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 / 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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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 / Edientomental / Entomental
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Butterfly prefers onion to butterfly bush!
The warmth has encouraged the Buddleja (Butterfly bush / Sommerfuglbusk) into flower, but this small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl) still prefers Alliums! Buddleja isn’t edible, but it is one of […]
Insects
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First Butterfly
My first butterfly of the year has emerged in the garden, a small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl), seen on one of the last winter aconites (vinterblom). I was surprised to […]
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 […]