Butterfly Notes

Towards the end of last summer I was pleased to find some Large White, Pieris brassicae , caterpillars on some Nasturtiums in our garden. It...

Last year I notice a number of green caterpillars on some Rocket that was growing between the slabs in our patio. I assumed they were Small ...

On Tuesday I went for a walk up to the wee valley above our house to look for butterflies. The last couple of weeks had been a little rainy ...

Because of the repairs to the damaged runway caused by flooding our return flight was delayed by 24 hours. We were actually very lucky, as s...

If the butterflies I saw on this trip proved a bit difficult to identify the skippers were certainly the most challenging. Apparently over 6...