Fantastic day at Ringve Botaniske Hagen’s 50th anniversary garden party for the city. The theme for the day was Biodiversity and Sustainability! KVANN had a stand with a […]
Butterflies and moths
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Largest numbers of red admirals
This morning, red admiral butterflies were everywhere in the garden and I counted at least 70 on both Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush / sommerfuglbusk) and Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp […]
Butterflies and moths
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Fleet of Admirals
The numbers of red admiral butterflies have been building up over the last week and today with my large Buddleja davidii in full flower and warm summer weather, […]
Birds / Butterflies and moths / Nettles
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Don’t cut those nettles, share them with wildlife
We may know that some of are most spectacular butterflies like red admiral (admiral), painted lady (tistelsommerfugl), comma (hvit C), small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl) and peacock (dagpåfugløye) may lay […]
Butterflies and moths / Pollinators
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Buddleja davidii
One of the few plants in my garden which isn’t edible is my large Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush / sommerfuglbusk), a wonderful entomental (loved by insects and an […]
Butterflies and moths / Nettles
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Admiral on Urtica kiovensis
Back from my two week stay in England for my dad’s funeral (he was 97 and still growing leeks from seed; I planted them posthumously!) and being with […]
Butterflies and moths / Pollinators
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Admirals on Monarda
Monardas are autumn flowering here and one of the best plant genera for pollinating insects at this time of year, including bumble bees and butterflies. Over the last […]
Butterflies and moths / Edientomental / Pollinators
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Buddleja Butterflies
By chance, the best two plants in the garden for pollinating insects in late summer are growing together in the garden. The Clematis vitalba (old man’s beard / […]
Butterflies and moths
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First Admiral
The first red admiral butterfly of 2020 was in the garden yesterday! I bet it’s come a long way! Post Views: 106
Butterflies and moths
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The last Admiral on Buddleja
The last Red admiral on the last Buddleja davidii flowers this week :) Post Views: 119
Butterflies and moths / Hoverfly / Insects / Pollinators
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Early Autumn Pollinators
With only a few inflorescences left on my Buddleja plants, the red admiral and painted lady (tistelsommerfugl) butterflies are transferring their attentions to other flowers in the garden, […]
Butterflies and moths
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Peak butterflies
There are record numbers of butterflies in the garden at the moment, crowding on the last Buddleja flowers. A few days ago, I counted 35 butterflies, about equal […]
Butterflies and moths
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Painted Ladies vs Red Admirals
Yesterday there were 15 Red Admiral butterflies in the garden and 2 Painted Ladies, today the Ladies beat the Admirals 8-6 :) Post Views: 127
Butterflies and moths
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Invading Admirals
There were at least 15 Red Admiral butterflies in the garden yesterday, mainly on Buddleja! Post Views: 78
Butterflies and moths
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Flutterbies
After a very cold start to the summer, Malvik has had record warm weather over the last month which has helped the populations of butterflies! They love my […]