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Mystery butterfly
This is the unknown butterfly seen in one of the greenhouses a week or
so ago. I still think it must be an escapee. Sadly, it hasn't been seen again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9562967292/ -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Sacha wrote:
This is the unknown butterfly seen in one of the greenhouses a week or so ago. I still think it must be an escapee. Sadly, it hasn't been seen again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9562967292/ It's a Postman Butterfly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconius_melpomene -- Chris |
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On 21/08/2013 12:13, CT wrote:
Sacha wrote: This is the unknown butterfly seen in one of the greenhouses a week or so ago. I still think it must be an escapee. Sadly, it hasn't been seen again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9562967292/ It's a Postman Butterfly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconius_melpomene I'd made it Heliconius (now Laparus) doris (Doris Longwing), but Heliconius wing patterns vary greatly within species, and also overlap greatly between species. [My original post with that identification went astray due to hitting the wrong (virtual) button.] -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On 2013-08-21 12:13:55 +0100, CT said:
Sacha wrote: This is the unknown butterfly seen in one of the greenhouses a week or so ago. I still think it must be an escapee. Sadly, it hasn't been seen again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9562967292/ 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! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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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! -- Chris |
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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. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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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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On 21/08/2013 13:07, CT wrote:
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 remembered the genus from the Conwy Butterfly Jungle, and confirmed it from my image files. (Which don't however have Heliconius doris - it took Google Images to give me that name.) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... This is the unknown butterfly seen in one of the greenhouses a week or so ago. I still think it must be an escapee. Sadly, it hasn't been seen again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9562967292/ -- Definitely an escapee and unlikely to live long outside the tropical house of the butterfly farm. What a beauty, though. Tina |
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On 2013-08-22 01:37:47 +0100, Christina Websell said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... This is the unknown butterfly seen in one of the greenhouses a week or so ago. I still think it must be an escapee. Sadly, it hasn't been seen again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93694401@N03/9562967292/ -- Definitely an escapee and unlikely to live long outside the tropical house of the butterfly farm. What a beauty, though. Tina I'm just so glad someone managed to grab a photo before it disappeared. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... 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 was in a garden centre in New Zealand and noticed some plants had lots of caterpillars which I dutifully reported to a member of staff. Apparently they are sold like that so people can have exotic butterflies in their own greenhouses. mark |
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On 2013-08-23 19:30:04 +0100, mark said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... 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 was in a garden centre in New Zealand and noticed some plants had lots of caterpillars which I dutifully reported to a member of staff. Apparently they are sold like that so people can have exotic butterflies in their own greenhouses. mark If that was in the North island, I suppose it doesn't matter if they escape into the wild, either. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Janet" wrote
mark says... I was in a garden centre in New Zealand and noticed some plants had lots of caterpillars which I dutifully reported to a member of staff. Apparently they are sold like that so people can have exotic butterflies in their own greenhouses. What a great idea! When I was about 8, someone gave me a present of a collection of live butterfly chrysalids (apprently you could buy them by post). I kept them watched them hatch.. magical experience... and let them out in the garden. We bought the very same thing for a friends young daughter just a few years ago. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-08-23 19:30:04 +0100, mark said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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 was in a garden centre in New Zealand and noticed some plants had lots of caterpillars which I dutifully reported to a member of staff. Apparently they are sold like that so people can have exotic butterflies in their own greenhouses. mark If that was in the North island, I suppose it doesn't matter if they escape into the wild, either. -- It was in Christchurch. We were in the garden centre to buy our host a tree by way of a thankyou. mark |
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On 2013-08-24 09:21:52 +0000, mark said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-08-23 19:30:04 +0100, mark said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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 was in a garden centre in New Zealand and noticed some plants had lots of caterpillars which I dutifully reported to a member of staff. Apparently they are sold like that so people can have exotic butterflies in their own greenhouses. mark If that was in the North island, I suppose it doesn't matter if they escape into the wild, either. -- It was in Christchurch. We were in the garden centre to buy our host a tree by way of a thankyou. mark Bit chilly in winter, perhaps? We were there in October/November, though we didn't visit Christchurch. It was warm with a coat needed occasionally, sort of weather. But the real winter probably wouldn't be kind to exotic butterflies. I'd love to net a greenhouse here and let such beautiful creatures into it, but it's not very practical for us, unfortunately. Did they tell you if that's what people do there, or how the whole thing works? It sounds lovely. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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When we were on our World Cruise, New Zealand was the only place which made
my wife homesick during the complete three month cruise. Lovely place Mike "sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-08-24 09:21:52 +0000, mark said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-08-23 19:30:04 +0100, mark said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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 was in a garden centre in New Zealand and noticed some plants had lots of caterpillars which I dutifully reported to a member of staff. Apparently they are sold like that so people can have exotic butterflies in their own greenhouses. mark If that was in the North island, I suppose it doesn't matter if they escape into the wild, either. -- It was in Christchurch. We were in the garden centre to buy our host a tree by way of a thankyou. mark Bit chilly in winter, perhaps? We were there in October/November, though we didn't visit Christchurch. It was warm with a coat needed occasionally, sort of weather. But the real winter probably wouldn't be kind to exotic butterflies. I'd love to net a greenhouse here and let such beautiful creatures into it, but it's not very practical for us, unfortunately. Did they tell you if that's what people do there, or how the whole thing works? It sounds lovely. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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