I thought you might enjoy these photos I took in my garden over the last couple of days.
Click on any photo for a full screen shot
B is for Buddleia
B is for Bees
And B is for Butterflies
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la_spice
- 2009-07-18 @ 18:09:46
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-18 @ 18:29:38
Took me quite a few attempts to get decent shots - there were other ones too, but they flew away too quickly
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avenscent
- 2009-07-18 @ 18:23:09
Wow! thanks for that, there beautiful.
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-18 @ 18:34:01
Glad you liked them Jane
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jenray
Pro - http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2009-07-18 @ 18:42:54
Oh, lovely, ravingmad...and so many beautiful butterflies...pathetically few down here as I keep telling you all...LOL...GBHs...XXX
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-18 @ 20:07:16
There were lots more, but they wouldn't settle long enough to get shots of them
GBH;s XXX-
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jenray
Pro
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- 2009-07-18 @ 23:20:34
I'm getting seriously worried about this place...it's very alarming to see so few insects now...we couldn't walk up the garden two or three years back in the morning without seeing spider's webs spun across the paths with dew on them...now we might see one maybe...there were no lovely irridescent green beetles this year, there aren't even any weevils! And the waterworks midges were tiny in number this year too...I find it rather scary...something is very wrong here...GBHs...XXX
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-19 @ 00:03:56
I blame all the insecticide and GM modified crops. It's all very well getting better crops that haven't been attacked by insects, but that means the insects can't find suitable food, and a decline in insect population means a decline in fruit that need pollinating and a decline in birds that rely on them as food. They used to crop-spray round here quite a lot, you could tell when they'd been spraying by the milky deposit on cars and windows, but these last few years they don't seem to have been doing it as much, and the fields nearest us are used for sheep and horses, so they don't get sprayed at all. Hopefully some of the insects from these parts will find their way back to areas like yours when conditions are favourable.
GBH's XXX-
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jenray
Pro
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- 2009-07-19 @ 12:31:33
I really hope so! GBHs...XXX
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- 2009-07-18 @ 20:04:11
Did you catch them, all the butterflies?
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-18 @ 20:10:31
Not with a butterfly net,
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- http://aly-bo.blog.co.uk
- 2009-07-18 @ 20:06:58
fabulous shots of bees and butterflys
I love them 
the Buddleia is lush too-
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-18 @ 20:38:42
It's a bit tall and straggly, but the bees and butterflies love it
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anotherbadpenny
- 2009-07-18 @ 20:37:04
Beautiful pics ravingmad, your patience paid off waiting for them. I love the beautiful cornflour blue colour of the flowers. You have made my weekend, it is so cold, and stormy here, and now I know what we can look forward to in the spring and summer.. Have a great weekend. xx
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-18 @ 21:07:21
Glad to bring some brightness to your winter Penny
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lostjohnny
- http://lostjohnnyparadox.blog.co.uk
- 2009-07-19 @ 00:19:44
Bloody beautiful blooms x
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-19 @ 01:01:10
Big buteonine buss XXX
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lostjohnny
- http://lostjohnnyparadox.blog.co.uk
- 2009-07-22 @ 09:38:36
Be Bop Balooba
xxx
Gotta go get ready no nex access throught the day and no time around it
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-22 @ 15:35:13
OK....Catch you later hun GBH's XXX
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Fantastic shots, Susie!
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-19 @ 01:05:41
Well, it was difficult, as I had to get very close to them, and they kept flying away just as I got them in focus, but I did my best
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skip2468
- 2009-07-19 @ 21:21:53
Colour galore for sure.
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ravingmad
- 2009-07-19 @ 21:42:19
Surprisingly difficult to get them in focus - they don't sit still for long if you approach them, and I haven't got one of those telephoto lenses, just my little digital camera.
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Wow - what good shots
My buddleia is almost finished and the butterflies won't stay still long enough!