My little art shop has a selection of landscape and nature drawings in a variety of subjects to please everyone. All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWeeOwlArt
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I planted a lot of native #milkweed this year to support the #monarch #butterflies and they were discovered quickly because the milkweed are now full of monarch #caterpillars. This one was found wandering up a stem of mealy blue sage after it and its siblings munched a nearby milkweed down to bare stems.
A lot of butterflies currently enjoying some early autumn flowering on the grafted Hakea clavata - mostly common darts / narrow-band grass-darts (Ocybadistes flavovittatus) I think ....
"More than beautiful: the beloved monarch butterfly is one of the world’s great migrators"
"Britons urged to stop mowing lawns to boost butterfly numbers 'in long-term decline'"
Pink Dreams And Butterfly Wings.....
Available here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/pink-dreams-and-butterfly-wings-tina-lecour.html
First flowers out on the Grevillea 'Cupid's Dream' - popular with the local grass-darts. With classic hybrids like 'Pink Surprise' and 'Misty Pink' difficult to find in nurseries these days 'Cupid's Dream' could become an excellent alternative with sprays of pink flowers and deeply divided blue/green foliage.
"Last summer was second worst for common UK butterflies since 1976"
3-Apr-2025
Picky eaters by day, buffet by night: Butterfly, moth diets sync to plant aromas
Plant scent cycles shape diets and antennae size of #pollinators, new research shows
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079404 #science #ecology #butterflies #insects #plants
As the sun sets on this Thursday, I took a flashlight lit photograph of a Pipevine Swallowtail beginning to emerge.
2-Apr-2025
#Museum collections reveal worldwide spread of #butterfly disease
UGA researchers track parasite infections across six continents
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079188 #science #ecology #insects #butterflies
Common buckeye butterflies. A brown winged butterfly known for their distinctive eye like markings.
My new drawing is now available to buy...
https://theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/1897202713
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Last year 'one of the worst for UK butterflies' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c230kzz73zmo
Last summer was second worst for common UK butterflies since 1976 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/02/last-summer-was-second-worst-for-common-uk-butterflies-since-1976
Like they say in real estate - this one is unexpectedly back on the market!
If you missed out the first time this drawing was available, now's your chance to get it...
https://theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/1876765093
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If you'd like to do your bit to help butterflies in the UK, have a look at https://ukbms.org/
The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme has been running since 1976, it's a big commitment - can you walk a transect every week over the summer for at least 5 years? There's also some other, less intensive ways to get involved, including helping with data entry and shorter surveys
