Gardening and Wildlife

A bit of gardening before the rains fell again. However my timing was awful! Nice all day and then when I decided to get out into the back garden, down came the rain.

While I was outside though, there were a few butterflies about with Small Tortoiseshell, Small White and a nice surprise, a Painted Lady, all of which were on the buddleia. A 7-spot Ladybird was on the Sweet Peas, a plume moth sp. on the Blackcurrant Bush and there were several large spider webs, dotted around the garden.

Painted Lady feeding on the last remaining buddleia flowers. 

Very flighty and not many chances to photograph this lovely butterfly

A Small Tortoiseshell, just the one today, not sure where the other 6 have disappeared to.

A plume moth

On the Sweet Peas a 7-spot Ladybird.

The underparts of a Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus, as it rests in the middle of its web strung between the branches of the buddleia.

The top half of the same Garden Spider as above.

And same species, but slightly different markings. This one had its web strung across the pond suspended between the Yellow Flags.