Tuesday 1 September 2015

Small White should be called Small Yellow!

 It really has been a miserable year for our butterflies and moths. I thought this was a Brimstone when I saw it in the distance, but now I realise it's a Small White as they have pale yellow undersides to their wings.




2 comments:

Jackie Sayle said...

Hardly had any butterflies in the garden this year. The buddleia is normally alive with bees and flutterbys. Not so this year - both bee and butterfly numbers were right down. I've seen a couple of peacocks, one small tortoiseshell, a few whites (large and small) and that's it. The butterfly I've seen the most of this summer is the Gatekeeper and I think it's the same one I keep seeing. Not seen many ladybirds either, not hedgehogs. Hope it's just the bad weather and not something more sinister.

hydra said...

I hardly saw any ladybirds, either. Not like previous years when our cherry tree was covered in them. Not a single hedgehog, either. Very worrying.