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  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    Fire said:
    Do larger butterflies sit down more than smaller ones? I don't know but the swallow tail is big but wouldn't let me take a decent photograph 😀 very fidgety!

    Luxembourg
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I think that Asclepia may be a milk weed rather than a milk parsley -
    Selinum wallichianum
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    My great “moment” today was hearing turtle doves purring in sallow scrub”. Such an ancient and rare sound these days. 

    —- some butterflies do seem so much more fidgety than others. Tortoise shells seem to enjoy chilling out. 
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    edited July 2022
    Agreed @Fire I can get pretty close up photos of tortoiseshells! Others won't even land in the first place.
    @wild edges it's really worrying about the avian flu, I don't see how some of the populations will recover 😞. They did a bit about it on Springwatch plus RSPB are sending emails about it, very upsetting. 
  • When photographing butterflies it is best to move directly towards them - it is only sideways movement that they can detect and which spooks them.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Found this little guy on the lawn this morning, I know its demise could be caused by one of many things, but with all the media coverage of Avian Flu I'm really hoping it hasn't reached my neck of the woods.


  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    When photographing butterflies it is best to move directly towards them - it is only sideways movement that they can detect and which spooks them.
    Useful to know 
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Very cute @purplerallim it might end up being your friend for the foreseeable future.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Well I have had three "friends" over the years @Sheps , two of which would hand feed. All appeared to be males, brought their female to be fed here, but never nested here. The young would end up in my garden, so even when I loose an adult there is always a baby to take up the territory. 
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