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May 12, 2012. First significant butterfly sighting of the year. On an early morning stroll through the garden, this red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) alighted on a boulder in our curve garden, and sat there sunning itself for a while. Conveniently, I was on my round of garden photography, so I snapped a few pictures. Although I've seen its kind before, red admirals aren't the most common butterflies to visit the Lush Gardens. Judging by the state of its left wing, this one has been flying around for a few days. I'm glad it chose our garden as its hangout for part of its short life span! |
Visitors to this page have left the following commentsJennifer Wingate Canada | May 14, 2012 | We have had clouds of the red admiral butterfiles for the past two weeks or so, perhaps because of our very mild almost snowless winter in Southern Ontario. Glad to catch up with your latest news about the garden, I am enjoying a colourful combination of yellow trollius with dark purple irises. The hellebgores still lingering on, they have bloomed profusely and I am pleased to see a couple of seedlings flowering in their third spring. I always wait to trim the flowers until after they have dropped seeds. All the best. |
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