BUTTERFLY'S(where are they)

KAAT_LADY

At last a bee,,,,,,,,,,,,, its only a phone camera,,

ANY_CHANCE

Cheshire/welsh boarder i have seen no butterflys (only cabbage whites) hopefully will get some when the budlia flowers. Also only seen bumble bees no honey bees. I will try and leave a patch of nettles somewhere for next year

Davesnave

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Seen lots of cabbage whites too over the weekend, as well as the usual red admirals on the hebes, but earlier this evening I was mesmerised by a little powder blue flutterby darting amongst the flowers in my patio pots. I've seen them before but the name escapes me.

'Fraid all the blue ones I see are Common Blues, as I cant tell the difference between them! However, there are more of the little blues about this year, including in my garden, which is definitely a first.

Red Admirals are another matter though because, despite visiting a lot of nature reserves, I've yet to see one this summer(and I have a quarter acre wild garden practically next to mine - fortunately downwind!)

~Chameleon~

ANY_CHANCE wrote: »

Cheshire/welsh boarder i have seen no butterflys (only cabbage whites) hopefully will get some when the budlia flowers. Also only seen bumble bees no honey bees. I will try and leave a patch of nettles somewhere for next year

How about a patch of clover? I stopped cutting the grass for a couple of weeks recently and allowed the clover to come and flower and the bees flocked to it but now you've got me wondering whether these were honey or bumble bees :think:

Just googled images and still none the wiser :rotfl:

I always imagined bumble bees to be those huge furry black and yellow striped ones (got plenty of those on the buddleja and hebes) but the ones on the clover were much smaller but still furry - a different species of bumble bee or a honey bee?

~Chameleon~

Davesnave wrote: »

'Fraid all the blue ones I see are Common Blues, as I cant tell the difference between them! However, there are more of the little blues about this year, including in my garden, which is definitely a first.

I don't think this was a Common Blue, but I can't say for certain what it actually was as I didn't take notice of the underside of the wings, possibly a Holly Blue or Adonis Blue having looked at a few pics

Red Admirals are another matter though because, despite visiting a lot of nature reserves, I've yet to see one this summer(and I have a quarter acre wild garden practically next to mine - fortunately downwind!)

I have a feeling I'm wrong about the red admiral too having just looked at some pics on google and think what I'm actually seeing in the garden are Small Tortoiseshells, easy mistake for an amateur to make, mind


ETA: Ahhhhhh, having had a look at this page I'm now convinced it was a Holly Blue I saw

squiggle37

there was a lovely red butterfly this morning flapping its wings out of the side of my cats mouth she ate it before i could get it off her, now i know why i dont see many in my garden bloomins cats :mad:

~Chameleon~

This morning, along with the usual Small White, of which there seems to be an abundance recently, I've spotted a Comma and another Small Tortoiseshell :j

I've also been paying closer attention to the bees coming into my garden following a post above and have spotted at least 6 different species so far! I didn't realise they were so diverse and different!

Looking at the site below it seems that all the bees I've spotted are actually bumble bees, just different species - fascinating!

http://www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk/bumblebees_id.htm

KAAT_LADY

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

This morning, along with the usual Small White, of which there seems to be an abundance recently, I've spotted a Comma and another Small Tortoiseshell :j

I've also been paying closer attention to the bees coming into my garden following a post above and have spotted at least 6 different species so far! I didn't realise they were so diverse and different!

Looking at the site below it seems that all the bees I've spotted are actually bumble bees, just different species - fascinating!

http://www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk/bumblebees_id.htm

Thanks for the website,, we seem to have lots of these , did not know there were so many bumbles

as for flutterbys we have quite a few white cabbage but not many others but the buddelijas are now coming out so we might see a bit more


K

mary43

It's strange.........our buddleia is the best this year that I've ever seen it yet the only butterflies I've seen have been the white ones.

KAAT_LADY

I dont know what sort of plant this is but it was covered in bees at least 10-12 at a time,,, until I turned up with my camera phone





this plant was supposed to be an alpine but I cant find the label and am not going to try wth all the bees on it will wait til later

K