All the other creepy crawlies and animals that interact with your garden and the countryside
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nuthatch
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by nuthatch » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:39 am
You could, Placi
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most definitely
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Placido
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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
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I hadn't realised they were THAT rare
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greg
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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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greg
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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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Placido
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by Placido » Mon May 11, 2015 12:08 pm
Fascinating as usual, Greg
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Do you have to look them up or do you just recognise most of them ??
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greg
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by greg » Mon May 11, 2015 3:15 pm
Placido wrote:Fascinating as usual, Greg
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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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Placido
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by Placido » Mon May 11, 2015 9:48 pm
![clap :clap:](./images/smilies/clapclap.gif)
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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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Tue May 12, 2015 8:06 pm
Placido wrote:![clap :clap:](./images/smilies/clapclap.gif)
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
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I have a very good book on Moths and even then I have trouble sorting out the many species
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Placido
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by Placido » Tue May 12, 2015 9:52 pm
They should each have an identification label.
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