weed ID please

[Two_Sheds]

It's extremely popular with butterflies, bees, hoverflies, flies and lacewings. What is it? I've goggled and got nowhere

and is
2) a female Holly Blue?

[Queen of Spades]

Looks like yarrow to me. I'm not so hot with ID of butterflies though.

[rustylady]

Common Yarrow? Google Image Result for http://www.celtnet.org.uk/images/yarrow.gif

[Two_Sheds]

Yay, yarrow !

Thanks girls

[Two_Sheds]

Now do you want to see the frog eats worm video I shot today?

[Glutton4...]

Deffo Yarrow - a real PITA!

I think you're right about the Butterfly too.

Great Vid: I hope Froggy has indigestion after that!

[Two_Sheds]

That was the 2nd massive worm he'd eaten: he'd been loitering near me while I was digging up couch & horsetail. There are 100s of them (newts too) in our wildlife garden, I have to be really careful when digging

[Nicos]

Yarrow is a compost accellerator!

We've tons of it in our field

[Flummery]

Its other name is Milfoil - meaning thousand leaves. It's wonderfully descriptive, except it's not really a thousand leaves, just a few leaves very deeply divided. I always sniff them. Occasionally you get one that smells of ham!

[rustylady]

Thanks Flum, I thought it was known as milfoil. Then I thought again and wondered whether that only applied to flaky pastry. Same definition I suppose - thousand leaves.

[Two_Sheds]

Yarrow is a compost accellerator!

Oh good, cos that's where it's going - it's rampant!

[Fernw]

It's extremely popular with butterflies, bees, hoverflies, flies and lacewings. What is it? I've goggled and got nowhere

and is
2) a female Holly Blue?

The butterfly is lovely - although unfortunately it doesn't seem to be in Scotland. Think it is a female because of the broader black margins.