Wild on Wight News - Latest comments on Wanted! Your Hummingbird Hawkmoth & Painted Lady Butterfly sightings http://wildonwight.co.uk/news/index.php?disp=comments en-UK http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 In response to: Wanted! Your Hummingbird Hawkmoth & Painted Lady Butterfly sightings Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:03:52 +0000 Dave Davey [Visitor] c4@http://wildonwight.co.uk/news/ Hi had to tell some one been a keen watcher of butterflys and moths all my life ....but three days ago i saw my first hummingbird hawk moth feeding on a patch of bizzy lizzies in my garden wow it feels good i hope it comes back ....simple pleasures <br /> Regards Dave Regards Dave]]> http://wildonwight.co.uk/news/index.php/2009/05/19/butterfly-and-moth-jpg#c4 In response to: Wanted! Your Hummingbird Hawkmoth & Painted Lady Butterfly sightings Tue, 26 May 2009 09:36:22 +0000 Whitmore Tina [Member] c3@http://wildonwight.co.uk/news/ <strong>A bumper weekend for spotting the Painted Lady Butterfly!</strong> <br /> <br /> We've had reports from across the Island of clouds of them arriving with the warm weather and light winds during last weekend 23rd/24th May.<br /> <br /> The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.<br /> <br /> Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonizing mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. <br /> <br /> Don't forget to record your sightings on the Butterfly Conservation website <a href="http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/sightings/1097/painted_lady_butterfly.html">here</a><br /> <br /><br /> <br /> A bumper weekend for spotting the Painted Lady Butterfly!

We've had reports from across the Island of clouds of them arriving with the warm weather and light winds during last weekend 23rd/24th May.

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.

Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonizing mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland.

Don't forget to record your sightings on the Butterfly Conservation website here



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