OT: Saw first butterfly of the year today...

 

Small Tortoiseshell. Can only imagine it was a newly emerged adult as, IIRC,
this species doesn't hibernate. Spring has well and truly sprung here in
South Bucks. I only hope it lasts.
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:22:06 -0000, "Miss Perspicacia Tick"


Saw one on 6th January this year...sunning itself on my workshop roof.
The hibernatory(?) butterflies ( the small t/shell is one ) aren't
really a good indicator of spring in that there are many things that
can rouse them from their slumber - so it's not uncommon to see one
fluttering about and looking a little lonely in the depth of winter.

Regards,



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"Miss Perspicacia Tick"  wrote

It's one of the overwintering/hibernating ones, saw a Red Admiral out and
about against the large S. facing wall at the Savill garden a few weeks back
and came across a Peacock overwintering in a stone cottage in N.Cornwall a
week or so ago.
A better indication of spring is the male Brimstone I saw today in my
garden. (The original Butter Fly because of it's colour)


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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

 

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That too overwinters, but seems to be either a better sleeper or a
later riser!

Regards,



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