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Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845
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We have just found a red admiral butterfly upstairs.  What do we do with him?

I think we should put him with the large plants in the upstairs window. OH think the porch where he can get out if he wants but have two large bay trees to shelter in.

what would you do? He is a beauty! 

Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
A A Milne

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  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Thank you 1Runnybeak1. At the moment he is still in the lamp next to my bed I have been waiting to see if anyone was still up.

    this is an amazing forum

    we will put him in a box under the Australian fig tree 

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    No no no it is in the upstairs hall at a large windowimage

    Wouldn't catch me going out in this, even for a beautiful red admiral!

    thanks Runny

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,136

    They come to hibernate in our homes in the autumn, then we turn the heating up around Christmas and wake them up. 

    A quiet dark corner in a frostfree garage or shed is the place for them. 

    They won't survive in a warm house. image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Woodgreen wonderboyWoodgreen wonderboy Posts: 2,322

    I recently found a cardboard box in an outbuilding with about a dozen tortoiseshells....one flew off, but it was a mild day so hopefully it is OK somewhere else.

  • Hester ScottHester Scott Posts: 181

    Gone to God by now I'm afraid.

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