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09-07-2009, 11:52 PM
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Vine weevil larvae...never a problem before. I'll try to be tolerant as the thing is grown for shade, not for the grapes which make wretched wine!
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10-07-2009, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete Collins  I saw my first Gatekeeper of the year today too. Not in the garden, though we do get them. Mine was near Beacon Hill, Ellesborough, Bucks. | Update: one turned up in the garden today! It was on the rockery outside the patio windows as I was having lunch. There was a Small Tortoiseshell too. |
10-07-2009, 06:44 PM
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Southern Oak Bush-cricket-a species I'm regularly encountering around London now, particularly in suburban gardens/commons/parks. |
10-07-2009, 10:39 PM
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Insect of the day for me was this male Bog Bush-cricket. Found on Crowle Moor Lincolnshire. Thanks to Steve Routledge for confirming ID and sex.  |
11-07-2009, 02:35 PM
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He's a beauty Roger!
There was a moth-trapping event at Crossness last night led by Colin Plant. I can't decide whether the white satin... 
...or the swallow-tailed moth...   
...is my insect of the day. As the white satins started arriving before midnight they can be my IotD for yesterday and the swallow-tailed is for today.
I'm very proud of myself for not screaming like a little girl when the larger moths started arriving. I even had this poplar hawkmoth on my finger briefly... 
Dave P.
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11-07-2009, 07:46 PM
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Looks like you're getting hooked on them Dave 
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11-07-2009, 08:19 PM
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I think you may be right Martin, they are incredibly beautiful when seen close up. Even the dull brown or grey ones are not at all dull when you really look at them. The subtle patterns are wonderful.
Dave P.
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14-07-2009, 12:31 PM
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At last the sun has come out...after the 'monsoon' we had this morning..with it it brings out the insects!!  
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14-07-2009, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by RAINBOWRUSSELL At last the sun has come out...after the 'monsoon' we had this morning..with it it brings out the insects!! | Do the teasels attract lots of finches to your garden in the winter? Do they spread all over the place? I'd like to try some in my garden.
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15-07-2009, 01:29 PM
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This is our first complete summer here,when we moved in last August the whole garden had been strimmed so there was nothing but trees & shrubs,I have let it all grow to see whats here.
I have been told that the birds do like the seeds,specially the goldfinches which we have some of here so will assume the will love being here later in the year!! 
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15-07-2009, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RAINBOWRUSSELL This is our first complete summer here,when we moved in last August the whole garden had been strimmed so there was nothing but trees & shrubs,I have let it all grow to see whats here.
I have been told that the birds do like the seeds,specially the goldfinches which we have some of here so will assume the will love being here later in the year!! | Sounds interesting to see what'll come into your garden. We have half an acre and I'd never had a garden this big when we moved here so we didn't know what we'd get. I was woken by my mum one Saturday morning, very excited to tell me she thought there was a parrot in the garden! 
Well, knowing how well ring necked parakeets are doing in the south I gave her the benefit of the doubt and grabbed my binos.....to find a lovely Green Woodpecker on the lawn.
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16-07-2009, 08:15 AM
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Haha!!Watching out for parrotts here too now...... ...thats the sorta thing my late mum would have said...like the day driving near Wareham Forest and she spotted a pair of Golden Eagles!!!!! Buzzards were a rare sight back then....
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16-07-2009, 10:42 PM
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Huge numbers of bumblebees on the lavender beds at work. Sadly I only had mobile phone. I'm almost sure these are Bombus terrestris, buff-tailed bumblebee but there was also a single male white tailed bumblebee B.lucorum of the type with a lot of pale yellow and relatively little black 
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17-07-2009, 05:23 PM
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The male and female Six-belted Clearwing moths that we managed to sweep net by sheer luck this morning. Pretty little things. 
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18-07-2009, 01:40 PM
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Quick wander round the garden...a large white, a meadow brown and lots of gorgeous little red-tailed bumblebee workers Bombus lapidarius feeding on the white clover in the (uncut due to rain!) lawn.
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18-07-2009, 03:25 PM
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Finally saw a B. lapidarius on a privet flower today, I was getting worried for a bit lol.
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18-07-2009, 04:00 PM
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I got a brief glimpse of a White Admiral butterfly at Bricket Wood, Herts., this morning. Not sure if I've ever seen before. |
23-07-2009, 11:47 AM
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Today there are masses of butterflies,bees,bumbles & other bugs flying around..like me I think they've missed the sunshine!!
Glad these things are only 1/2 inch long,imagine how sarey they would be 3 foot long!!  
Also...not sure what this is...but it looked menacing! 
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23-07-2009, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RAINBOWRUSSELL Today there are masses of butterflies,bees,bumbles & other bugs flying around..like me I think they've missed the sunshine!!
Glad these things are only 1/2 inch long,imagine how sarey they would be 3 foot long!!
Also...not sure what this is...but it looked menacing! | Top photo is a Cleg.
Lower is the hoverfly, Volucella pellucens |
23-07-2009, 09:15 PM
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I saw 24 different insects today! My top one though is the Kidney-spot Ladybird. I first discovered it accidentally by the very distinctive pupae, then after a few seconds of looking - there it was, my first-ever K-s L! A nice-looking thing. |
25-07-2009, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Top photo is a Cleg.
| Nice to hear the old word for that curse of an horse fly!
I once knew an old Cumbrian farmer who had to have plastic surgery/skin grafts for the bite - he said 'T'was a cleg as did it'....... Bad news them clegs. :0
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25-07-2009, 06:48 PM
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It was great to see so many fresh Painted Ladies today just lazily nectaring + not in a hurry to go somewhere like they were in late spring- so good to enjoy them.
So many butterflies- also many Large Whites + Common Blues (small numbers of 3 browns, 2 other whites + 3 other vanessids + 1 skipper), but the big thrill was an obliging Clouded Yellow (my first in UK for about 3 years) + a probable second individual. Good numbers of Silver-Y's too.
Never seen so many Adonis Ladybirds(1 of 7 species recorded) as today.
After a week of heavy downpours it was great to see so many goodies today. |
25-07-2009, 08:45 PM
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Large Marsh Grasshoppers & Bog Bush-crickets singing away on the New Forest this morning. |
25-07-2009, 10:36 PM
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Met up with Julie and Chris (Wild-Woman and Wild-Man) at Northward Hill this morning for a "Ditch-Dipping for Adults" event. Great fun, we saw water scorpion, water stick insects and common backswimmers...   
Lots of good insects on dry land too, including my first sight of a clouded yellow butterfly. Wouldn't settle for a photo but lovely to see it.
But for my Insect of the Day I'm going to pick this Roesel's Bush-cricket... 
Dave P.
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26-07-2009, 01:04 AM
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Nice shots Dave! 14 turned up for the afternoon session and we netted 2 Great Diving Beetles.
The Clouded Yellow was great to see even though it wouldn't stay around.
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