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mark smyth

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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #165 on: February 20, 2010, 05:53:36 PM »
Do you have a tighter shot of a grub? They look like wasps of some sort
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Anthony Darby

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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #166 on: February 20, 2010, 11:37:01 PM »
The last time I saw that sort of thing was when I was rearing wax moths Galleria mellonella to feed geckos.
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #167 on: February 21, 2010, 03:52:54 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on February 20, 2010, 05:53:36 PM
Do you have a tighter shot of a grub? They look like wasps of some sort
Thankyou Mark and Anthony for your suggestions, this is the best that I can do for a close up.
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #168 on: February 21, 2010, 04:50:57 PM »
Looks like a member of the family Tineidae, which includes the corn moth (Nemapogon granella) and the tapestry moth (Trichophaga tapetzella).
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #169 on: February 21, 2010, 08:09:57 PM »
Yummy! :P
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #170 on: February 21, 2010, 11:40:55 PM »
Yep, just stick 'em in a box and send to me. Any pupae I'd hatch and identify. The rest would make excellent gecko food for my "super hypo carrot-tailed baldy" leopard geckos (should be a pair but looking increasingly like two females).
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #171 on: February 22, 2010, 09:20:14 AM »
Despite the continued sub-zero temperatures (-23C this morning), the following were noted in the garden yesterday: Fieldfare (1), Siskins (10), Yellowhammer (10), Bullfinch (2), Greenfinch (10), Nuthatch (1), Hawfinch (1), Great Tit, Blue Tit and  I was surprised to see a Robin nearby.

In a milder period last week the first migrants arrived in a few places nearby (Starlings) - they were in for a temperature shock...
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #172 on: February 22, 2010, 10:43:14 AM »
Quote from: annew on February 21, 2010, 08:09:57 PM
Yummy! :P
Now I have a dilemma, do I send them to be eaten by a lady in Yorkshire with adventurous culinary tastes or to a leopard gecko of uncertain gender in Scotland? Maybe I should encourage my friend to leave them where they are.......
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #173 on: February 22, 2010, 11:17:59 AM »
Quote from: Stephenb on February 22, 2010, 09:20:14 AM
Despite the continued sub-zero temperatures (-23C this morning), the following were noted in the garden yesterday: Fieldfare (1), Siskins (10), Yellowhammer (10), Bullfinch (2), Greenfinch (10), Nuthatch (1), Hawfinch (1), Great Tit, Blue Tit and  I was surprised to see a Robin nearby.

In a milder period last week the first migrants arrived in a few places nearby (Starlings) - they were in for a temperature shock...
Stephen, what a lovely crowd - great birdsong I imagine.  The Robin's here are much more timid than in the UK and have a more orange breast - I only see one in our garden  :)
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #174 on: February 22, 2010, 06:23:50 PM »
I could not deny a poor gecko its dinner. I will go without. :'(
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #175 on: February 22, 2010, 11:18:45 PM »
 ;D
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #176 on: February 24, 2010, 07:53:43 PM »
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #177 on: February 24, 2010, 08:47:36 PM »
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #178 on: February 24, 2010, 08:53:54 PM »
yes, I never thought. I'll ask if I can use the photo
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Re: Wildlife February 2010
« Reply #179 on: February 25, 2010, 06:46:14 AM »
samebody live in my garden, but it is too small for mole
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