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- Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:09 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: What is this butterfly?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 330
Re: What is this butterfly?
Hi Rob, Don't worry - the caterpillars of this butterfly eat stinging nettles (no UK butterfly caterpillar will eat your furniture :) ) The butterflies look for somewhere to overwinter and better choices would include an old shed or within a crevice on a dead tree, but they will come into houses. Un...
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:37 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: October Chalkhill Blue
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1400
Re: October Chalkhill Blue
I suppose the chances are that these individuals are indeed simply “late”, but as they are males (which tend to hatch early) and there seems to have been a reasonable gap between the previous butterflies disappearing and these ones hatching, could Rob’s original idea still be valid?… Here’s a theory...
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:52 am
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Summer 2014 Competition
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10396
Re: Summer 2014 Competition
Ooh! - That’s a bit of a result… :D To be up there alongside the likes of those pesky Kitely, Kipper and FishiEE triplets :mrgreen: is a real feather in the cap for me and I’m well chuffed! Well done to “Simon2” also – a great shot of the Southern Small White. For the record, my favourite shot was N...
- Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:42 pm
- Forum: Personal Diaries
- Topic: Trevor
- Replies: 5125
- Views: 975326
Re: Trevor
... and it's a "welcome aboard" from me too. Glad to hear from a fellow Trevor - There aren't enough of us around at the moment
Happy butterflying,
Trev
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Happy butterflying,
Trev
- Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:02 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Meuth
- Replies: 2
- Views: 167
Re: Meuth
Bonjour Charles,
Looks like a Pine-tree Lappet (Dendrolimus pini) to me.
Trev
Looks like a Pine-tree Lappet (Dendrolimus pini) to me.
Trev
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:15 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: can anyone identify this catapiller
- Replies: 2
- Views: 172
Re: can anyone identify this catapiller
That looks like an early instar (i.e. young) Drinker moth caterpillar- Euthrix potatoria. Once he/she has eaten a lot more grass, it will be quite different looking... and quite a bit bigger.
Trev
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Trev
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:06 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Skipper
- Replies: 12
- Views: 534
Re: Skipper
Gad Zooks!... I almost choked on my cornflakes. That's truly amazing.
Trev
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Trev
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:16 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Large unidentified moth
- Replies: 3
- Views: 155
Re: Large unidentified moth
Hi Ian,
I think it's a male Drinker moth, but maybe someone else could confirm?
Trev
I think it's a male Drinker moth, but maybe someone else could confirm?
Trev
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:06 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Identify please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 197
Re: Identify please
Unlikely to be the eggs of a UK butterfly and my guess would be those of a sawfly. I can't see from your photo, but if there are more than 10 velcro-like legs at the back (i.e. if these legs go all the way along the underside of the body) in addition to the 6 pointy legs at the front, it will be a s...
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:20 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Northern Brown Argus
- Replies: 9
- Views: 335
Re: Northern Brown Argus
Hahahahahahahahaha! That really made me smile Neil.
Even you and Pete might struggle to get that one, but I look forward to see the image one day on this site
Trev
Even you and Pete might struggle to get that one, but I look forward to see the image one day on this site
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Trev
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:29 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Northern Brown Argus
- Replies: 9
- Views: 335
Re: Northern Brown Argus
It's always good to add to the wonderful places where you've seen butterflies before and there's always a better photo to take, so I won't be at a loose end.
Trev
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Trev
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:25 am
- Forum: Guestbook
- Topic: New member NW Leicestershire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2398
Re: New member NW Leicestershire
Welcome Graham,
You've come to the right place! Feel free to ask away and someone on here will be able to help you.
Trev
You've come to the right place! Feel free to ask away and someone on here will be able to help you.
Trev
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:30 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell Invasion in the Netherlands!
- Replies: 131
- Views: 22155
Re: Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell Invasion in the Netherlands!
Another sighting of a Yellow-Legged Tort today according to the Cambs and Essex BC sightings page (from Barton near Cambridge), so keep your eyes peeled. See: http://www.cambs-essex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.php NB: I would trust Louise's identification 100%. Nice onshore North-Easterly winds in ...
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:27 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: horned caterpillar
- Replies: 4
- Views: 306
Re: horned caterpillar
Looks like an Eyed Hawk Moth caterpillar Lenniew
Trev
Trev
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:11 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Northern Brown Argus
- Replies: 9
- Views: 335
Re: Northern Brown Argus
Thanks guys, If it hadn't been for UKButterflies, I can safely say that I would never have been enthused to get out and look for those species presumed unattainable in my youth. ... And I know there are countless others who have rekindled a fascination with our native butterflies after visiting this...
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:57 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Northern Brown Argus
- Replies: 9
- Views: 335
Northern Brown Argus
After having just one UK mainland species of butterfly left to photograph for the past couple of years, I finally snapped them last week on a trip up North. We found a few (rather worn) ssp. salmacis individuals at Bishop Middleham Quarry on the way up to our accommodation in the Lindisfarne area, b...
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:07 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: white letter hairstreaks in Northants
- Replies: 6
- Views: 488
Re: white letter hairstreaks in Northants
Hi Brian, A few years ago, a large number of WLH were nectaring on thistle at Bedford Purleius - I counted more than 100 individuals along one particular ride and I've got a photo somewhere of 12 individuals on one thistle plant. I'm pretty sure that it was due to a spell of very wet weather which h...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:25 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Please canyou ID this for me
- Replies: 2
- Views: 181
Re: Please canyou ID this for me
Hi Stuarted,
That is a Cinnabar moth. Flies during the day just to confuse you
Trev
That is a Cinnabar moth. Flies during the day just to confuse you
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Trev
- Fri May 30, 2014 8:37 am
- Forum: Personal Diaries
- Topic: Neil Hulme
- Replies: 4493
- Views: 558878
Re: Neil Hulme
Fantastic stuff Neil! Once your antennae get twitching, there really is no hiding place for even the rarest of insects is there? :wink: . You have honed your fieldcraft and observational skills to truly awesome levels over the past few years and are deservedly reaping the ultimate rewards. Well don...
- Fri May 30, 2014 7:48 am
- Forum: Personal Diaries
- Topic: Pete Eeles
- Replies: 1154
- Views: 116581
Re: Pete Eeles
Fantastic stuff Pete - you really are on a mission this year.
Trev
Trev