Although I leave a lot of nettles to grow in my hedge and other wilder areas of the garden I rarely see any catterpillars on them. Just down the road from our house is an expanse of nettles growing under oak and chestnut trees and this week there have been loads of catterpillars on them. […]
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on Michaelmas Daisy Michaelmas Daisies seem very popular with this butterfly, we have seen it repeatedly return to feed on the flower giving lots of opportunities to photograph it.The Small Tortoiseshell is one of our most familiar butterflies and used to be one of the most common but in recent years […]