"Butterfly Special" for Susan and Elizabeth...

Just a quick post on a dismal morning...
take a look at the "Spotted on the Web" feature...
near the bottom of the side bar.
You will find it interesting reading.

And yesterday, while moving some logs, I was told off by a Peacock...
it behaved in a way I'd never seen before...
it flashed upper and lower sets of "eyes" individually...
and then began to rotate the sets...
a very strange effect that...
and then flashed odd "eyes" in a random fashion...
before settling back down!

One last butterfly on the wing

Still mild and moist and plenty of insects about. RonRon the nosy cat poked an ichneumon fly and got stung [they use the short ovipositor in defence], to her great indignation. A very small mayfly rested on the door of the laiterie, building up its strength for a mad short life. A red admiral was searching along the edge of the millstream in the sun - one last forage before hibernation.

Late butterfly

Today was mild and humid as it has been all week. Insects are making good use of the ivy flowers on the bridge, including a Small White butterfly pieris rapae, la pieride de la rave.

Today we went to the Mairie to snitch on the muskrats. They didn't seem to have heard of the new decree there, but we now know that our neighbour Eric Decharte is an authorised trapper and we can contact him to get them 'rehomed' (ahem).

7th September 2006

A day spent butterfly watching.

Butterflies, butterflies,butterflies galore.... all on the Buddleia in the sunshine...
we saw, in no particular order...., Peacock, Red Admiral, Swallowtail, Map, Grizzled Skipper, Large White, Wood White, Silver-washed Fritillary, Queen of Spain Fritillary, Comma, Clouded Yellow, Brimstone, Great Banded Grayling, Large Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Painted Lady, Chalk Hill Blue, Common Blue.... also Small Copper on the clover in the front lawn.
Moths... Humming-bird Hawkmoth, Jersey Tiger, T-Moth, Many-Plumed Moth and Silver-Y Moth.... and a Lime Hawkmoth larva fell out of the lime tree... put it back!
Oh... and a Praying Mantis

<<<  Peacock

 Red Admiral  >>>

<<<  Swallowtail

 
 Map  >>>

<<<  Queen of Spain Fritillary 

Brimstone  >>>

<<<  Great Banded Grayling 

Painted Lady  >>> 

 <<<  Humming-bird Hawkmoth