On 2013-08-13 16:27:42 +0100, Janet Tweedy said:

On 11/08/2013 13:21, Victoria Conlan wrote:
Odd though, that we noticed it now and you noticed it now, so it's
obviously (maybe) not been happening before ...

well yes, beacsue they seem to be clinging to the tighter flower heads
and laid out in the flatter flowers. I was worried in case it was a
sign they were dying but not found dead ones yet!

They have more trouble extracting food from the tight flower heads -
apparently. Perhaps they 'relax' more in e.g. Achillea?
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