tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4621326936195644877..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: AgaspNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-73621074025462142682010-07-11T12:30:45.093+01:002010-07-11T12:30:45.093+01:00Oh yes I love those bugs! We get green ones round ...Oh yes I love those bugs! We get green ones round here...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-91279398976789727472010-07-11T12:08:27.040+01:002010-07-11T12:08:27.040+01:00I haven't seen many butterflies at all in Lond...I haven't seen many butterflies at all in London so far this Summer. However, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_bug" rel="nofollow">forest bug</a> landed on my window the other day - which is curious because I've never heard anyone describe Wandsworth as 'leafy'.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179895758709928467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-91743215786322213172010-07-11T12:04:45.544+01:002010-07-11T12:04:45.544+01:00You're so right Mark - it's wonderful how ...You're so right Mark - it's wonderful how such seemingly fragile creatures hang on in such apparently unpromising terrain...<br />And there's a new twist to the fritillary tale - I saw my brother yesterday (up on the Berks/Oxon border) and one of the first things he said to me was - yes, you guessed - he had a silverwashed frit in his garden that morning too! As with me, the first time ever. More butterfly synchronicity.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-72052322577922120682010-07-10T12:48:53.694+01:002010-07-10T12:48:53.694+01:00What a lovely thing to happen in your own garden! ...What a lovely thing to happen in your own garden! I've never seen one of these. I'd probably think I was hallucinating.<br /><br />This year has so far been more productive than last year on my local patch. Some kinds are up, some are down, but overall I've seen more and, interestingly, I've seen quite a lot more small tortoiseshells.<br /><br />I still think we're very lucky to enjoy nature's prodigality in crowded south-east England. My local patch is only a few fields by a river, but it holds nearly 20 different butterfly species, riches indeed.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.com