Thought I would kick this years thread off with the beautiful Peacock spotted today - I have had quite a few moths around the front door but not deployed the lights recently
Edit: 2021 thread can be found here community.rspb.org.uk/.../butterflies-moths-2021
Cin J
The garden was full of Butterflies today so just had to take a few to put up starting with this nice Small white Pieris
Tortoiseshell
Underneath they are nearly as pretty
First Comma for me this year
So you get two
Aren't they huge compared with the others
Whoops another Comma flew in
This just had to be taken
You can see why the eyes have it :-)
Mustn't leave out the Meadow Brown
Then another Comma matching the Marigold
Hope these aren't too many for the thread.
Lot to learn
Quite an assortment there Gaynor. I haven't seen very many Small Whites this year, and what I have seen haven't landed. We seem to get a lot of Speckled Woods around here. Thanks for sharing ...
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Regards, Hazel
2013 photos & vids here
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Oh wow lucky you to have so many butterflies visit Gaynor!! Sadly I still have no luck growing buddlea.....no idea why they won't grow in my garden...even the moths don't wanna be seen now...hiding under the door frame!
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Found this large moth on the balcony terrace but not sure what it is so will leave it up to the experts !!
quick photo taken on mobile and it does blend in with the paving so hope there's enough to ID