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August 21, 2020 barryhLeave a comment

It seemed a long time since, but the late summer batch of small tortoiseshell butterflies turned up last week, as many as 5 at one time on our buddleia, but nothing like the numbers of yesteryear.

What hairy bodies they have!

The underside is less spectacular, yet still offers an attractive pattern:Read More »

Small Tortoiseshell

July 16, 2019July 15, 2019 barryh1 Comment

I saw plenty of these small tortoiseshell butterflies around the hedgerows during a recent walk over local farmland. What an amazingly hairy body they have!

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The plentiful insects show just how important hedgerows are for wildlife diversity in the otherwise rather arid intensively farmed environment.

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