tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post4734424000378173014..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Cycles of AbundanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-50198881403511144482011-05-19T16:48:22.988+00:002011-05-19T16:48:22.988+00:00Hi Wilma, at this magnification you begin to notic...Hi Wilma, at this magnification you begin to notice what a forest of hairs small insects have to negotiatePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-20126835290777696092011-05-19T16:46:30.945+00:002011-05-19T16:46:30.945+00:00Hi Toffeeapple, I've got a few in my garden, w...Hi Toffeeapple, I've got a few in my garden, which I sometimes discover (painfully) when I'm weedingPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-91625532789782253742011-05-19T16:45:50.616+00:002011-05-19T16:45:50.616+00:00Hi Rob., as far as nettles in gardens go, they'...Hi Rob., as far as nettles in gardens go, they're more likely to attract beetles than breding butterflies. Ken Thompson at Sheffield University (who has written an excellent book on wildlife gardening called No Nettles Required) has found that butterflies like small tortoiseshells and peacocks rarely breed on nettles in gardens - they prefer large, rank patches of nettles in the wider countryside.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-47101018751310115092011-05-19T00:28:29.673+00:002011-05-19T00:28:29.673+00:00That first photo is fantastic! A look into a worl...That first photo is fantastic! A look into a world so green, so sparkly - I love it.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-80243137426335892862011-05-17T18:25:06.828+00:002011-05-17T18:25:06.828+00:00There is a distinct lack of nettles in this area.There is a distinct lack of nettles in this area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-18430197921538288392011-05-16T19:58:02.354+00:002011-05-16T19:58:02.354+00:00Another good reason for growing some nettles in th...Another good reason for growing some nettles in the garden, then - didn't know they were popular with coleoptera.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042650405946029324noreply@blogger.com