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Friday, 16 July 2010

Some Summer!

Yes yes, I know we had 3 weeks of scorchio weather here in the rainy city of Manchester. I was out there, blinging like crazy in the glorious sunshine. But 3 weeks!! Just as I was beginning to assume that it would be fine to throw on the shorts and bikini top again the heavens opened and it doesn't plan to stop for at least the next 6 days.

Enough griping in true British fashion about the weather. Let's take the positives from the negatives here and have a look at what or who have been wriggling their way around my garden of late.


A Comma butterfly. I had to chase this little lovely around the garden for 10 minutes before it took a short breather on a white hebe, but it's colour is fantastic and I've not seen one of these here for 3 years.


Then there was this amazing Vapourer moth catterpillar that was having the time of its life doing a little wriggly jig on my outdoor table. A very ordinary looking brown moth but this funky dapper dude looks might fine in its gladrags.


I need help in identifying these brightly striped caterpillars. I've only ever seen them hanging out on ragwort and they are common as muck.

Ooh, is that the sun trying to force its way through those dark grey clouds? Must dash and get some Vitamin D!
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11 comments:

  1. Charlotte Hupfield Ceramics16 July 2010 at 21:26

    I'm not keen on caterpillars, they scare me lol. I know, where has the sunshine gone?!

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  2. Unknown16 July 2010 at 22:49

    I recognise those caterpillars but I can't remember what they are! I remember a friend telling me what they were so I'll try and find out and let you know :)

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  3. Amanda Robins16 July 2010 at 22:49

    Charlotte, that is so sweet! How can caterpillars scare you? They can't move fast, don't flap around your head, won't sting you and don't buzz. But they do eat my plants and that's quite scary.

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  4. Amanda Robins16 July 2010 at 22:51

    Thanks Pam. We took some into daughter's primary school a couple of years ago and were told what they were, but we both have memories like a pair of goldfish.

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  5. Unknown17 July 2010 at 22:08

    I asked my friend, she can't remember either except that it was something very uninteresting! I tried a caterpillar identifying site on t'internet but it wasn't listed there, so I give up!

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  6. Amanda Robins19 July 2010 at 23:06

    Thanks for trying though, Pam. Your right, it is something pretty ordinary when it grows up.

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  7. Bramley Cards and More22 July 2010 at 23:11

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  8. Bramley Cards and More22 July 2010 at 23:13

    They are Large Cabbage Whites, the Small Cabbage Whites are bright green, I think.

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  9. Amanda Robins22 July 2010 at 23:35

    I just googled the stripy fellas and they are cinnabar moth caterpillars. The moth is a beautiful cerise and dark grey colour.

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  10. Bramley Cards and More23 July 2010 at 00:02

    Sorry, got it completely wrong!!! Amazing that you see loads of the caterpillars and hardly any of the moths!!

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  11. Amanda Robins28 July 2010 at 23:21

    I suppose many of the caterpillars get eaten by birds. You can't really miss them.

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