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British butterflies, butterflies, butterfly, Common blue, Meadow Brown, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Vanessa cardui
The Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) is supposed to be quite a common butterfly but I’d only seen two this year until this morning’s butterfly fest at Cardiff Bay, in a tucked-away spot full of Buddleja, Ragwort, Hemp agrimony and other assorted wildflowers.
The nectar bonanza was being licked up by four Painted ladies, two Red admirals, one Small white, two Meadow browns, and two Common blues. What a riot of colour they made!
earthstar 
Gorgeous and what a treat after the butterfly scarcity of the summer so far. I wonder where they’ve all been hiding till now?
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It definitely was a treat. From what I’m seeing on Facebook and Twitter, other people are only now seeing particular species too, so I think it’s more about certain butterflies being about at certain times of year, and, as a relative newcomer, I’m only just becoming aware of their cycles.
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