tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post7014586509281390521..comments2023-09-25T15:00:22.436+01:00Comments on The Constant Gardener: Oy! Gerroff me geraniums!The Constant Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-15659874385565522732010-01-13T09:24:35.360+00:002010-01-13T09:24:35.360+00:00exactly Elizabeth! thank you for the sympathy :D
...exactly Elizabeth! thank you for the sympathy :D<br /><br />and hope your greenhouse defrosts soon...The Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-59859505938769826652010-01-12T21:07:35.649+00:002010-01-12T21:07:35.649+00:00Now that really isn't fair! I can just about ...Now that really isn't fair! I can just about cope with the constant depredations of wildlife in the summer but we are surely meant to have some respite in winter. Not right at all. Hope you have rescued in time. My greenhouse is so snowbound nothing would live in there just now, surrounded by three foot drifts.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-29181610554029218072010-01-12T18:34:17.168+00:002010-01-12T18:34:17.168+00:00wow I hope it is a geranium bronze butterfly. Thou...wow I hope it is a geranium bronze butterfly. Though I have to say it does sound a bit exotic: and there is the incriminating evidence of an undeniably munched-half-to-death crop of calabrese earlier in the year right where the geraniums are now.<br /><br />and Ms B: no caterpillar poo (there was on my calabrese earlier in the year though - yeuch...) but generally green wriggly caterpillars are a pretty good sign too I find ;DThe Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-87671924768932380522010-01-12T16:23:52.997+00:002010-01-12T16:23:52.997+00:00I find caterpillar poo is the giveaway!I find caterpillar poo is the giveaway!Ms Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794781629692466913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-81205885328030556682010-01-12T16:04:40.882+00:002010-01-12T16:04:40.882+00:00It's possible that this might have been a cate...It's possible that this might have been a caterpillar of the geranium bronze butterfly, which has been accidentally introduced with imported Pelargonium plants - see http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=marshalliPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.com