Red Admiral Feeding on Ivy

Comma Butterfly

There was just one solitary Comma among the scores of wasps on my Ivy today

Fill Those Baskets

Not just humans gleaning an Autumn harvest from the hedgerows. Recently the Ivy around the village has been swarming with bees making the most of a final harvest of pollen, leaving with bulging pollen baskets. Some Ivy growths have so many bees visiting that the hum from their wings can be heard well before nearing the plant.









I have noticed there seem to be far fewer wasps around this Autumn. Normally by now they would also be swarming over the Ivy but I have only seen the occasional one.

Yet More Admirals

This morning passing a different Ivy plant I counted fifteen Red Admirals feeding on it:







This plant is quite a distance from the one I photographed yesterday so I assume these are a different collection of Red Admirals. They seem to have a had a really good breeding season after several years when they were fairly scarce round here.

Friday at the Flicks - Ivy Visitors

A bit of video of some of the insects visiting the Ivy flowers:



Have a great weekend observing the wildlife around you.