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12-08-2008, 04:25 PM
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Hi
because I'm feeling a bit fed up with the rain I thought I'd set you a challenge to see who can be the first to identify these two beasties.
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neil  |
12-08-2008, 04:47 PM
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I have no skills in this area ( or any other), but 1 followed by 2 would clean the spout on your teapot. |
12-08-2008, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi  I have no skills in this area ( or any other), but 1 followed by 2 would clean the spout on your teapot. | Mmm, I didn't think of trying that 
But then we havn't got a teapot 
neil |
12-08-2008, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi I have no skills in this area ( or any other), but 1 followed by 2 would clean the spout on your teapot. |
Hmmm..... self propelled bottle brushes, now there's an idea !
Sorry, I'm totally lame too - I have no idea what they'll grow up to be  !
Thea |
12-08-2008, 06:30 PM
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No idea - my guesses:
Io moth caterpillar
Black Arches pupa  |
12-08-2008, 06:32 PM
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 This is killing me. Thought 1 may have been White Admiral but pose bit different to norm. Can we have a clue
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12-08-2008, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by djackso No idea - my guesses:
Io moth caterpillar
| Who's a clever boy then
Automeris io - Bullseye Moth ( or Io moth )
The black hairs you can see break off if you touch them and sting like Nettles but last a bit longer ( not tried it to find this out though )
The second one is British
neil |
12-08-2008, 08:09 PM
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Well some of us have it....
(actually, I Googled it )
Can't work out the second one though. 
Last edited by djackso; 12-08-2008 at 08:28 PM.
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12-08-2008, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by djackso
Well some of us have it....
(actually, I Googled it ) | Cheat !! Actually, I just scoured his website pics in case he had one there with the name underneath
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12-08-2008, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by galanthus Cheat !! Actually, I just scoured his website pics in case he had one there with the name underneath | Good one |
12-08-2008, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by galanthus Cheat !! Actually, I just scoured his website pics in case he had one there with the name underneath | I'd already thought of that and they're not on yet |
12-08-2008, 08:40 PM
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I give up, I've been googling so long I feel sea-sick Dusted all relavant books and can't find it. Pls tell me soon even if by pm fore I get locked up for running around throwing pc thro window 
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12-08-2008, 09:02 PM
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It's not a Noctuid and it's not a Geometrid.
That gets rid of a few species. |
12-08-2008, 09:32 PM
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OK - so it is a moth and that narrows it down. Now what have we left?
Drepanoidea (hooktip moths)
Cimeliidae (gold moths)
Callidulidae (old world butterfly moths)
Bombycoidea (Silk moths, hawk moths)
Lasiocampoidea (lappet moths)
Mimallonidae (sackbearer moths)
Thyrididae (picture winged leaf moths)
Hyblaeidae (teak moths)
Copromorphoidea (fruitworm moths)
Pyraloidea (snout moths)
Immidae
Whalleyana
Tortricoidea (leafrollers)
Zygaenoidea (burnet moths)
Pterophoridae (plume moths)
Alucitoidea (many-plumed moths)
Epermeniidae (fringe-tufted moths)
Schreckensteinia (bristle legged moths)
Choreutidae (metalmark moths)
Urodidae (false-burnet moths)
Sesioidea (clearwing moths)
Cossoidea (carpenter moths)
Gelechioidea (twirler moths)
Yponomeutoidea (ermine moths)
Gracillarioidea (leafminers)
Tineoidea (bagworm moths) |
12-08-2008, 10:06 PM
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Thats a lot of typing
OK , it's a macro not a micro. |
12-08-2008, 10:09 PM
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goth there i think. white satin moth
Chris |
12-08-2008, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by UB4 gardener goth there i think. white satin moth
Chris | Give that wabber a medal
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12-08-2008, 10:34 PM
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Thank goodness for that, I can sleep now Goes to show internet is nothing without a little knowledge beforehand sometimes.
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13-08-2008, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by UB4 gardener goth there i think. white satin moth
Chris |
Well done! |
13-08-2008, 10:00 PM
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what.... no knew one?  | | |
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