All the other creepy crawlies and animals that interact with your garden and the countryside
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Placido
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by Placido » Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:47 pm
At last, butterflies !!! 2 little ones orbiting around each other

and one large brown one

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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:43 pm
Placido wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:47 pm
At last, butterflies !!! 2 little ones orbiting around each other

and one large brown one

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Ah good. a little early for the Small Brown Flitter I expect

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Placido
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by Placido » Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:36 am
Thank you for the information. I was wondering about that .......

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Placido
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by Placido » Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:48 pm
A warm 65F brought out my first glimpse of this year's orange tip

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About 2 hours later there was another one

, or possibly the first one flying backwards

. Anyway, the OTs are here again

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by Jacksparrow » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:32 pm
Placido wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:48 pm
A warm 65F brought out my first glimpse of this year's orange tip

!
About 2 hours later there was another one

, or possibly the first one flying backwards

. Anyway, the OTs are here again
Hurrah!.

I'm still looking for the first one at the Chateau

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by Willpar » Fri Apr 19, 2019 7:21 pm
Well spotted jacksparrow. Have seen a few myself the past days. But a first for me today in fact I seen two, those small holly blues.
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by Jacksparrow » Fri Apr 19, 2019 8:10 pm
Several OTs today and(like willpar) my first Holly Blue of the year.
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by Placido » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:27 am
No holly blues (rarely see them anyway) but multiples of OTs (Americaspeak) and some SBFs too

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by Placido » Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:00 pm
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by Placido » Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:14 pm
... and another one today
