Butterflies

Lovely pics Sewing :) I've noticed lots more butterflies around this year, but haven't managed to get many pics...so thank you :)

You're more successfull at catching butterflies on camera than I am, SK. Well done, lovely photos. Glad you had a good day.

I hadn't seen any before today either SK, well not apart from the cabbage whites, but there were a few painted ladies on my new buddleia today, hopefully the red admirals will follow soon!

I am afraid of moths and butterflies, am quite a phobic, but since Ive been gardening (my first year) I am getting braver, I even watched one quite close today.
The cabbage white ones I catch with a little fishing net I extended, to feed to our chameleon... how brave am I
well I catch them and Cody puts them in his house

whats the name of your budleja?
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I get lots of the Cabbage white on my balcony - not feeding though but laying eggs on the leaves of my nasturtiums! Some leaves have holes in them & I've seen clusters of eggs on a few leaves & also, once, 10 or 12 caterpillars all grouped together on one leaf.

I do get plenty of bees - I've taught our 2 year old granddaughter to say Bumblebee! Now every time she see a bee, even if its not a bumblebee, I see several species of bee on the balcony, she says bumblebee! She calls all insects "spider"! So she surprised us a week or so ago when she correctly indentified a spider as a spider! Ants she calls spiders as well as anything that crawls.

clever little love
such a bit word too

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Lovely blog SK. The only thing I have seen lately is a bee that was on the Gaillardia we bought from the Garden Centre and it was still there when we got home ??? I didn't have the heart to chase it away so I left the plant until the bee had dissapeared and quickly shoved it in. I don't know if it was the same bee but there was one on there the next time I looked ! ! !

Thank you SK for a lovely butterfly fix...hardly any in my garden this year...I should get a buddleia!

I was just thinking the same Fluff, Arn't they known as the butterfly plant/tree?

Lovely photo`s Sk,lots of butterflies and bees here as well,sadly only the odd ladybird tho..........

Yes they are Ian...hello...nice to talk to you...have missed you lately...seem to be on a different blog from you or gone to bed!

My old mum always had purple & the old - fashioned pink buddleias in my childhood garden & they were smothered in flutterbyes when I was little. Now all I have is those little white ratbags that lay eggs on the nasturtium leaves!!

and my cabbages Grrrrrrrrr......
I was just thinking the same, that we hadn't had a chat for a while. :~))

Well...where've you been? I've been at work...what's your excuse?!! ;0)

I've been digging, where else? Lol

Oh yes of course!! Hey...I've got next week off...can't wait...1st hol this year...it's going to be hot 'n' sunny.

I bet you can't wait? :~))

For sure! Trouble is gotta work my a** off to prepare for a week off so off to bed now...blimey...3 'offs' there! Nite Ian...hope you sleep well.x

Nite Sweety. :~))

Nice pics....... lots of Butterflies about here too..........

I dont know the name of the Buddliea Mookins, its a self set one from our old one that got blown down in the storms a few years ago, its a pretty colour though.

Lovely blog...thanks Sewingk...:>)