tortoishells

Oh my...so many in one go...I have never seen that in my garden....

Amazing to see three together like this, Sandra.

i normally have at least 10 on at one time michaella, only 3 or 4 now its getting end of summer ;o)
lol shirley where does it say that , it says tortoishells here ;o))

It was there for a split second, honestly ! Or is that my tired Friday eyes playing tricks ? lol ! I've never seen more than 2 Tortoiseshells in my garden at one time, how lovely for you.

ah thats when i uploaded pics which were with my chutney pic then i edited them lol
iv had masses of butterflies this year shirley not kidding to many to count every day ;o)

I did not get many :)) I once had a blue one...It was so beautiful to look at, but there was no camera at hand :((

i love the blue ones, i had one this year but only one, it was a comman blue, tiny butterfly,pale blue, is that the one michaella

A beautiful picture....lucky you to get so many flutterbys on your budleija....they are so pretty, San.

thankyou Wlass, glad you like it, ;o))

Wow, lucky you. The only ones i've seen more of in my garden this year are the cabbage white, and i've not seen that many of them.

A lovely photo Sandra.

Beautiful pic San

What a fabulous sight Sandra I can honestly say I have only seen one Coloured butterfly and only a few cabbage whites, dont know why as I have lots of Sedums, Budleia, and Phlox;0(

thats a shame linda, wonder why iv had so many yet alot on here havent had any at all ;o(
thanx peonyrose, deida and carole, ;o))) it is very strange carole, iv so enjoyed them this year apart from casper catching them and i cant always be there to rescue them which is sad ;o(

So that's where they are this year, all in your garden.

Lovely photo, and good of them all to sit still for you :)

lol Tog, iv had hundreds really, more than last year ;o))
lol Gee i think they are use to me taking pics, i can get real close at times ;o)

Great photo. Isn't it lovely when you get a warm day and all the butterflies appear at once!

thanx karen and yes it lovely to watch, none today its raining here ;o(

lovely here again San, and I was out there working really hard for about 5 hours. I'm really cream crackered now!

Great Pic San,well done for capturing this.

Lovely photo there Sandra. The butterflies really do like the budleija don't they? Always wanted one in the garden but thought they were too large for a small space, then saw them advertised yesterday in the paper and these only grow to 3ft high.

glad you had a lovely day karen its raining hard here today ;o((
thanx Diydick ;o))
silverbelle i have a tall one and this year got two budlea buzz which can either go in ground or in a patio pot, so hope you get one or two, well worth it ;o))

Wow look at those all enjoying your buddleia San....I wonder if they're from the same family......super pic!

mum , dad and baby sounds lovely janey,, glad you like it ;o))

I do :o)) X

;o)) x

Lovely shot. I have 5 different buddleias in my garden and often get clouds of butterflies.

thanx Anchorman, lovely to have the budleia and all the butterflies isnt it, makes summer special.

It does. My garden is planted particularly with butterflies and other nectar loving insects in mind. I have a substantial nettle patch in the wild part of my garden below my small plant nursery because I'm told many butterflies lay their eggs on nettles.

thats interesting i have plants from the nettle family so wonder if they lay on them to, iv had so many this year, but like you i have plants to attract, cottage garden plants ;o)

Wow! In my favs San :-))

aww thanx annella ;o))

wow great pic.......

cheers holly glad you like it ;o)))

Lovely shot really colourful

thankyou Rkalyan ;o)

1st class shot very well takin :)

cheers mark ;o))

wot a lovely photo

thanx cristina ;o)