Clonown N.S.

29/9/99 Jason’s story

It was a sunny day and we were on our way up to the oak wood. When we were going past the butterfly garden we saw four butterflies. The teacher said to Peter “ Will you go in and get the camera”. Peter came out with the camera. The teacher took a photo of three of the butterflies because one of the butterflies flew away.

We saw the peacock butterfly sipping nectar from the michaelmas daisies. Its body is brown and its wings have circles with blue “eyes” for protection.

We saw the large white butterfly. It was also on some michaelmas daisies. It has white wings with black spots. We saw the brimstone butterfly. It is a pale yellow colour and its wings have a red dot in the center.

We saw the large white tortoiseshell also feeding from michaelmas daisies. It is orange with black spots and a blue spotted border. Later we sent an email to Dr. David Nash who is doing a butterfly count to let him know that we had seen the butterflies.(nashd@indigo.ie)

Click here to see how a caterpillar turned into a butterfly.