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Mystery butterfly
On 21/08/2013 13:09, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-21 13:07:20 +0100, CT said: Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-21 12:13:55 +0100, CT said: Sacha wrote: It's a Postman Butterfly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconius_melpomene How terrific of you and Stewart to come up with that so quickly. Thank you very much indeed. It says that it's poisonous but not to what! Man, birds, other insects? Only other butterflies, I wonder? I'll do some more looking up. The Nursery team will be thrilled to know about it. We have quite a lot of passion flowers in various greenhouses, so that could explain how it found its way to us. Thank you very much! I did cheat a little. I'd been to the "Butterflies in the Glasshouse" at RHS Wisley earlier in the year and that looked vaguely familiar so I Googled for their Butterfly ID sheet that they gave out at the time and found this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-20992861 See the 4th image! I wouldn't call that cheating - it's research! Again, thank you. I was told many, many years ago that it's not knowing the answer but knowing where to find it that's important. |
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