MOTHS

All the other creepy crawlies and animals that interact with your garden and the countryside
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Re: MOTHS

Post by nuthatch » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:39 am

You could, Placi :nod: most definitely :butterfly:

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Re: MOTHS

Post by Placido » Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:51 pm

Watched a Ray Mears prog tonight. He was in East Anglia and talking to a moth expert who said that he had only ever seen one death's head hawkmoth in his life and that, yes, they do squeak when you touch them :D.
I hadn't realised they were THAT rare :shrug:

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Re: MOTHS

Post by greg » Mon May 11, 2015 10:09 am

Put the trap out last night to see what's about and found some 'first timers' .
Angleshades
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Herald
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Pale Prominent
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Re: MOTHS

Post by greg » Mon May 11, 2015 11:39 am

A couple more from last night.

Shuttle Shaped Dart.
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Iron Prominent.
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Re: MOTHS

Post by Placido » Mon May 11, 2015 12:08 pm

Fascinating as usual, Greg :yes: .
Do you have to look them up or do you just recognise most of them ??

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Re: MOTHS

Post by greg » Mon May 11, 2015 3:15 pm

Placido wrote:Fascinating as usual, Greg :yes: .
Do you have to look them up or do you just recognise most of them ??
Recognised 2 out of the last 5 :)

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Re: MOTHS

Post by Jacksparrow » Mon May 11, 2015 7:41 pm

Great :photo: Thank you Greg :yes:

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Re: MOTHS

Post by Placido » Mon May 11, 2015 9:48 pm

:clap: that's pretty good going, Greg - thing is, moths don't have the instantly recognisable colourations of butterflies so they must be harder to identify.

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Re: MOTHS

Post by Jacksparrow » Tue May 12, 2015 8:06 pm

Placido wrote::clap: that's pretty good going, Greg - thing is, moths don't have the instantly recognisable colourations of butterflies so they must be harder to identify.
You're absolutely spot on Placi :nod: I have a very good book on Moths and even then I have trouble sorting out the many species :rolleyes:

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Re: MOTHS

Post by Placido » Tue May 12, 2015 9:52 pm

They should each have an identification label. :confused: >> :doh: = :nod:

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