What's Buzzin' or Flying Near You Today..? MK 3..

They are friends Honeybunny. That is a chrysalis that has overwintered and will shortly be performing the next miracle of Nature. When the time is right, the shell case will break open and a beautiful butterfly will emerge,
Jenny

 

Is it possible to tell which one? Is there anything I can do to help him/her?

 

really Jenny a butterfly, i never would have thought! what're they thinking of associating with the likes of leather jackets & weevil grubs, hangin' out in the soil with those bad boys will only get them a bad reputation

yeah Jen as nFrost says any idea what species of butterfly it could be?

 

I'm not knowledgeable on the types nFrost, but just place it in a safe, shaded place where it cannot be seen by feathered predators and let Mother nature do the rest. You never know, you may be lucky and witness it happening,
Jenny

 

you could always play at being a big kid again & set up a jamjar or similar to keep it
in until it changes so you can watch it all happening....i would!

 

I like the sound of that, I'm off to a bit of googling!!

 

Take some photos too nFrost so we can see!

 

did you never do that as a kid? its great fun with caterpillars...& fascinating to watch!

ye'know i might actually give it a go myself now you've reminded me of how much i enjoyed it

 

Lovely photo of burnet moth, Yvonne Donnellon .

nFrost and honeybunny: I think your pupa is more likely to be a moth. There are a few of them having reddish brown coloured pupae of slightly different sizes, for example 'angel shade' and 'cinnabar', so don't know which one.
Here is a link which you may want to look through just to satisfy your curiosity ? Tap on a name will give you detailed photographic information about it.
http://www.ukleps.org/CommNamesAlphabetical.html

 

thank you HsuH that site looks great, very informative...i have it bookmarked now i believe you are right & the one's i've found in our garden are "Angle Shades Moth" as im sure those are the caterpillars i saw on my primroses & surely thats the same moth that dive bombed my head the other evening

 

Nice Cinnabar Moth Yvonne.

 

More damselflies







Butterfly Meadow Brown


And believe you me, the beautiful insect below is a moth called: red-belted clearwing

 

Thank you, To be honest I had no idea what it was. The coast line by my home is alive with plant, insects and birds I don't know the name of but I don't if I'm ignorant or the area is rich with wildlife?

 

Not exactly flying...more like a clumsy stagger....fresh from the nest....


Then Mum found him....

 

ah Loli such wonderful pics reminds me of the little blackbird chick we hand reared many years ago, she was just a little naked baby when the cat proudly plonked her at our feet but my goodness did she grow! it seemed she grew by the hour & all too soon it was time to say good bye, we let her go free in the garden once she was willing & able, it was great standing there watching her flying away free like she should be but...well...i was heart broken tbh & had a damn good cry after such a wonderful experience though & one i'd love to repeat...minus the cat part