Meadow browns

[John Milford]

I know they're one of the commonest British butterflies, but it's teeming everywhere with them round here at the moment. I can't recall ever seeing so many before.

Perhaps I just wasn't looking?

[Freako]

I know they're one of the commonest British butterflies, but it's teeming everywhere with them round here at the moment. I can't recall ever seeing so many before.

Perhaps I just wasn't looking?

Don't knock it John, not too many around my way as yet.

[John Milford]

Not much arable farming around Belper, mostly cattle & sheep grazing. I suppose the plus side of that is little or no pesticides

I do worry about the lack of bees though. Nowhere near as many evident compred to previous years.

[martin godliman]

A pretty and small butterfly caught my eye in the garden recently when I googled it...turned out it was cutely named the... 'mint moth'....literally lays it eggs on and their caterpillars eat mint.

[John Milford]

A pretty and small butterfly caught my eye in the garden recently when I googled it...turned out it was cutely named the... 'mint moth'....literally lays it eggs on and their caterpillars eat mint.

The caterpillars with the freshest breath in the whole of the insect world!

[martin godliman]

A pretty and small butterfly caught my eye in the garden recently when I googled it...turned out it was cutely named the... 'mint moth'....literally lays it eggs on and their caterpillars eat mint.

The caterpillars with the freshest breath in the whole of the insect world!