Recurring topic - caught rat release

[stevecurtis]

I always kill my trapped Rats ,I think if I let them go I would be given my Rat problem to someone else, I don’t like doing it ,but a good air gun does the job fast.

All the best Steve

[Brocakat]

Originally Posted by exo

fairplay, truthfully I'd not consciously know the difference between Purple loose-strife
& Rose Bay Willow Herb if it was in front of me,
but something told me to put loosestrife, even without google-ing,
maybe that's just an over-the years exposure thing.


Brocakat, are you sure that's giant hogweed?, looks like something quite native to me
(cow parsnip type plant ?),
either way it's what the insects in visible range semed to be most interested in - so I'm in favour.

I hope I'm mistaken as they are v. nasty things. Heraculum mantegazzianum
grows much larger, when mature, than both Angelica archangelica or Cow Parsley ( Anthriscus )..........but all 3 are Umbellifer family members .

Did you throw it over to the Botansits on here, for an ID ?

[exo]

I think Kayleigh is right with wild angelica,
sorry, but I didn't throw it over there, probably too common a plat for that ?

Have you seen this giant hogweed about elsewhere ?

[Brocakat]

Seen it along several River Banks up here in North Lancs.

I'd agree that the piccies here are to me - inconclusive.

A good site for reference pictures of the Giat Hogweed is:-

http://www.kingcounty.gov/environmen...weeds/weed-ide...


(After typing this I checked to see if the direct link worked: it didn't, - but it does go onto the 'King County ' site . If you type ' Noxious Weeds ' into its 'search' provision you should get there eventually, onto the Giant Hogweed page . Sorry ! )