Butterfly spotters

[vegster]

............................... rhubarb rhubarb.

I see my Rhubarb Stalker has turned up ......

 

[cyanide-sid]

I see my Rhubarb Stalker has turned up ......

I visited your allotment last night as you slept. Just make sure you wash that rhubarb

 

[algie]

Nothing wrong with being passionate with earths creatures Gareth.

When i was a kid i was absolutely fascinated with newts and would go catching them. I even caught the great crested a couple of times.

 

[vegster]

I visited your allotment last night as you slept. Just make sure you wash that rhubarb

I bet you didn't get much sleep then ? the Sting Nettles surrounding that plant are pretty potent....... you must have a todger that looks like a Venison Chipolata now ?

 

[BadFish]

If they are so attracted by lights, why don't they come out in the daytime?

They navigate by the moon. they think that light bulbs are the moon and they are using it to find there way rather than actually attracted to it.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

oops, forgot picture !

That is a Peacock.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

thanks Uncle, I had no idea what it was but it certainly looked different to anything I had seen before.... mind you, I know very little on flutterbyes

Its a moth.

 

[1066familyman]

Is there any spare land around the stadium site?

If so, why not.

Meadow v cultivated grassland;

Costs less to maintain.

Requires less [zero] chemical input.

Looks better.

Massively better for wildlife.

Good PR.



All good.

Would get my vote

 

[vegster]

Its a moth.

I was using a general term rather than a specific ... don't blow it just when you have got in to my good books..

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I was using a general term rather than a specific ... don't blow just when you have got in to my good books..

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Would get my vote

A butterfly garden made by BHAFC fans sounds awesome.

 

[NMH]

............................... rhubarb rhubarb.

I once walked by a rhubarb patch, and heard it muttering "people, people"

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Current thinking is that they are not attracted by lights - they head for the darkest areas. When you have a lightbulb, the "darkest" area is directly behind the bulb,as far as the most is concerned, it doesn't matter which direction it coems at it from.

I thought it was because they use the brightest light source (the moon at night) to navigate and fly a straight course. However, lights being very close, and the moon being as good as a fixed point, they end up flying round in circles and end up hitting the light.

I took the kids up on top of Salvington Hill in Worthing last summer (above Honeysuckle Lane) and we saw loads of beautful butterflies. I took some lovely photos as well. I think we saw a dozen species.

We see quite a few in the garden since I put in fruit trees, raspberries, blackberries and some flowers.... the kids love em.

Papa

 

[Worthai Seagull]

You can rip the piss out of me if you want but I am a great lover of butterflies. Infact I used to breed them when I was younger as it is a fascinating cycle of life and was very rewarding nurturing them from egg to butterfly.

On the South Downs there is a feast to be had for butterfly spotters. Today I saw numerous Marbled Whites, a lovely black and white species, magnificent, the old favourite, the Red Admiral, another family favourite , the Small Tortoiseshell, a Peacock was spotted last week, numerous species of coppers and skippers, a small blue was spotted and recently I spotted an Adonis Blue. Alas the Chalkhill blue seems to be rare this year but Southwick Downs is a butterfly lovers treat.

Anyone else spotted anything interesting this year ?.

Whats really nice ....you havnt had the piss ripped out of you . In fact i think its one of the more interesting threads weve had here for a while !

 

[Return of the Rev]

Falmer meadow i'm in if we are looking for helpers!!!!!!!! Come on lets see what can done!

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

BBC News - UK butterfly population tracked in Big Butterfly Count

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Any idea what these may be?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

On my walk today I saw numerous Gatekeepers, Coppers and a Red Admiral. The Marbled Whites had all gone awol.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Any idea what these may be?

Could be an atlas moth. I will check.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Could be an atlas moth. I will check.

Taken in Borneo if that helps?!