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Butterfly #57463 July 27th, 2006 at 12:13 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Manchester. England princessazlea OP Member
OP princessazlea Member Joined: Oct 2004 Manchester. England	Is this butterfly a Red Admiral? I am not sure on butterflies but I have lots of them this year on my butterfly bush!

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Re: Butterfly #57464 July 27th, 2006 at 04:15 AM
Joined: May 2005 Nashville, TN Thornius The Bird Man
Thornius The Bird Man Joined: May 2005 Nashville, TN	Princess, Your butterfly is called The Peacock a common butterfly in the U.K. I got the information on this website: British Butterflies We do not have these in the U.S. but they are closely related to some species we do have here.

Re: Butterfly #57465 July 27th, 2006 at 05:02 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Manchester. England princessazlea OP Member
OP princessazlea Member Joined: Oct 2004 Manchester. England	Thanks Thornius

Re: Butterfly #57466 July 27th, 2006 at 06:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2005 Ontario penny in ontario Member
penny in ontario Member Joined: Sep 2005 Ontario	Very nice Lisa!

Re: Butterfly #57467 July 27th, 2006 at 06:51 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Washington, the state that is.... Triss Member
Triss Member Joined: Aug 2004 Washington, the state that is....	That is a VERY pretty butterfly!!!

Re: Butterfly #57468 July 27th, 2006 at 07:38 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Illinois patches1414 Member
patches1414 Member Joined: Feb 2006 Illinois	Beautiful butterfly, Lisa! Don't you just love those Butterfly bushes? They are like having a butterfly magnet!

Re: Butterfly #57469 July 27th, 2006 at 07:54 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Manchester. England princessazlea OP Member
OP princessazlea Member Joined: Oct 2004 Manchester. England	Yes Patti had loads this year. Had another type of butterfly on it. But it was not a good picture. will try and get another one. That's if I see it again!

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Re: Butterfly #57470 July 27th, 2006 at 08:05 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Illinois patches1414 Member
patches1414 Member Joined: Feb 2006 Illinois	Lisa, I thought it was a pretty good picture and it looked so colorful. Of course, I know people who have those good zoom lens can get much better pictures than I can with my tiny zoom lens. It seems like I've had a lot less butterflies on my bush this year but that might be the result of the intense heat we've been experiencing here.

Re: Butterfly #57471 July 28th, 2006 at 03:12 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	What a pretty butterfly Lisa! Wish we had them around here.

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