"David" wrote

Buddleia in full bloom everywhere but no butterflies on the butterfly bush.

However something is spawning caterpillars on virtually all my shrubs -
they are eating away the growing tips. Even going after the olive trees.


Sawfly?

I read that we had a butterfly shortage, but is Coastal Suffolk
particularly affected?



I've only seen a few here and mostly whites on the cabbages. One Red
Admiral, one Peacock, a few Brimstones and blues and a Meadow Brown.


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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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