Butterfly

Bijdezee

Found this little beauty in my shed.

Fairygirl

He's  lovely @Bijdezee. I saw one on the lower slopes of a Glencoe hill recently. 
A speckled wood I think 

Ladybird4

A beautiful speckled wood butterfly.

Obelixx

Oh good.  We've had a few of those but I thought, being hairy, they would be moths.

Guernsey Donkey2

The speckled wood is our most often sighted butterfly, along with the inevitable cabbage white, then Red Admirals, Holly blue and for a short period painted lady and Peacock and one or two others.

Bijdezee

To be honest we have not had a good year for butterflies. Last year my echinacea were covered in peacock, painted lady, red admiral and comma butterflies. This year hardly any. We usually see a swallowtail or two. This year none. Hoping next year will be better. I think that's the gardeners mantra - always hoping for better next year. 

Dovefromabove

I think we’ve had all your butterflies @Bijdezee our garden’s been full all summer ... they must’ve hopped on a North Sea Ferry 😉 

Bijdezee

Dovefromabove said:

I think we’ve had all your butterflies @Bijdezee our garden’s been full all summer ... they must’ve hopped on a North Sea Ferry 😉 

So, it was you that stole them! Probably lured them away with tiny cups of sugar water. 

Dovefromabove

No sugar here ... but the white ones certainly came here to target my broccoli 🙄 

Fairygirl

We certainly had more than our fair share of painted ladies, which has been an absolute joy. Only one red admiral so far, but a lot of the plants they like have been slow to come into flower this year. Still waiting for the Acteas, which they love. 
I've only seen the speckled wood when I was on that walk, but I expect we get them around here too. Plenty of suitable habitat for them. 

BobTheGardener

They are very good at hiding, fairygirl!