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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: daveyp1970 on July 06, 2012, 03:12:30 PM

Title: Orchid and Butterfly site.
Post by: daveyp1970 on July 06, 2012, 03:12:30 PM

I whent the other day to see if i could see a population of white admiral butterfly ,i failed not a one but i did take pics of the orchids ect.
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/020-4.jpg)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/021-5.jpg)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/014-7.jpg)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/011-6.jpg)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/008-10.jpg)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/025-2.jpg)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/036-1.jpg)
And the very rare in my area.Butterfly orchid.
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/028-2.jpg)
A couple of others including the food plant of the white admiral.(lonicera)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/043-1.jpg)
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/039-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Orchid and Butterfly site.
Post by: Brian Ellis on July 06, 2012, 03:33:04 PM

Blimey :o

Title: Re: Orchid and Butterfly site.
Post by: ronm on July 06, 2012, 03:44:32 PM

Quote from: Brian Ellis on July 06, 2012, 03:33:04 PM

Blimey :o

Well put Brian.
A terrible year so far for the majority of insects. :(

Title: Re: Orchid and Butterfly site.
Post by: John Aipassa on July 06, 2012, 04:14:47 PM

Wonderful!

Title: Re: Orchid and Butterfly site.
Post by: Tony Willis on July 06, 2012, 04:43:27 PM

David what a wonderful sight, it must have been great to just be amongst them

Title: Re: Orchid and Butterfly site.
Post by: daveyp1970 on July 06, 2012, 07:30:18 PM

Tony it was but i still would have loved to be in your shoes :)