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It's not just my memory playing tricks on me - when I played in the garden as a child I remember it being full of butterflies. The buddleja was alive with them in summer, but how times have changed.In my own garden I've seen just a handful of small

I would like to know the name of this small butterfly seen yesterday and what it would feed on? Small blue butterfly is probably a Holly Blue. it feeds on Holly flowers and forgetme nots and lays its eggs on Ivy, Holly, and brambles which

That warm Saturday (April 26th) brought out the first butterflies of the year: holly blue, small tortoiseshell and speckled wood. They're all common garden species, but I always get a thrill when I see any of them.The female holly blue

I saw a gorgeous sulphur yellow Brimstone butterfly in the sunshine this morning  http://www.uknature.co.uk/G.rhamni-info.html     Shall we have a butterfly thread?     Good idea Dove, lots of brimstones today, a few small tortoiseshells and a

I managed to snap this Butterfly at a garden centre in Wiltshire. I fully expected it to fly off before I took my snap, but thankfully it stayed put. I think it's a really good image " Who's watching Who "? I hope you like it. I like

This year I have had 3 long caterpillars.  About 1.5 inch long.  Not sure if these are  going to turn into butterflies or not? Probably. Can you describe them? And what plants did you see them on? One was on a rose bush and one was on a geranium

Butterflies have a starring role in the July 2011 issue of Gardeners' World magazine. There's a cut-out-and-keep ID guide, a feature on plants for butterflies and another on gardening for all three stages of their lifecycle. This wealth of content

It’s been fascinating to follow the tweets of butterfly enthusiasts as they marked the arrival of warm weather during the last fortnight, by discoveries of green hairstreaks, Duke of Burgundy Fritillaries and even some large tortoiseshells

Today I saw my first swift,Saturday I saw some swallows, last week I saw my first Tortoiseshell butterflies in the park,I have seen some orange tips.so butterflies and birds are returning. I saw in the garden,peacock butterfly,yellow brimstone

)5. Go outside and admire.Nothing terribly complicated and yet the effect is extraordinarily wonderful.This meadow is, admittedly on the big scale and has been planted by garden designer Ivan Hicks in the ground surrounding Butterfly World and Future