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This is the first Red Admiral I have been able to get close enough to photograph.

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Ooh, I'm so envious - but grateful these still exist. Not seen one, or any of the more common ones, in my part of London for years. Get small blues and cabbage whites, that's it.

15 Sep, 2012

 

We have had the CW's for a while but the lovely coloured ones have only appeared during the last few weeks of warm weather.

15 Sep, 2012

 

Red Admirals are usually later, when we had them here that is - but no Peacocks, Commas, Tortoiseshells either, sadly.

15 Sep, 2012

 

No havnt seen a peacock this year or a comma, just a few tortoiseshells and 2 brimstones.

15 Sep, 2012

 

I'm doing me best to get 'em in - added Buddleia and musk mallow last year, along with Echinops. All very popular, lots of hoverflies, bees of all sorts, but no flutterbyes...

15 Sep, 2012

 

That's a great shot Lizziebee - managed to get a quick pic of a Red Admiral the other day myself.
Can I ask what that plant is please?
Bamboo - that is such a shame. Can you imagine just how many children have never seen a butterfly? It's sad!!

15 Sep, 2012

 

Wonderful ! I wish we had those here.

15 Sep, 2012

 

We get mostly red admirals, it s the tortoishells that seem rare here.

15 Sep, 2012

 

Lovely pic Lizzie, well done on capturing it..

15 Sep, 2012

 

Scottish - the plant is Ceratostigma, possibly C. plumbaginoides by the look of the leaves, but maybe Lizziebee will confirm...

16 Sep, 2012

 

Thanks Bamboo :)

16 Sep, 2012

 

Lovely picture of the butterfly - we get quite a lot around here of various types but to my shame I don't recognise them - maybe a project for me next Summer... (got to keep that old brain going!)

As for the plant, it's a fabulous colour, and I've long loved it if only for its name: it would make a terrific 'expletive', wouldn't it? - by the time you'd hissed "Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides" all your frustration would have dissipated... And you'd feel so proud of yourself (like being able to pronounce all in one breath the name of the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor)!

[Sorry for the frivolity... staving off the thought of winter, I guess!]

17 Sep, 2012

 

Ha ha, monjardiniere - I prefer a proper old swear myself, although when forced to control myself in front of people, I often resort to 'recombinant DNA'. I don't know why, but it's almost as good as swearing, lol

17 Sep, 2012

 

Beautiful photo... well done o:)

1 Oct, 2012

 

I used to go for Bleishtift, German for pencil but very satisfying.

2 Oct, 2012

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