck of the woods - we are semi rural so I do not know if that is a factor at all?
They all live on the different buddleia and lavenders throughout the garden, and also can be seen basking in the sun on the gravelled areas.
Think Painted Ladies like nettles too - we had a small wood across from that house which would have been full of them, a farmer's field and a narrow road with rough grassy verges full of wildflowers a hundred yards away, which probably helped considerably.
Area is a big factor too MrsT - we don't get blues up here. Check out one of the butterfly sites and it'll tell you what's resident in your own part of the country
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've got a white Buddlia, which isn't that big and I've seen quite a few butterflies on mine. In fact as Dove said I've seen more butterflies this year than I have for ages. They keep coming in our conservatory too.
Four Buddleias in my garden. Mainly Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshells but a few Red Admirals,Large Whites and Meadow Browns. Large White caterpillars on nasturtiums
just seen a comma on the argerathemums this evening - hadn't seen one of those in ages - delighted