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posted on 19 Mar 2005 by Norman Lynagh
I would like to add:

In message , Scottish
Quilter writes
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:26:22 GMT, Norman Lynagh
wrote:

I saw a butterfly in the garden this afternoon. It had a brown hairy
body, orangish wings with dark brown spots. It's not a subject I know
anything about but this does seem fairly early. Any expert knowledge out
there?

Max temp 20.3 today.

Norman.
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Sounds like a Red Admiral.

No. It wasn't that. A red admiral is one of the few butterflies I can
recognise :-)

Tortoiseshell?



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Scottish Quilter wrote:
I pruned the roses this afternoon and found some
greenfly-------gr-r-r-r!!

Plant a little lavender nearby (-:

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Scottish Quilter wrote:
I pruned the roses this afternoon and found some
greenfly-------gr-r-r-r!!

Plant a little lavender nearby (-:

--
Gianna Stefani

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

Scottish Quilter wrote:
I pruned the roses this afternoon and found some
greenfly-------gr-r-r-r!!

Plant a little lavender nearby (-:

--
Gianna Stefani

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

Scottish Quilter wrote:
I pruned the roses this afternoon and found some
greenfly-------gr-r-r-r!!

Plant a little lavender nearby (-:

--
Gianna Stefani

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

I am going to be a smart arse here .

On Wednesday 9th March I predicted on a butterfly web group that "butterfly
spring" would begin on 16th March.

And sure enough it did - I have been a butterfly enthusiast for all but 60
years now so ought to get it right after all this while!

Four species hibernate in Britain as adults, ie as butterflies rather than
caterpillars or chrysalides or eggs:
Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Brimstone. To that must be added
Red Admiral which has regularly over-wintered in recent years with the
warmer winters. Red Admiral is not perhaps a true hibernator in that they
often wake in mild winter weather, do a bit of feeding and then return to
hibernation. The other species remain totally dormant for months.

Jack

I am going to be a smart arse here .

On Wednesday 9th March I predicted on a butterfly web group that "butterfly
spring" would begin on 16th March.

And sure enough it did - I have been a butterfly enthusiast for all but 60
years now so ought to get it right after all this while!

Four species hibernate in Britain as adults, ie as butterflies rather than
caterpillars or chrysalides or eggs:
Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Brimstone. To that must be added
Red Admiral which has regularly over-wintered in recent years with the
warmer winters. Red Admiral is not perhaps a true hibernator in that they
often wake in mild winter weather, do a bit of feeding and then return to
hibernation. The other species remain totally dormant for months.

Jack

I am going to be a smart arse here .

On Wednesday 9th March I predicted on a butterfly web group that "butterfly
spring" would begin on 16th March.

And sure enough it did - I have been a butterfly enthusiast for all but 60
years now so ought to get it right after all this while!

Four species hibernate in Britain as adults, ie as butterflies rather than
caterpillars or chrysalides or eggs:
Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Brimstone. To that must be added
Red Admiral which has regularly over-wintered in recent years with the
warmer winters. Red Admiral is not perhaps a true hibernator in that they
often wake in mild winter weather, do a bit of feeding and then return to
hibernation. The other species remain totally dormant for months.

Jack

I am going to be a smart arse here .

On Wednesday 9th March I predicted on a butterfly web group that "butterfly
spring" would begin on 16th March.

And sure enough it did - I have been a butterfly enthusiast for all but 60
years now so ought to get it right after all this while!

Four species hibernate in Britain as adults, ie as butterflies rather than
caterpillars or chrysalides or eggs:
Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Brimstone. To that must be added
Red Admiral which has regularly over-wintered in recent years with the
warmer winters. Red Admiral is not perhaps a true hibernator in that they
often wake in mild winter weather, do a bit of feeding and then return to
hibernation. The other species remain totally dormant for months.

Jack

I saw a tortoiseshell and a peacock on Friday (18th), first I'd noticed this
year.

Dave
"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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I am going to be a smart arse here .

On Wednesday 9th March I predicted on a butterfly web group that
"butterfly
spring" would begin on 16th March.

And sure enough it did - I have been a butterfly enthusiast for all but 60
years now so ought to get it right after all this while!

Four species hibernate in Britain as adults, ie as butterflies rather than
caterpillars or chrysalides or eggs:
Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Brimstone. To that must be added
Red Admiral which has regularly over-wintered in recent years with the
warmer winters. Red Admiral is not perhaps a true hibernator in that they
often wake in mild winter weather, do a bit of feeding and then return to
hibernation. The other species remain totally dormant for months.

Jack