Non-motoring > Any lepidopterists here? Miscellaneous
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 14:40 
 Any lepidopterists here? - bathtub tom
Saw my first butterfly of the year in the garden earlier today. What looked like a yellow cabbage white.
February?
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 15:00 
 Any lepidopterists here? - Bromptonaut
Without any research and based on childhood etc memories Clouded Yellow or Brimstone.
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 15:08 
 Any lepidopterists here? - martin aston
Looking at the first Red Admiral of the season as I type. Glorious sunshine here in SW.
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 15:14 
 Any lepidopterists here? - Paul 1963
Mr Bathtub, your butterfly was almost certainly a Brimstone, normally the first to emerge apart from red admirals etc that over winter as adults and only need the temperature to go above 10c to wake up.
Few bumble bees flying in the garden today.
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 17:02 
 Any lepidopterists here? - CGNorwich
Yes almost certainly a Brimstone. Harbinger of Spring. Coming home from Lanzarote next week. Looks like I timed it right. 26C this afternoon though so temperature will b a bit of a shock.
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 16:07 
 Any lepidopterists here? - Dog
>>Glorious sunshine here in SW

It won't last.

:)
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 17:18 
 Any lepidopterists here? - legacylad
>> >>Glorious sunshine here in SW
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>> It won't last.
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Very true. Best weather day of the week, or future weeks. Dry all day in my part of the world, long sunny periods and warm enough to sit outside The Boathouse in Skipton taking light refreshment after a stroll from Gargrave.
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 19:53 
 Any lepidopterists here? - Dog
>>Best weather day of the week

Bout time! I managed to cut the grass and put away 1.2m² of barn-stored hardwood logs in the store.

Rain on Thursday :)
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New Tue 24 Feb 26 20:34 
 Any lepidopterists here? - ORB>>
Took youngrovergirl to addenbrookes for a lecture today. Sis in law and myself used the park and ride and went for a walk by the river. Very pleasant day except for the cyclist who rode into the back of an old lady. She grazed her knuckles and knee. The bike crashed into some metal railings and bent itself. Cyclist needed assistance getting up and tore jeans and a bit shocked. Otherwise ok. Headphones fell off and broke.

Continued our walk and found a cafe for a restorative cuppa.

Ladies in cafe said cyclists are lethal in Cambridge.
Plenty of swans and ducks and a few frisky squirrels but not a butterfly in sight.
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New Tue 3 Mar 26 19:50 
 Any lepidopterists here? - Paul 1963
Had a privet hawk moth in the garden this afternoon, glorious creature.
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New Tue 3 Mar 26 20:45 
 Any lepidopterists here? - bathtub tom
Vacuuming the car and every time I opened a door a few ladybirds would settle on the rubber strip in the sun. I had to keep flicking them off before I shut a door because I didn't want to squash them. Looked around and there were a dozen or so on the brickwork around the front door of the house.
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New Tue 3 Mar 26 21:02 
 Any lepidopterists here? - CGNorwich
Spotted a Barbary Spurge Hawk Moth in Lanzarote.
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New Wed 4 Mar 26 08:38 
 Any lepidopterists here? - Paul 1963
Nice spot, had to look that one up!
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New Wed 4 Mar 26 08:46 
 Any lepidopterists here? - CGNorwich
Had to look it up too. Inaturalist such a great App!
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