Saturday, 13 September 2008

More butterflies

It's a lovely day for a change so I did a bit of gardening and was pleasantly surprised to see some butterflies drinking nectar at the marigolds. It's something I've never watched before but I could see the proboscis uncurled and placed in the flower and then the butterfly would lean forward getting down deep. Both types I saw today fed at both the African and French Marigolds.

A male Large White.

A Small Tortoiseshell - kinda looked old.

Another Tortoiseshell - this one looked much brighter.

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