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- Wed Sep 07, 2022 7:37 pm
- Forum: Personal Diaries
- Topic: Katrina
- Replies: 1622
- Views: 151271
Re: Katrina
As Bugboy says Katrina, highly interesting but understandably unnerving Tippi Hedren experience for you to go through. I certainly would have done the same as you by the way in making my excuses and leaving. The seagulls of Whitby definitely understand the dark arts of intimidation, but I've never e...
- Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1167
Re: DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER?
Well said Neil - Good old Jack Hargreaves was also a hero of mine and his simple laid-back explanations of how to cast a fly or similar on "Out of Town" really did make a big impression on me a s a kid. He was also perfect for (and I think came up with the idea for) "HOW!" the p...
- Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:37 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Hummingbird Hawk-moths are having a phenomenal year locally Mike. My wife and daughter went on a walk round the block yesterday evening where they watched 6 flitting round one garden Buddleia. Amazing looking things. Their bodies look almost bird or small-mammal like at the front and crustacean-like...
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:46 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Zigzag - a good candidate for moth larva A is Lychnis Hadena bicruris , which looks very much like this and a species I've reared from Dianthus species a few times (it also uses campions). There are a couple of related but less common moth species that will also use it, which have similar larvae. T...
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:25 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Definitely a bit less about now at work than a few weeks ago. I did spot at least 5 impressively large vespas this week (and I'm not talking about traffic passing the nursery on the way to the Brighton bank holiday mod weekender). We also had Hummingbird Hawk-moths visit every day. They love the lav...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 6:37 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Moth larva
- Replies: 7
- Views: 431
Re: Moth larva
Thanks very much for the link Phil....interesting stuff. Just to add to the fun, I asked the boss where the fern plugs originated. He said that they came via a UK firm, who have several UK centres, but the company has a strong link with a major Dutch supplier, so it's perfectly possible that the fer...
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:12 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Moth larva
- Replies: 7
- Views: 431
Re: Moth larva
Hi Phil, I really appreciate the consideration and the clear logic behind your thinking. I spoke today to the lady who found it. She confirmed it was on the floor but that it was very close to where she was working cleaning and labelling a large selection of ferns in trays and pots. So there's certa...
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:47 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Moth larva
- Replies: 7
- Views: 431
Re: Moth larva
Many thanks Phil, really appreciate the input. It was found by a colleague at the garden nursery I work at (in mid Sussex). She brought it to me to have a look at and I'm fairly certain she said she found it on the floor. We do find quite a few on the floor as they get shaken off when we move trays ...
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:43 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Moth larva
- Replies: 7
- Views: 431
Moth larva
Hi All,
I posted this yesterday in my weekly sightings, but am also putting here as it's the more proper ID request channel.
Beautifully coloured, with a blue/grey background and yellow/orange hairs. Small but very striking.
Any help with an ID appreciated as always.
Cheers
I posted this yesterday in my weekly sightings, but am also putting here as it's the more proper ID request channel.
Beautifully coloured, with a blue/grey background and yellow/orange hairs. Small but very striking.
Any help with an ID appreciated as always.
Cheers
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:29 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Thanks Allan, I've just taken a look and there's some very similar looking ones online for White Ermine, so I make you spot on - cheers ! Yes, the other one was a striking looking thing in terms of its background colour and yellow hairs. I'll put it on the ID page to see if anyone knows it. Looks li...
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:20 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
And I can confirm that working on a bed full of lavender is more of an olfactory delight than one of ornamental cabbage.
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:05 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Love those voles, ZZW. You're so lucky to get that close to them. :mrgreen: Thanks David, looking out for nature is definitely one of the perks of the job. I was "caught" photographing these, but I told the boss I was trying to get him a picture for the nursery's Christmas card ;-) The tr...
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:23 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Sorry, I think it's Rush Veneer I'm seeing a lot of right now rather than Dusky Pearls !
Definitely seeing a lot of Mother Of Pearl as well though.
Definitely seeing a lot of Mother Of Pearl as well though.
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:16 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Yes, you're seeing some great stuff Deborah. To my eyes there can't be too much difference in tail size between a STB and a LTB... Although not as many as Stevie (that legendary hill of his keeps delivering !), I did spot one Painted Lady at work yesterday. In pretty good nick too. Am seeing quite a...
- Thu Aug 18, 2022 7:29 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Lulworth Skipper?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 520
Re: Lulworth Skipper?
Many thanks for taking time out to answer my questions Brian. I had wondered (hoped in fact) if butterfly collecting was quite a big thing among school children in your butterfly-favourable location, but I guess football (of whatever code), cricket,fishing etc have always had a very big pull on scho...
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:59 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
I'm not sure you needed to go quite so far in praising Steve's looks, David. I'm sure he'd have answered your question anyway
- Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:19 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Well done to Sarah for smooth-talking the Hummingbird Hawk-moth to stay still in mid air for her
I couldn't quite manage that but from a low bar, I've at least managed better shots today than last week's.
I couldn't quite manage that but from a low bar, I've at least managed better shots today than last week's.
- Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:57 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Only worked Tue-Thurs this week and the weather has just been too hot to do anything other than seek shade at lunchtimes, but the walk home has been quite fruitful. Saw my first and second Brown Hairstreaks of the year along a narrow path where I've never noticed them before. They were in contrastin...
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:39 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Lulworth Skipper?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 520
Re: Lulworth Skipper?
Pete, Appologies for taking so long to reply - we have been overwhelmed with grandchildren and summer visitors. I started my interest in butterflies when I was about 12 years old - that is nearly 60 years ago. Me and 3 other school friends used to cycle from Bournemouth to look for butterflies in t...
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:48 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2022
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14127
Re: August 2022
Hello Zig-zag , RE; Your post " any ideas " .........I found something similar a year or two back ........take a look at page 6, on the "Identification " forum , i think i titled it "anyone do Ants ". Regards Allan.W. My god, this place is good ! Some great detective w...