Peacock

[bill88 6]

Just came out of my local asda,and found this beauty lying in the doorway.Didn't want it to get stepped on so i brought it back home with me and put it in the shed.What should i do with it ? Let it go,or leave it in the shed (hibernation?)

 

 

 

[J Darcy 5,871]

Beautiful pic mate. You could leave it in your shed but if the weather stsys mild it will bash itself against the window trying to get out if the temperature rises too much. Persoannly i would let it free and it will probably find its own little wintering place. I remember over 25 years ago finding a lot of hibernating butterflies in an old air-raid shelter on the local allotments. Couldnt believe how such a delicate and fragile insect could survive the freezing winter temperatures and emerge unscathed late next spring. Nature is truely amazing.

Isnt it humbling....we humans need clothes, warmth and processed foods to merely survive, and theres the little peacock, it needs little save a dash of nectar and some nettles to lay its eggs . Just who is the more evolved?

 

Great Pic.....JD

[Simoman 110]

Gorgeous, although when I saw the title, peacock in asda I thought they had gone for something exotic and was wondering how much per kilo.

[bill88 6]

Gorgeous, although when I saw the title, peacock in asda I thought they had gone for something exotic and was wondering how much per kilo.

 

Funny thing is,after typing the title i did think,it might confuse.You could always ask them if they could get you some. Imagine pulling that out the oven at christmas. thats got me thinking.

[Guest MOLLY]

Absolutley stunning.

MOLL.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,103]

Beautiful pic mate. You could leave it in your shed but if the weather stsys mild it will bash itself against the window trying to get out if the temperature rises too much. Persoannly i would let it free and it will probably find its own little wintering place. I remember over 25 years ago finding a lot of hibernating butterflies in an old air-raid shelter on the local allotments. Couldnt believe how such a delicate and fragile insect could survive the freezing winter temperatures and emerge unscathed late next spring. Nature is truely amazing.

Isnt it humbling....we humans need clothes, warmth and processed foods to merely survive, and theres the little peacock, it needs little save a dash of nectar and some nettles to lay its eggs . Just who is the more evolved?

 

Great Pic.....JD

With a life expectancy of a little over a year i would like to say its us but i know what you mean .

[J Darcy 5,871]

Beautiful pic mate. You could leave it in your shed but if the weather stsys mild it will bash itself against the window trying to get out if the temperature rises too much. Persoannly i would let it free and it will probably find its own little wintering place. I remember over 25 years ago finding a lot of hibernating butterflies in an old air-raid shelter on the local allotments. Couldnt believe how such a delicate and fragile insect could survive the freezing winter temperatures and emerge unscathed late next spring. Nature is truely amazing.

Isnt it humbling....we humans need clothes, warmth and processed foods to merely survive, and theres the little peacock, it needs little save a dash of nectar and some nettles to lay its eggs . Just who is the more evolved?

 

Great Pic.....JD

With a life expectancy of a little over a year i would like to say its us but i know what you mean .

 

If both you and the peacock were dropped off in a huge,un-navigable wood, no clothes, no food, in the middle of january in freezing conditions i know who i would have my money on to be the survivor.

I have a few tiny catterpillars on a small blackthorn sapling outside, no shelter and they will remain there all winter, rain, snow, shine and mid-winter tempertures as cold as they get...they will not be bothered one iota.

While we were still trying to walk upright, the butterflies had become the finished article for thousands of years.....

 

 

 

Good hunting.....JD

[Kay 3,709]

wow thats pretty stunning