sara | April 10, 2008
Today (Thursday 10th April 2008) I spotted the first butterfly of the season. It was a peacock butterfly. I spotted it this morning about 10am in my vegetable garden.
Have you spotted any butterflies this year yet? – Let me know which butterfly you saw, where you saw it and when you saw it.
really beautiful….wow! I [...]
sara | November 1, 2007
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Latin Name: Parage aegeria.
Description: The speckled wood butterfly has brown wings with creamy-yellow coloured spots on the upper wing with one small dark eye spot near the tip of the upper wing. The lower wings have creamy-yellow coloured spots and a row of three dark eye spots.
Size: The wingspan of the speckled wood butterfly is approximately 50mm.
Habitat: This [...]
admin | August 31, 2007
Butterflies seen in July and August on and around my farm are;
Peacock Butterfly
Comma Butterfly
Wall Brown
Red Admiral
Cabbage White
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood
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admin | August 10, 2007
Where Do Butterflies Go When it Rains?
When it rains butterflies roost;
In garden buildings.
On or in tree trunks.
On the underside of leaves.
Under dense leaves.
In crevices in walls.
In crevices in between rocks.
Under the overhang of houses.
Hanging on bushes and shrubs.
Under rocks.
In garages.
These are the same places that butterflies go at night.
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admin | August 7, 2007
Latin Name: Aglais urticae
Description: The Small Tortoiseshell butterfly is bright orange with a black border and blue spots around the edge of the wings. The forewing has 3 rectangular black patches and the hindwings have black on them aswell. The underside of the wings are a black and brown colouring with a row of faint blue [...]
admin | August 6, 2007
Latin Name: Pieris rapae
Description: The Small White butterfly has white wings. The upperside of the wing has one black or grey spot on it’s forewing for the male and two for the female. There is also a black or grey patch on the tip of the forewing.
Size: The wingspan on the Small White is approximately 40-55mm.
Habitat: Meadows, gardens, [...]
admin | August 5, 2007
A butterfly is an insect.
They have 6 legs.
Butterflies have 3 body parts.
These insects have 2 antennae.
Butterflies have overlapping scales on their wings.
They are coldblooded.
Butterflies begin their life as an egg which hatches into a caterpillar.
The caterpillar then produces a chrysalis (pupa) which then transforms into the butterfly.
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admin | August 4, 2007
Latin Name: Vanessa Atalanta
Description: The Red Admiral is a brightly coloured butterfly with red bands and white spots on a black wing.
Size: The wingspan of the Red Admiral is approximately 60-70mm.
Habitat: The Red Admiral lives in gardens, hedgerows, orchards, woodlands and meadows.
Food: They eat nectar, fermenting fruit such as apples, plums and pears, brambles, buddleia and nettles.
Distribution: The [...]
admin | August 3, 2007
I was recently asked the question Where Do Butterflies Go At Night? by TopVeg. This is an excellent question.
Where Do Butterflies Go At Night?
Butterflies roost and sleep;
In garden buildings.
On or in tree trunks.
On the underside of leaves.
Under dense leaves.
In crevices in walls.
In crevices in between rocks.
Under the overhang of houses.
Hanging on bushes and shrubs.
Under rocks.
In [...]
admin | August 3, 2007
Latin Name: Lasiommata megera
Description: The Wall Brown butterfly has orange wings with a brown border and brown markings on the wing. Near the tip of the forewings the Wall Brown has a prominent eye spot with an arc of 3 or 4 eye spots on the hindwing. The underside of the wing is a brown colour [...]
