Day 200/365: A story in four photos

[nanila]

This is a story about a couple of cabbage white butterflies.


Cabbage White 1: Incoming! Hey!
Cabbage White 2: Mmmm, delicious oregano flower.


Cabbage White 1: Hey! Yeah, you! Share!
Cabbage White 2: I’m ignoring you now.


Cabbage White 1: I said SHARE!
Cabbage White 2: Still ignoring you.


Cabbage White 1: *flounced*
Cabbage White 2: HA. Showed you. Mmmm, delicious oregano flower.

It is ridiculous, by the way, how much the butterflies fight over the oregano flowers. We let the plant take over the herb patch every summer because it is so popular with all types of butterflies, and some day-flying moths. There are typically 15-20 feeding on it all day, every day. There are more than enough flowers for all of them.

Comments

[cmcmck]

They are going nuts over our lilac blooms atm!

[nanila]

Huh, we don't get many on our lilac. Maybe it's not in the right position. They do love the lavendar, though!

[delight]

I wish I had somewhere I could print this and display it in my office. XD

[nanila]

Aw, thanks, that's a great compliment! :D

[uninvitedcat]

Our oregano is very popular with bees, which is delightful!

[nanila]

Yes! We get lots of bees on it as well. Both honey and bumble. :)

[kotturinn]

Brilliant!

[nanila]

Heh, thanks! I just love how unperturbed Cabbage White #2 was.

[gwendraith]

Very pretty pictures. I noticed that there were loads of cabbage whites in the family garden in Oxford but not many other varieties for some reason. It's the same in my garden.

[nanila]

Do you have any nearby nettle patches? We have loads in the hedgerows, and apparently that's why we get so many small tortoiseshell butterflies. I know nettles aren't the most fun things to have in your garden, but if you let a few grow, you will probably get those at least, if not a few peacocks and commas as well.

[gwendraith]

No no nettles. We do have a Buddleia bush the other side of the garden which attracts red admirals and the odd peacock but they seem to stay close to the bush rather than come round to my part of the garden.