Anyone else like moths or shall I shut up now? - Page 18

Jimbuna · 06-18-21, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by vienna

I really wouldn't worry unless the moth starts talking back...

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Eichhörnchen · 06-19-21, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonlight

I've got some Ragwort in the wild part of the garden so I took it down there, I must be getting touched in the head for talking to a bloody moth.

Good man

Here's a "Silver-ground Carpet" moth on our drive a couple of days ago... very common at this time of year. The larvae feed at night on plants like bedstraw and grasses

Eichhörnchen · 07-16-21, 12:34 PM

First visit to the 'hot spot' this summer but it was an absolute waste of time. All I saw was this little Shaded Broad-bar moth... a very common thing

Eichhörnchen · 08-02-21, 01:47 PM

Male

Female

Still a lousy year for butterflies. I went over to my favourite spot a couple of days ago and the only things I saw were 2 or 3 Meadow Browns and these two Hedge Browns (aka the Gatekeeper). The male is smaller and has the large patches of brown scent scales in the middle of the forewings, absent from the much larger female

I did learn something when reading up on these, however, and that is that they are entirely absent from Scotland. Maybe it's the bagpipes

Eichhörnchen · 08-03-21, 12:33 PM

Moira found some Cinnabar Moth larvae on Ragwort today and brought back this photo for me. She said they prefer Oxford Ragwort, which she says this is. She knows more than I do about plants then... as well as Cinnabar larvae

vienna · 08-06-21, 02:54 AM

My first ex is also a a bit of an expert on flora and fauna and I, as you, am not; many of our conversations while walking in nature or through gardens would be as follows:

Her: Oh look! Do you know what kind of flower that is?...

Me: Um... er... ...red...?...

Her: (exasperated): Its a red peony! How could you not know that?...

Me: It wasn't covered in our "Guy's Handbook"...

...later, I would get her with "What?! You don't know the intonation srews on a standard Stratocaster is 4-40 x 5/8"...?..."...

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Catfish · 08-06-21, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Moira found some Cinnabar Moth larvae on Ragwort today and brought back this photo for me. She said they prefer Oxford Ragwort, which she says this is. She knows more than I do about plants then... as well as Cinnabar larvae

Maybe the moth will be of cinnabar colour, the larva looks very german though

re Vienna
A girl friend of mine who had studied biology had a date with a lawyer in Konstanz. Seeing a gull lift off he said "oh look a duck"; the arising relationship stopped right there.

vienna · 08-06-21, 05:44 AM

My second ex is a lawyer; she was also a photography buff and was always fiddling with her lens settings, etc.; once, in San Francisco, we were walking along the wharves, and she saw a very beautiful seagull standing on a pier piling, soaking up the sun; she wanted to take a picture of the bird and set about fiddling with the settings on her very expensive camera; I, with my lowly Kodak Instamatic, got off a quick snap of the bird; meanwhile, the gull started to look at her with seeming impatience, fluttered its feathers and, with an attitude of "Later, girl", took off before she had finished her set up; I had to keep my photo in hiding since it became a sore point with her...

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Eichhörnchen · 08-07-21, 09:43 AM

^I remember when cameras were like that. Fortunately these digital ones do it all for you, just like the Instamatic only much sharper

Eichhörnchen · 08-26-21, 08:33 AM

Been a lousy year for butterflies again. This is the normally very common Small Tortoiseshell, which was rarely spotted last summer yet has been frequently seen around here this year

Eichhörnchen · 09-06-21, 01:26 PM

Moira wanted to pick blackberries today along the wooded bank at the end of our road, now that we finally have some decent weather. I took the camera along and found the place alive with Speckled Wood butterflies... just like it should be. So these creatures don't seem to have suffered the huge losses that most of the other local species have; they've even been visiting our garden

Catfish · 09-06-21, 02:34 PM

Must be nice to be a caterpillar ..

Eat and sleep.
Eat and sleep.
Eat and sleep.

ZAP. Beautiful..

Eichhörnchen · 09-06-21, 04:44 PM

If only our lives were that simple; I want to come back as a caterpillar

August · 09-06-21, 06:01 PM

Maybe not this one!

