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Tortoiseshell butterfly after pussy willow pollen

14 April 2022 by David

Tortoiseshell butterfly after pussy willow pollen

Catkins aren’t there to attract insects, but to have the pollen get to the female flowers by being carried on the breeze. But this tortoiseshell butterfly was gorging itself on the pollen of a pussy willow by the canal at Compton.

Categories David
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