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03-04-2009, 08:44 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
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Originally Posted by agrumpycow  My insect of the day is the half a dozen small white butterflies in the garden today!
Last night I found this sorrowful looking moth inside a cupboard, I'm thinking it's been there for a while  It could still fly but somehow I don't think it'll be around for much longer   | Hi Claire.
Its a Twenty-plume moth. Although its got a bit of wear, this is how they usually look.  |
03-04-2009, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Deer Stalker Hi Claire.
Its a Twenty-plume moth. Although its got a bit of wear, this is how they usually look. | Wow! Shows how much I know, I presumed it was just a bit worse for wear! Thanks for putting me straight
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03-04-2009, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheryl Lucky you!!!! I've not seen anything much today - we were in fog/mist until early afternoon | Sorry you didn't see anything Cheryl. Conditions were the same here!
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04-04-2009, 02:58 PM
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Lovely late morning walk up the Forest & saw my first Green Tiger Beetle of the year.  |
04-04-2009, 04:46 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
Lots of insects in the sunshine today- Brimstones, all 3 common whites, Commas, Peacocks + my first Speckled Woods. Plenty of bees- queens of Bombus terrestris + a queen B. pascuorum; Anthophora plumipes + a bank with c100 Andrena flavipes.
Also my first 7-spot Ladybirds for the year- 2 basking on new Hazel foliage, 1st Whirligig + my best find a Slender Groundhopper at the edge of a ditch on bare ground- the first I've recorded at my local country park. |
04-04-2009, 10:08 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
A beautiful tawny mining bee for me today, with many thanks to eucera for the id...   
I just love that rich golden orange! I had her on my hand for a while too.
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05-04-2009, 04:02 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kensworth, Bedfordshire (W/ends) and Huntingdon
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I saw a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly this morning, my first of the year. A bit early according to my Collins Gem Guide, but I think a few other WABbers have seen them too.
Not seen any Speckled Woods yet, though. |
05-04-2009, 04:16 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
My insect of the day is this. It was in the garden this morning and I thought it was some kind of a Shield Bug but having looked in the Gallery I now think it is a Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
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05-04-2009, 05:07 PM
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For sheer numbers it has to be the millions of chironimid midges (thank God they don't bite!) I encountered + walked through the swarms at Staines Reservoirs- at least the Pied Wagtails, gulls + duck appreciated them! |
05-04-2009, 06:19 PM
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There were loads of bee flies today - can't recall seeing quite so many before - and I spent ages watching them. My insect of the day, however, is an Orange Underwing - it caught my eye because it wasn't flying like the Comma, Peacock and Small Tortoiseshells, so I followed it and was rewarded when it briefly landed on the path. Just managed a single not so good record shot:  | | | |
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