Today I was out in the soggy garden planting roses (Louise Odier, G Nabonnand AKA Jean Ducher); I looked up as a large queen bumblebee flew past my shoulder and saw that it was being harassed by a Red Admiral butterfly.
The butterfly was dogging the bee really aggressively all the way across the garden, flying within an inch of its arse and I was amazed at its skill and persistence. I have never seen a butterfly chase a bee before; I thought it incredibly strange and for a moment there my very worldview was shaken almost to its foundations.
Looking it up, however, I discovered that some male butterflies are super-roidy and will chase pretty much anything that flies into their territory.
Did you know that, because I bloody didn't.
If you're very lucky, you learn something new every day.
The butterfly was dogging the bee really aggressively all the way across the garden, flying within an inch of its arse and I was amazed at its skill and persistence. I have never seen a butterfly chase a bee before; I thought it incredibly strange and for a moment there my very worldview was shaken almost to its foundations.
Looking it up, however, I discovered that some male butterflies are super-roidy and will chase pretty much anything that flies into their territory.
Did you know that, because I bloody didn't.
If you're very lucky, you learn something new every day.
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