Government Owned Wild Spaces I found this online: "It's ok to gather seeds from flowers from meadows or hedges in the wild, as long as you do so in moderation, and only for your own use (not to sell)! However, it is against the law to remove or uproot the whole plant." Advantages of seed ...

Garden, Dragonfli wasp trap I don't want Vespula vulgaris in my garden, even if "Chris" in the neighbourhood has left his growing wasp nest to get bigger to late summer. Last year we had wasps from about the last week, before female Brimstones emerged from pupae. I thought that my garden ...

I think the plant it was enjoying was "selfheal"
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Average outdoor temperatures and Orange-tip pupal development (a bit like a Garlic mustard seed that might not have germinated the same or following year) I had previous occasions of double hibernation with eventual emergence almost two years after being laid as eggs. That's an interesting referenc...

I have not yet seen the first summer generation of Small tortoiseshell near Lincoln in 2024. I thought I was not "well travelled", but we would expect to see them along the river banks, nectaring on bramble blossoms, looking quite fresh, near the beginning of June. Numbers of over-wintered...

Question about roosting Orange-tip butterflies: Might seasonal climate changed heavier rainfall, reduce the general life expectancy of an annual generation of Orange-tip butterflies, given their known evolutionary roosting positions, that might not have so often been under leaves, in comparison with...

While considering locations where Marsh Fritillary populations existed using Field scabious as a larval food plant, on calcarious geology, rather than Damp meadow scabious elsewhere, small differences in individual larval food plant populations, might have been noted. In comparison with similar spec...

Caterpillar Conservation One Gardener had an Alder buckthorn that was not in a dense hedgerow & because of the number of oviposits, the bush might have become thin with large Brimstone larvae more exposed to predation. This example was of an Alder buckthorn with a couple of dark upturned small ...

Spring 2024 Male Speckled wood butterfly diary, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire First Speckled wood on the wing in 2024, I recorded on April 11th 2024 IMG_0309.jpeg Some of the first butterflies to emerge were seen in a window of opportunity, around a warmer lunchtime or early afternoon, when direct sun...

The funniest thing (or not funny at all) about this thread, was that, if it was me, a local Government noticed surveying, someone thought there might be a "tipping point" regarding "Seriously Upset" and where to send a sub-contractor to do some work. Nettle Management & lets ...

4. "White icon", Family Trail near to a "Master tree" at a Bookham Commons high point. The Purple Something arrow, definitely appeared to be pointing up! At this point I would like to apologise for showing this picture so much on UKB, but I thought that I had a specifically diffe...

3. Light shade of T-Shirt "A white dinner plate might be slippery for a butterflies feet, one might try a disposable dinner plate"

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White or cream coloured (Apparently preferable) May/June Landing Pads for UK Red Admiral Migrants after Long Distance Flights Philip was right about something: In lower lit conditions (possibly woodland) or less light weather conditions (Late afternoon cloud, after sunny lunchtime) specifically, th...

Brimstone relationship? A species of spider that was seen living on English Buckthorn in May-July, when immature stages of a Brimstone Life cycle were there. Please can someone tell me more about this species and in what way does it (if it does) interact with the immature stages of Brimstone, even ...

Brimstone egg laying preference; more oviposits please Generally noting, I thought that a female Brimstone clung to a May leaf in a comfortable way, a bit like a Large white butterfly might cling to a large nasturtium or Cabbage leaf, in a discrete way, with her wings closed, which often ended in a...

Thanks David, In my opinion, we need to make sure that the native UK wild flower plant identification apps for mobile phones get this right and as a team, embarrass the plant identification apps, that were the worst offenders. Even if they gave a percentage chance of correctness, it in my opinion, w...

Gardening For Butterflies-Cuckoo flower We have had a wet year and it might have been good growing conditions for Cuckoo flower "If you live in the South of England and had bought much grazed Cuckoo flower from an Authorised Wild Flower Retailer, you might of had some very long stems that had ...

Good timing, Phil. A couple of hours ago I managed to take a photograph of an Orange-tip ovipositing on Oil-seed Rape Brassica napus subsp. oleifera : 2024.05.15 Orange-tip Baddow Meads.jpg Hello dlaz44, Looks a bit like Field Mustard with smaller seedpods. I need to be careful not to upset a farme...

"Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on an eco quest to find out about butterflies and moths." 14 minutes 11 Dec 2023 Was available to view on BBC iPlayer An interesting educational opportunity for Butterfly boys and Girls, apparently, below the age of 12. Simple Principles about Butterflies ...