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General Category => Entertainment => Topic started by: Pete on August 08, 2013, 02:39:53 PM

Title: Butterflies & Buddleia
Post by: Pete on August 08, 2013, 02:39:53 PM

Round the side of where I'm working today is a buddleia bush - covered in peacock butterflies - this is just one. Lovely!

(http://www.ichesterfield.co.uk/images/peacock-butterfly.jpg)

Title: Re: Butterflies & Buddleia
Post by: Old Cruser on August 08, 2013, 04:23:26 PM

Buddleia's are known as 'The Butterfly Bush'
I used to have one at the top of the garden

Title: Re: Butterflies & Buddleia
Post by: Fly on August 08, 2013, 05:17:05 PM

Only seen cabbage whites on our buddleia up to yet this year :(

Actually got the plant from the wasteland at the  botton of Clayton St.
I was parked there whilst Our_Lass was having a wedding dress fitting up town.
4 years ago. Wow, where does the time go  ;)

Title: Re: Butterflies & Buddleia
Post by: simondjuk on August 08, 2013, 07:55:07 PM

We have one, its was covered in butterflys at the weekend.  Cabbage Whites, Peacock and Red Admirals.  Some of the Peacocks are huge.

Title: Re: Butterflies & Buddleia
Post by: Alsatian on August 09, 2013, 01:23:15 PM

Parked up in Crystal Peaks next to some lavender bushes - there were thousands of bees round them! Although has anyone else noticed how many dopy/dead ones there are lying around?

Title: Re: Butterflies & Buddleia
Post by: Old Cruser on August 09, 2013, 01:43:39 PM

@ Alsatian - I put a thread out last week on dead bees as we are seeing a lot here

http://chesterfieldonline.org/index.php/topic,3567.0.html (http://chesterfieldonline.org/index.php/topic,3567.0.html)