The thistles and buddleia are thick with bees and butterflies so intent on their business that you can bend the flowers down and watch closely, even stroke the bees if you’re so inclined. Capt Butterfly would be right at home here now, and would take pictures at the point where a thousand winged beasts hovered around the bush, rather than the second after they’ve all fled.
But no difficulty taking shots of the little buzzer things – those harmless ones that mimic wasps.
We assume an overlooked nest in the corner of the garden room or just outside. For two days it was like having the World Cup on in the background again – the constant hum of vuvuzelas. Proper wasps flew in and attacked them, picking off individuals, killing them quickly and then dismembering them. There is a touch of evil to wasps. They seem to mean it.
The grapevine is now tall enough to come into the garden room so we can expect a whole range of insect companions in there next year.
I count 6 Peacocks, a Red Admiral and a White of some sort on the buddleia, impressive. You make up for numbers what you lack in variety up there :) Its still dry down here, the green is brown, send some rain please...
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with your eyesight on that one. Pity they're so camera-shy. It sometimes looks like a butterfly bush with no foliage showing, only flapping wings.
ReplyDeleteThe latest on the Indian Bean is that the flowers are disappearing with not a sign of any of them turning into beans. Could be that this is the only Indian Bean tree within range.
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