Comments on: Peacock butterfly photos

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:06:56 +0000

Phil – I didn’t know one butterfly from another either until I took the original photos two years ago, so I was online to ID the peacock butterflies too. They are really beautiful.

By: Phil griffin

Phil griffin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:51:54 +0000

I saw a butterfly in my garden today.I am 77 this month never been in to butterflies before.I had to go to the computer to identify it.
It was a Peacock butterfly, the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:12:28 +0000

Russ – We’ve seen plenty of peacock butterflies in the last few days, when the sun has been out, now the buddleia is in full flower. My husband said he saw one Red Admiral yesterday.

By: Russ hemmings

Russ hemmings — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:07:58 +0000

I live in cornwall and have seen relatively few peacock butterflies on my buddleia this summer,only one or two in fact,but have a huge increase in red admiral numbers up to 6 at a time! small tortoiseshells are now appearing in good numbers too,but alas no peacocks.

By: Tamsin Wilson

Tamsin Wilson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:39:20 +0000

I found a peacock butterfly on the curtains in my dining room last week. I took it into my bedroom, since it’s the warmest place and have since let it occupy the windowsill as I’ve been told it’s too cold to let it out, with more snow on the way. Hopefully it will warm up in a few weeks, until then it seems to be fine with sugary water and a plant to sit on.

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By: Jayne Daley

Jayne Daley — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:52:47 +0000

Have found a peacock butterfly awake on the inside of my bedroom curtains today- 17th January, Cardiff! It has fed from sugared water and ripe banana and is resting on the windowsill. Is it too early to let it out?

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:14:17 +0000

Thanks for sharing your tale of your unusual Winter find with us, I haven’t seen any peacock butterflies for months.

By: alexandra thrift

alexandra thrift — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:45:58 +0000

It is early morning on the 4th January. It has been freezing cold today. I went upstairs to bed late and found ahuge peacock butterfly
on the lamp ( which was on) in my bedroom. It is very much wide awake ! It must have hibernated in my house and woken up ( maybe because I moved some furniture and disturbed it. What a shock! I’ve left my camera in the car. This is a peacock butterfly on Jan. 4th 2010. A freezing cold day !

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:49:34 +0000

Sarah – thanks for your comment and for telling me the name of our flowering plant. The buddleia is about to flower, but it’s in a bit of a sorry state after being somewhat flattened by wind on Friday, so hopefully the Peacock Butterflies will appear soon.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:43:59 +0000

Buddleia is the name of the plant above. They also love lavender, wild clover and rotten fruit.
I’m breeding some Peacock caterpillars that I took from a huge nettle patch near me. I wish I could take good pictures of the different stages but alas my camera isn’t very good.