Galanthus nivalis in Eastern (Ukrainian) Carpathians, March 2014

[Oakwood]

Matt Bishop is a forum member now so you could try sending him a PM.  Thanks, Emma, for filling the holes in my recollection of what Matt said.

thanks, Alan! I would ask him.

[Oakwood]

That wonderful double leucojum Dimitri & the fabulous one with the large yellow tips .

Will you be able to get then into cultivation?

I'll do my best, Mavers ))) at least I'll try them at me

[Oakwood]

A wonderful trip, Dima. Are those molehills in the Narcissus angustifolius valley?

you're right, Anne! It is rather Bucovina Mole Rat - Spalax graecus - habitat))

[emma T]

Oh the mole rat looks cute , prettier than a mole

[Oakwood]

Oh the mole rat looks cute , prettier than a mole

Emma, but this guy is herbivore ((( instead of insectivorous mole....

[emma T]

Oh that's a bad kind of mole ! I will stick then with our ugly black worm eating moles !

[Mavers]

I had to have a mole catcher when I first started developing my present garden.

They tunnel at quite a pace don't they.

I did have the briefest moment of empathy for the mole when I saw it squished in the mole clamp  but then I remembered my snowdrops & the damage it had caused 

So I soon felt very happy 

[Alan_b]

When a mole got into my garden I used a free 'natural repellent'.  This seemed to do the trick although my neighbour might have taken more punitive measures. 

[emma T]

I am very good at catching and killing moles in my mole traps . I'm waiting for the day when I get a pied or orange mole , then I will have it stuffed  .

[Mavers]

I looked at other methods & apparently the mole traps that kill them are more humane than the ones I initially thought I'd use that trap them alive.

http://www.trapman.co.uk/mole-trap-catching-hints.htm

'All our traps kill the mole and if used as advised are quick and humane, we did once make a live catch mole trap but found them to be more inhumane than kill type traps due to the fact that people would set them in the mole run and then either not check on the trap regularly sometimes for days or forget where the trap was placed, captured mole's suffered and died of dehydration or starvation............'

I did stroke it before the trapper took it away.........

[Mavers]

Oh damn it Emma I didn't think of stuffing it 

I could have had it mounted above me fireplace.

[emma T]

Eww don't stroke the mole , damn things are riddled with fleas ! I'd probably have enough to make a coat if I'd have skinned the moles , not really the done thing now though .

[Gerard Oud]

I have a dog that caught one lately. Normally she does catch mice, but this time a mole. She kept it with pride in her mouth when we continued walking!
Here she is:

[Gerard Oud]

No rats or what so ever but 3 hedgehogs together found by Jacky! Normally you see just one but 3 is quit incommon.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hello Dima,

here is a G nivalis without inners. I called it DREISPORN and found it in 2007. I'm sure every species is able to create this genetic constellation.