Peacock butterfly
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Peacock butterfly by Bernard Sharp as part of the Geograph project.
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Peacock butterfly
Image: © Bernard Sharp Taken: 22 Sep 2019
The Big Butterfly Count results for 2019 have recently been published: https://www.bigbutterflycount.org/2019mainresults and the Peacock (Aglios io) achieved 2nd place in the rankings, showing a 235% increase in sightings on 2018. This example was spotted in my garden, on the last day of Summer, feeding on Hylotelephium spectabile (formerly called Sedum spectabile), which has several alternative names, including 'butterfly stonecrop'.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.768782
Longitude
-0.288267