larva and butterfly ID please

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Charles Nicol
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larva and butterfly ID please

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these are quite old.... 1590s perhaps ?
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Spurge Hawk-moth and Marbled White, I do believe!

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And Charles will know, but for anyone else, the words say:

O God, who know us to be set in the midst of such dangers that by the fragility of our human nature we cannot survive, grant us safety.

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Re: larva and butterfly ID please

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...and a marmalade hoverfly ?
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Pete Eeles wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:33 pm Spurge Hawk-moth and Marbled White, I do believe!

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thanks so much Pete. The pictures are very accurate.
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Padfield wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 7:17 am And Charles will know, but for anyone else, the words say:

O God, who know us to be set in the midst of such dangers that by the fragility of our human nature we cannot survive, grant us safety.

Guy
hehehe amen to that Guy :)
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zigzag_wanderer wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:34 am ...and a marmalade hoverfly ?
it looks good, if rather larger than life size ...
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