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04-25-21, 05:27 AM | #226 |
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I saw this Luna Moth the other day.
I think it's dead.
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04-25-21, 06:20 AM | #227 |
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Poke it with a stick
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04-25-21, 10:29 AM | #228 | |
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Quote:
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04-25-21, 11:34 AM | #229 |
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That looks very Art Nouveaux that moth
@ Aktung: I did go pupa-digging once and recovered a very large hawk moth pupa. I hatched him successfully and released him when he was ready to go. very satisfying
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05-16-21, 08:53 AM | #230 |
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Quite a nice start to this year for me: I finally got pics of a Brimstone butterfly (see my pinned specimen here https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...&postcount=163
Not great photos but these are fast-flying unapproachable creatures who never hang around for long... unlike colony butterflies who stick to a particular locality Being a female she was after the strong nectar from the lilacs in the front garden, in preparation for egg-laying. A male (a vivid lemon yellow, unlike the female's pale primrose hue) would probably not have stopped here at all in his restless search for a mate. In the Spring male Orange Tip butterflies also seem completely uninterested in feeding and rarely settle while looking for females. So I'll be very lucky to get a picture of a male Brimstone butterfly. When I used to go netting they were just about impossible to catch too
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05-16-21, 02:16 PM | #231 |
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I already some of those here some weeks ago, but only had the mobile "camera". They are called 'Zitronenfalter' here for obvious reasons, and are among the earliest to appear
A welcome hint for summer coming.. Nice photo , i really need one of those small tele cameras
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05-17-21, 12:01 PM | #232 |
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I wonder why they are not named "Schwefelfalter" in Germany also... after brimstone?
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05-17-21, 12:07 PM | #233 |
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The name 'Schwefelfalter' is already given to this one, but it is only common in the Americas :
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebis_philea There is also the cloudless sulphur or cloudless giant sulphur (Phoebis sennae), but also only in the Americas https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:...800769444).jpg
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05-17-21, 12:14 PM | #234 |
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Thanks for that, Kai... very interesting
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05-17-21, 01:45 PM | #235 |
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We are planning the ideal birdhouse, along with something to drink for them, and bath, and for two different foods. Far away from the moths and butterfly feeding fields of course.
You have no idea how complicated this can get
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05-19-21, 07:17 PM | #236 |
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05-20-21, 06:28 AM | #237 |
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^ Yes you're spot on with that. I could see it was some kind of Comma but our UK race doesn't have the sooty hind wings. The Comma's beautiful, raggedy shape is unlike any other's
That's such a great photo, btw... thanks for posting it
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05-22-21, 06:59 PM | #238 |
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A guy goes into a dentist's office. The dentist says, "How can I help you?"
The guy says, "I'm a moth." The dentist says, "Excuse me?" The guy says again, "I'm a moth." The dentist says, "I think maybe you should be seeing a psychiatrist, not a dentist." The guy says, "I saw a psychiatrist." The dentist says, "So what are you doing here?" The guy says,... "Your light was on." <O>
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06-07-21, 01:52 AM | #239 |
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A little OT:
My wife caught this guy trying to sneak his way through our kitchen. For scale: those are either human or cat hairs to his (her?) left. I rather liked him. But the Admiral insisted he walk the plank. He landed gently in the fern outside.
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06-07-21, 02:28 AM | #240 |
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My mother-in-law would faint if she saw that
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