"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 22:33:27 +0100, "Spider"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 20:05:15 +0100, "Spider"
wrote:

Whilst pruning my pyracantha hedge these past few days, I have been
surrounded by clouds of butterflies, mainly Painted Ladies, plus many
bees
and hoverflies. This has brought up a query amongst my neighbours,
which
I
have been unable to answer. So, please, does anyone know what is the
collective noun for butterflies?

A cloud.
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Martin


Mmm ... I wondered lonely as a butterfly ... No. That won't do; there
were
oodles of them.

Somebody once said "I have been surrounded by clouds of butterflies, ..."
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Martin

Indeed. Wasn't that a certain Spider?

Spider