You remember all those spiky black caterpillers from a few weeks back? Well they are all now emerging as pristine shiny, technicoloured adult Peacock butterflies! The Cordite Woodland was full of them yesterday, queuing up to sip at the lilac buddhlia bar...
This rather smart bee-mimic hoverfly by the name of Eristalis intracarius was also lapping up the sugary offerings....
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Howard Vaughan, Information Officer