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30-05-2008, 10:34 AM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I went to a wood that is home to the internationally rare giant northern wood ant and saw loads of them. They are red and black |
30-05-2008, 11:02 AM
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Giant Northern Wood Ants sound large 
I have seen Wood Ants and they look big |
30-05-2008, 11:55 AM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I spent some time down at my pond and saw four species of damselfly:
Azures: 
Blue-tailed: 
Large red (a first for the garden!): 
Banded demoiselle male... but not within camera range, so one that got away 
Wasn't easy photographing them because it's rather boggy round the pond and my wellies got stuck when stepping in to get a better view! |
30-05-2008, 01:20 PM
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The large red is beautiful |
31-05-2008, 09:27 PM
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No idea what these are, apart from alcoholics. That's MY wine they're drinking!  
Love the one at the bottom of the second pic who's doing the backstroke...
Dave P.
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31-05-2008, 09:46 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
Today i saw a Fox then a Grass snake but the insects were the stars today several day flying moths, butterflies etc but my insect of the day is
The Summer Chafer there were millions of them 
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01-06-2008, 08:10 AM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I saw plenty of insects in the warm sunshine, but the stars of the day were Marsh Fritillaries . I saw a small number at a site in the Lincolnshire Limewoods. |
01-06-2008, 02:46 PM
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For me it's got to be this guy , and it was BIG, 
I still need ID on it though ,
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01-06-2008, 03:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dmclean2  For me it's got to be this guy , and it was BIG,
I still need ID on it though ,
Duncan | Looks like a Tegenaria species to me. Coincidentally a large one appeared on our kitchen wall last night + is still in the same place now. |
01-06-2008, 05:03 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I had a very nice day in the New Forest area yesterday with lots of interesting insects around. Highlights were my first Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary and lots of Cream-spot Tiger moths, and other nice insects included and Emperor, Broad-bodied Chasers, lots of Keeled Skimmers, Beautiful Demoiselles, a Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, a Small Red Damselfly, a Speckled Yellow moth and some Red and Black Froghoppers.
Here are a couple of shots, firstly a Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 
And this is a Cream-spot Tiger 
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