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Red admiral butterflies on bramble and nettle

Red admiral butterfly on nettle

Red admiral butterfly on nettle flowers, and another on a bramble.

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Gatekeeper butterflies, ragwort

Gatekeeper butterfly, ragwort

Ragwort plant, with one gatekeeper butterfly persistently eating. Another gatekeeper was fluttering round, trying several times to get a share. Each time it came in to land it was seen off by the incumbent.

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Red, zinnias, New Place

Red, zinnia, New Place

From the ever-changing flowers on display in the gardens of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s New Place, some red zinnias.

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Male marmalade hoverfly on poppy, Bantock Park

Male marmalade hoverfly on poppy

Marmalade hoverfly male visiting one of the poppies in flower in the wildflower area of Bantock Park late last month.

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Bell-flowered clematis flowers

Bell-flowered clematis flower

Flower bud and distinctive bell-shaped flower of a clematis in a front garden opposite one of the entrances to Bantock Park recently.

Bell-flowered clematis flower bud

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Cinnabar moth caterpillars eating groundsel

Cinnabar moth caterpillars eating groundsel

Two cinnabar moth caterpillars eating avidly at a groundsel plant. Groundsel is related to the ragworts. Like them it has noxious alkaloids to discourage predators, recycled by the moths to repel its own would-be predators.