Eichhörnchen · 09-19-21, 12:33 PM

This one's got me completely foxed. It's sitting on our front room window right now (been there all day) and I just can't identify it. It's only a little over 2cm from wingtip to wingtip.

I've asked Moonlight to look through his Aunt Priscilla's moth books when he goes down there to look after her farm animals, but I think he's going to be too busy trying to keep away from her geese

Edit: just been told by a Facebook friend that it's a Common Marbled Carpet

07-16-21, 12:34 PM	#258
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	First visit to the 'hot spot' this summer but it was an absolute waste of time. All I saw was this little Shaded Broad-bar moth... a very common thing __________________

08-02-21, 01:47 PM	#259
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hedge Brown or Gatekeeper Male Female Still a lousy year for butterflies. I went over to my favourite spot a couple of days ago and the only things I saw were 2 or 3 Meadow Browns and these two Hedge Browns (aka the Gatekeeper). The male is smaller and has the large patches of brown scent scales in the middle of the forewings, absent from the much larger female I did learn something when reading up on these, however, and that is that they are entirely absent from Scotland. Maybe it's the bagpipes __________________

08-03-21, 12:33 PM	#260
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Moira found some Cinnabar Moth larvae on Ragwort today and brought back this photo for me. She said they prefer Oxford Ragwort, which she says this is. She knows more than I do about plants then... as well as Cinnabar larvae __________________

08-06-21, 02:54 AM	#261
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,506 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	My first ex is also a a bit of an expert on flora and fauna and I, as you, am not; many of our conversations while walking in nature or through gardens would be as follows: Her: Oh look! Do you know what kind of flower that is?... Me: Um... er... ...red...?... Her: (exasperated): Its a red peony! How could you not know that?... Me: It wasn't covered in our "Guy's Handbook"... ...later, I would get her with "What?! You don't know the intonation srews on a standard Stratocaster is 4-40 x 5/8"...?..."... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

08-06-21, 05:44 AM	#263
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,506 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	My second ex is a lawyer; she was also a photography buff and was always fiddling with her lens settings, etc.; once, in San Francisco, we were walking along the wharves, and she saw a very beautiful seagull standing on a pier piling, soaking up the sun; she wanted to take a picture of the bird and set about fiddling with the settings on her very expensive camera; I, with my lowly Kodak Instamatic, got off a quick snap of the bird; meanwhile, the gull started to look at her with seeming impatience, fluttered its feathers and, with an attitude of "Later, girl", took off before she had finished her set up; I had to keep my photo in hiding since it became a sore point with her... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

08-07-21, 09:43 AM	#264
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^I remember when cameras were like that. Fortunately these digital ones do it all for you, just like the Instamatic only much sharper __________________

08-26-21, 08:33 AM	#265
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Been a lousy year for butterflies again. This is the normally very common Small Tortoiseshell, which was rarely spotted last summer yet has been frequently seen around here this year __________________

09-06-21, 01:26 PM	#266
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Moira wanted to pick blackberries today along the wooded bank at the end of our road, now that we finally have some decent weather. I took the camera along and found the place alive with Speckled Wood butterflies... just like it should be. So these creatures don't seem to have suffered the huge losses that most of the other local species have; they've even been visiting our garden __________________

09-06-21, 02:34 PM	#267
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Must be nice to be a caterpillar .. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. ZAP. Beautiful.. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

09-06-21, 04:44 PM	#268
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	If only our lives were that simple; I want to come back as a caterpillar __________________

09-06-21, 06:01 PM	#269
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Maybe not this one! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

09-19-21, 12:33 PM	#270
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,743 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This one's got me completely foxed. It's sitting on our front room window right now (been there all day) and I just can't identify it. It's only a little over 2cm from wingtip to wingtip. I've asked Moonlight to look through his Aunt Priscilla's moth books when he goes down there to look after her farm animals, but I think he's going to be too busy trying to keep away from her geese Edit: just been told by a Facebook friend that it's a Common Marbled Carpet __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 09-19-21 at 01:11 PM.