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Bees...butterflies...and moths....
Bees...butterflies...and moths....
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 ...a Mint Moth..... usually a day flying moth on Compact Marjoram...... Taken 23 July at 1214 |
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 ...............a Ladybird on a Lemon Verbena leaf................ ........Lemon Verbena has the most intense lemon smell you find.  |
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 ...............a Corizus Hyoscyami.....according to Google...... on Phacelia Tanacetifolia foliage............ Taken 23 July at 1112. |
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 ...a Ladybird in a Pink Cosmos Sonata....... Taken 23 July at 1424 |
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 ....a Green Veined White butterfly on a Cosmos Xanthos........... Taken 25 July at 1333. |
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That's a superb picture! The way the GV White looks almost like it's a petal of the flower, quite perfect composition. You have a good eye.
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Thanks FlowerMyth........very kind.
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Jolly well done Egner. That Red Admiral is a tortoiseshell I believe.
I am doing the same thing to the rear of the South wing but work was held up by a pair of amorous Robins. |
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...thanks dunlaying .........
...and thanks for the correction  .......that was back at the start......when my enthusiasm got the better of my accuracy!!!!!!!!Good luck with the South Wing.....those amorous Robins......if theyre not loving they seem to be fighting......everything.....at least round here! |
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The Green Veined White butterfly is a prizewinning shot!
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Good evening all.
Agree with your last post MD. |
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..thanks Makybe...
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....and Evgeny.
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That photograph is actually quite beautiful.
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...thanks evgeny.......
....it is amazing the amount of beauty that the natural world provides all around us........... .....with the increasing pace of "progress" in the world..... .....and the encroachment that the rush to never ending growth has on many habitats...... ...I think an increasing number of people are starting to realise how precious it is...... .....and that it can be the perfect antidote to the increasingly stressful place the world is becoming. .....if you plant it.........they will come!!!!!  |
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I like that!
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...great stuff Makybe.
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Great photo Egner. One of your best, if not THE best. Sorry to be a buffly nerd, but this looks like one of the MORE yellow colour variants of this species - they all have yellow hindwing reverses but this one seems more yellow than usual. Any Hampshire boys on here? - those GVW's love your Watercress beds. Keep em coming, egner!
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..thanks blackbarn....very kind.....
...once summer returns I shall do some repairs.....the wilder stuff.....corn marigolds...cornflower blue...phacelia......has taken a battering with all the rain... ...and I shall continue!! |
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 ...our resident Fox.....stalking his prey......a Wholemeal Bread Honey Sandwich!!!! Taken 28 July at 2325. |
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 ....tasteeesss goooood.....yep. |
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 ......furry fella cant fit too much more in his mouth!!! |
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 ...a Gatekeeper butterfly nestling in a Cosmos Xanthos flower................ ....initially thought it was a Meadow Brown.......the two look very similar but Google has pointed out that the Gatekeeper has two white specks within the black eye-spot, while the Meadow Brown has only one. ....you learn something new every day Taken 29 July at 1141. |
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Another lovely photo, egner. I did tell you the browns were difficult, particularly when they rest shut
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..thanks blackbarn....
..you did ..........you were teaching your granddaughter........ ......difficult when they are open.....nigh on impossible when they are shut I would imagine |
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Great thread.
This is interesting..... https://secure.avaaz.org/en/save_the_bees_keep_the_ban_national/?thGAujb |
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Remember this face. THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO IN YEARS TO COME WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING OFF OUR FOOD CHAIN TODAY. SHE IS THE ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY AND HAS JUST APPROVED THE USE OF PESTICIDES TO KILL BEES, AFTER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ASKED HER NOT TO. WHY IS THIS GOVERNMENT PUSHING THROUGH POLICIES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? I c&p'd the wording. |
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That is awful, Johnizere. Does she not know how important bees are?
Is that a petition in the post above? I will check it out. |
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..yes johnizere and Makybe........really quite depressing....
..many people in this country and around the world taking action by raising awareness and creating meadows and ecosystems in their gardens to help bees and other pollinators..... ..and with one stroke they make everything so much more difficult....despicable...... ...have signed the petition for what its worth..... ..also this is a superb site.... http://www.plantlife.org.uk/ ...they have a campaign to pressure councils to manage verges and roadsides in a more plant and pollinator friendly way....it is having an effect............. I think!!!!!????? |
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 ...an Echinacea Purpurea flower..................has a lovely sweet honey like smell................ Taken 29 July at 1331. |
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 ...a Bumblebee approaching a Dahlia "Mystic Wonder" flower............... Taken 31 July at 1450. |
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 ...almost there....!!! |
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 ....having a feast..... |
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 ...and more... |
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 ..and more.... |
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 ...and more. |
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Aww, gorgeous little Bumblebee
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Makybe
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BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND.....
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 ...a Bumblebee on Phacelia Tanacetifolia flowers.......... Taken 30 July at 1544. |