Anything to do with Wildlife in France, from insects to birds and moles.I planted a little buddleia last year, it's about 1½m high and covered with flower .... and just now all these butterflies were on it !
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Blaze
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Beautifully sharp and colourful pictures - You've obviously got the knack of not frightening them off when you approach - bravo!!!
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Blaze wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:01 pm I planted a little buddleia last year, it's about 1½m high and covered with flower .... and just now all these butterflies were on it !
Buddleisa , known as 'Bomb site weed' 'cos loads of 'em grew there
in the day.
We've planted quite a few & always good to see the flutterbys.
Nice piccies
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Thank you @Oldblueraincoat and @L Austin France
They can be tricky, like many insects. In this case I used a 300mm lens and a tripod, perhaps a bit extreme, but it means I can keep a reasonable distance but get a good crack at them.
We've planted lots flowers to attract insects because we back onto fields that are sprayed to death .... The recent rain and warm sunshine seem to have brought them out today.
They can be tricky, like many insects. In this case I used a 300mm lens and a tripod, perhaps a bit extreme, but it means I can keep a reasonable distance but get a good crack at them.
We've planted lots flowers to attract insects because we back onto fields that are sprayed to death .... The recent rain and warm sunshine seem to have brought them out today.
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Loads of ladybirds at the moment - European ones too. Fortunately the Asian ones don't seem to have arrived yet ....
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Look out for these youngsters on a prunus
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Small Tortoiseshell portrait and Red Admiral
I used a very old 100mm f3:5 macro, manual focus
I used a very old 100mm f3:5 macro, manual focus
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@Blaze the colour in your photos are always so very pretty.
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