And how about this for an unusual colour. I don't know what you call them, but here in the West of England they are sometimes known (by children) as Choochypegs. They are normally a drab grey.
Monday, 24 June 2024
Unusual colours
And how about this for an unusual colour. I don't know what you call them, but here in the West of England they are sometimes known (by children) as Choochypegs. They are normally a drab grey.
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Has it - the Choochypeg - been in the sun?
ReplyDeleteIt's a ginger.
DeleteWas it Left Handed as well?
DeleteI didn't ask.
DeleteWood lice. I like Buddleia when they are that dark colour. I don't remember buddleia when I was a child but now it is sort of common and accepted as normal as if it is a nettle.
ReplyDeleteI think these are distinct from woodlice, but closely related. They like stone and rocks. I remember Buddleia on London bomb sites.
DeleteI love Buddleia. They attract Butterflies in their hordes. I saw some fine specimens growing in the train tracks at Temple Mead station last August.
ReplyDeleteI too love Buddleia but they destroy buildings. They are natural cliff-dwellers.
DeleteI read somewhere recently that our perennial plants and shrubs are showing their best colour for years owing to the surfeit of rain they received over the Winterl That Buddleia is almost black. As to the other plant - have no idea what it is.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a good year for certain plants. The other plant is an insect, Weave.
DeleteI think this buddleia is called 'Black Night'. Butterflies just love the shrub, or at least it's more common ancestor, which practically trails every rail line between each station
ReplyDeleteOr better still Black Knight.
DeleteInteresting.
DeleteI have never seen that color. Very nice. (We call them roly-polies here.)
ReplyDeleteAh yes, roly-polies. I think I have heard of that.
DeleteWood lice or rain beetle.
ReplyDeleteNot woodlice. That is a separate species. The grey ones live on stoney areas and woodlice live in the earthy woods.
DeleteIt is Black Night..or is it Knight?
ReplyDeleteSo I am told!
DeleteThe butterfly bush is a good addition to the garden. The darkness of the bloom is outstanding in your photo. My flowers were lighter in color and not as attractive. This bush has disappeared from my garden. Maybe the deer ate it.
ReplyDeleteI think Buddleia has quite a short lifespan, though it seems to survive on thin air.
DeleteThe smell of the Buddleia is so enticing - and I think it is one of the reasons that butterflies are so attracted to them. I prefer the dark flowering ones - in deep purple - but the paler ones are tougher.
ReplyDeleteIn England I saw so many of them seam the tracks of railways (as n Germany the wild lilac).
I believe the animal to be an Oniscidea, asellus - in German: Assel - belonging to the crustaceans (not an insect - 14 legs!), though they live on land (they breathe through gills!), mostly under stones and needing humidity.
To me they look antediluvian - and I do not like them.
Yes, I love the scent of it too. I have learned a lot from you today - thank you. So, they are crustaceans! When I was a child I called them Trilobites.
DeleteSuch a deep purple and, they really cheer up railway lines !!! Have you planted Stock this year ? XXXX
ReplyDeleteYes, it is doing well. A bit late this year because of the cold.
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