Well, what a ‘hurricane’ season this has been for Cornwall – weeks of heavy rain, gales, flooding and mountainous seas. And then suddenly, a brief interlude and 5 Peacock butterflies (inachis io) miraculously emerge from hibernation to bask in the … Read More
After the first 2012 national record of a Speckled Wood in the garden on 13 January (Phenology: early record of Speckled Wood butterfly) things have quietened down a little. However, a few Peacock butterflies have emerged from hibernation in the … Read More
Despite it being a regular occurence it always seems strange to see butterflies on a windswept rocky shoreline often within a few feet of breaking waves. This very fresh looking Peacock, which has to be one of the most beautiful … Read More
Our first Comma butterfly of the spring and a single Peacock were basking in the sun on a south facing bank leading to Trefusis Point on the shores of the Carrick Roads, Falmouth. Insight: Both Comma (Polygonia c-album) and Peacock … Read More
Twelve Small Tortoiseshell and two Peacock butterflies were enjoying the afternoon sunshine along the sheltered cliffs leading down to Swanpool Beach, Falmouth today. So it looks as if good numbers of butterflies may have successfully hibernated through one of the … Read More
Common name: Peacock Latin name: Inachis io Family: Nymphalids (Nymphalidae >> Nymphalinae) Type: Butterfly larva or caterpillar This photo: Marsland valley, Cornwall and Devon county boundary
Peacock (Inachis io). Click on the link to see the British Butterfly gallery. Related images: