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Butterfly Decline

I hear Monty Don and others going on about the decline of the butterfly but as I write this, sitting at my desk in front of my huge panorama window overlooking the garden, I have never seen so many green veined butterfly. I live half of my life back home in Tanzania and there also there is no evidence of butterfly decline, far from it! We are awash with butterflies. So where is the evidence to the contrary coming from? 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    The lack of different species for a start. My garden is full of various whites, a few peacocks and commas. I've seen maybe 3 common blues, one painted lady, a few tortoiseshells and no red admirals. This is not what I was seeing a few years ago when the garden was alive with all species.

    Earlier on there were a few meadow browns, one gatekeeper and a few ringlets. The only butterfly I've seen more of this year is the speckled wood.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    Snap. At the moment all I've got are whites homing in on the brassicas.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    She was so right wb. I read that again recently



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    It does



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • fidgetbones wrote (see)

    Snap. At the moment all I've got are whites homing in on the brassicas.

    same here.. last year my white scented budlehia was covered in peacock and red admiral butterflis but not one this year at all...

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  • SingySingy Posts: 206

    I cant reference the past as i have not been interested in gardening that long, but i find that my garden is full of insects, i have taken a lot more interest since the all the recent publicity on the matter, there are lots of bees or all sorts, hoverflies, ladybirds, butterflies and caterpillars, i have noted around 20 types or caterpillar so far and i dont go looking for them. I am in the north west by the way.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Saw my first Red Admiral at the weekend on my big white buddleia here so there's still hope! image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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