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Fluttering by early
PETER FROST looks at butterflies, not just beautiful but also highly sensitive indicators of the health of our environment
SAT IN my granddaughter’s sunny garden, celebrating her birthday over a glass of squash just a week ago, an amazing thing happened.
A bright yellow butterfly flitted across our table. In minutes it was followed by a large beautiful blue butterfly and the almost immediately by a tiny delicate blue butterfly.
These three flew around for a few minutes while we marvelled at how early in the year it was to see butterflies. Finally a cabbage white bought the amazing aerial ballet to its conclusion.
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