Painted Lady Influx

[Wynn D Woo]

I havent seen any around here but have seen a fair few Cabbage Whites. Bees seem to be doing OK to

[frogesque]

Saw two Painted Ladys this afternoon while working at Milnathort, Kinrosshire.

One looked a bit frayed as if it had travelled a good distance, the other one didn't look as if it had suffered quite so much but obviously hadn't just emerged.

[Chris Knight]

One, not looking tattered, basking in the evening sunlight on the edge of a field of barley in Durrington. Plenty of food plants nearby.

[James M]

They've also been seen laying on nettles haven't they? Hopefully the weather will play ball and we get a bumper brood later in the summer.

[mushymanrob]

Saw one of those Hummingbird Hawkmoth thingies flying past out on the common yesterday ... stunning things and quite colourful - look very much like minnature birds.

smashing insects them! .... theres also a migration of clouded yellows, like in 83 and 95, 2 summers that turned out to be scorchers!

[Andy Bown]

smashing insects them! .... theres also a migration of clouded yellows, like in 83 and 95, 2 summers that turned out to be scorchers!

Apologies for slightly hijacking the butterfly thread, but has anyone else in other areas noticed how many Greenfly there are this year? They've been around in vast numbers for over a fortnight now - I thought it may be just around here, but went to Rugby/Northampton at the weekend & it was the same there.

Rob, have you noticed it while out working?

[Wynn D Woo]

Yep seems to be hundreds of Greenfly this year - highly annoying when you are trying to eat outdoors.

[mushymanrob]

Apologies for slightly hijacking the butterfly thread, but has anyone else in other areas noticed how many Greenfly there are this year? They've been around in vast numbers for over a fortnight now - I thought it may be just around here, but went to Rugby/Northampton at the weekend & it was the same there.

Rob, have you noticed it while out working?

no probs, threads evolve

yes i have noticed alot of greenfly, so beware, a ladybird explosion could well be on the way soon (as in 76)

[Terminal Moraine]

I've seen several Painted Ladies in roughly the same spot on the moor behind the house over the past week. It's a few years since I saw one in this area, July 2003 was, I think,the last time there were any number of them.

[James M]

I finally saw one Painted Lady on Sunday! it was very very battered you would scarcely regonise what it was.

Edited June 24, 2009 by James M

[mushymanrob]

had a humingbird hawk moth feeding on honeysuckle on wednesday morning a first in my garden...

pity there no decent hot spell coming up to bring out the butterflies/moths

[Rainy]

Saw a Painted Lady patrolling the footpath above the house last Saturday when it was sunny and warm. Then again yesterday afternoon when the weather was somewhat bright. Sparkly fresh, so newly hatched I think. So maybe the new broods are out now. It was guarding the large patch of knapweed. This always attracts butterflies and bees. I wonder where butterflies go when there are days of heavy rain? And is it true that this new batch of Painted Ladies just feed and fade away, never to migrate south like swallows. Such a shame.

[*AL*]

There are loads of Painted Ladys here in Swindon.Never before have i noticed so many, they are the most common butterfly in my garden this year. :lol:

had a humingbird hawk moth feeding on honeysuckle on wednesday morning a first in my garden...

pity there no decent hot spell coming up to bring out the butterflies/moths

I haven't seen a hummingbird hawk moth in my garden for 2 years now.Fantastic creatures.