Photo-a-Day  (Tuesday, 22nd August, 2023)

Great photo, but I'm no flutterby expert, it could be a Monarch. I am sure someone will know.

It's a Peacock butterfly Dennis, the colour pattern eyes are a warning sign to predators. Very colourful and beautiful, but many of our butterflies and insects are being lost in our Countryside through climate change.

Just been on google images and its a peacock butterfly.
It's a fine specimen too Dennis.Well done.

It’s a peacock butterfly. The eyes serve as a defence to predators and it makes a hissing sound with its wings when alarmed. The colours are due to it’s environment. I haven’t seen many at all this year.

Looks like a red admiral.

It's a Peacock buttefly Dennis, how it stayed still long enough for you to take the photo is amazing. Great pic of a lovely creature.

A comma butterfly with "leave me alone eyes" on its wings.

I've no idea what the species is called, but know that the look of eyes on it's wings (not it's back) are warning signals to predators, in other words to scare them away.
Beautiful photo.

They are very common in Britain but rare in Scotland, the population of butterflies dictated on last year's weather, too much dry or too much wet weather kill most caterpillars. This one is a Peacock and very common and widespread in our British countryside.
Very good clear photo, thank you.

I think it is a red admiral

Where's the Wutchie?

The watching is on the border on Ince and newsprings, a mountain overgrown slagheap.

The Wutchie is in the Aspull/New Springs area and is a slag tip, now covered in grass. The name comes from "Woodshaw's Rook", (pronounced Ruck locally), but everyone had always called it "The Wutchie". The butterfly is beautiful, and I love the colours of both the butterfly and the close-up blades of grass....that photo would make a lovely jigsaw. Well done, Dennis!

Excellent Photo Dennis of The Peacock, had one or two in my garden this year, I have two patches of wild flowers I grow one the gable end which attract all sorts of insects, you may have noticed when you've walked past, most have died off now, so I trim them back ,ready for next year.
I collect the seed pods from some, and sprinkle the seeds if I go a walk.
It all helps their habitat

That's great David, I don't have a big garden, but if I did I would give half of it over to wild flowers. I have, in the past bought packets of wild flower seeds and spread them around when out walking.
Do you not take many photos now David? I know you have sent in some great photos in the past.

It appears we have two Dennis Seddon's? Nice photo of the butterfly. I have tried a few times to take a photo of a butterfly but by the time I have switched to camera mode on the phone it as flown away

When the Big Bang blew its top ,
who would think that you would drop ,
from the heavens into my space ,
with far less noise and such pausing grace ..

PeterP, the good Lord, in his wisdom would never inflict the world with TWO people as ugly and dumb as me!

Hi Dennis don't do much walking these days, knees are playing up , still got the camera etc.
I started learning guitar in 2016, self taught , that takes most of my time, on my YouTube channel, plus keeping the garden tidy, check out my channel at, Dave-gtar16, plenty 60s 70s 80s music.
David.

Dennis I wouldn’t have thought you were ugly as Ste wouldn’t like you frightening his customers and you would not remember exactly were or which house to post the papers if you were dumb albet you delivered to our place 11 Dukes Row then 1 Crawford st and then 7? School Close where the Methodist church now stands 1967 to 1970.

Don’t do yourself down Dennis….you are a gentleman. That’s all that matters. ;o)

Excellent photo Dennis and crystal clear. Some good information on Peacock Butterflies and identifying other garden Butterflies here:
https://www.wildlifeinsight.com/british-butterflies/peacock-butterfly-inachis-io/
Also some interesting information about their Caterpillars:
https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/caterpillars/

Those once common Butterflies and Caterpillars are rarely seen now, those black hairy Caterpillars that were nicknamed Hairy Jacks, I haven't seen one of those for years, we as kids would put them down each others back, they didn't half make you itch, and we'd do the same with broken up Rose Hips, the fibres in those would make you itch too.

David and Dennis, a few years ago I scattered a packet of Wildflower seeds and what grew were nice yellow Dandelion like plants which I had to look up, and they were Meadow Hawkweed, now years later I can still see them growing in other folks' gardens and in the soil of the pavement trees where they've self seeded themselves.

David, just had a very pleasant hour listening to your music. My kind of music and you have quite a talent there made all the more worthy by the fact that you taught yourself.

I remember as kids playing with stickybobs and breaking them up to put down peoples backs,they made you itch.

Lovely pic again,Dennis.The 'Wutchie' is in New Springs,not far from fishing lodge.It's a really tall slag heap from the old industry that used to be round there but now wooded.

Many thanks Dennis, usually a new video every three weeks, if I can learn the tune in time, it passes an hour or two in retirement lol.
Keep the photos coming , I look in on Photo a Day most days, take care.
David ...

Very good photo Dennis,as usual. I tried to take one of a butterfly a couple of weeks ago,and it flew off.

Pw, and you got a good telling off if you rubbed them into girls long hair, and lads short hair too for that matter, as nearly always the hair along with the stickybobs had to be cut out. Wonder if the bloke who invented Velcro ever had stickybobs stuck in his hair, apparently that's where he got the idea for it from the hooks on Burdock Burrs: https://gardencollage.com/wander/gardens-parks/plant-behind-velcro/

I remember ‘sticky bobs’ growing on the ‘breid’ where we used to play as kids. I haven’t seen any for years …or is that because I’m not looking for them. We did all the things above. Yes Cyril they did stick in our hair …awful if you were ‘hair sore’… ,Simple pleasures were the best though playing out all day long.

If you want to see some top sticky bob action , have a look at The Burryman of South Queensferry .

Looks like a 'Purple Captain' to me.