Wildlife May2010

[christian pfalz]

hi, picture from may last year...the beginning of a new generation...


also in my garden, a big population...


in my xeric field...

cheers
chris

[srgs14]

Hi Chris,
Fantastic wildlife - however in the last photograph, the piece of timber at bottom could pass as an angry dragon or even a wild boar. Somewhat like the 'old Woman' sketch -let your imagination run wild!
Cheers srgs14

[christian pfalz]

hi, thanks...your right, looks like a dragon....
cheers
chris

[daveyp1970]

I found this skipper butterfly while i was walking the other day could somebody ID it for me please.

[johnw]

I was visiting a friend in Charlottetown, PEI yesterday. He lives in a subdivsion.  There were foxes everywhere.  I finally decided to stop and take a picture.  This fellow was sitting on a front lawn and stared while I focused in the extreme wind. I thought he'd run away but no, instead he curled up and had a nap.

johnw

[Anthony Darby]

I found this skipper butterfly while i was walking the other day could somebody ID it for me please.

Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages), which has a strange distribution in Scotland: south west (Ayrshire, Dumfies & Galloway) and north east (Black Isle, Aberdeenshire, Moray coast).

[Peter Maguire]

I found this skipper butterfly while i was walking the other day could somebody ID it for me please.

Dave,
It looks to me like a Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) - the underwing shot with the relatively plain markings is helpful here.

Whilst we're asking for help with identification, I came acroos this caterpillar last weekend when out photographing orchids. Found in a disused limestone quarry (now a nature resrve) in Co Durham, NE England. It's about 1.5ins/4 cms long  - anyone able to hazard a guess as to waht it might be - Anthony?

[mark smyth]

Peter will we see your orchid photos?

[Peter Maguire]

Yes, Mark. I'm busy editing them now!

[Anthony Darby]

Peter your caterpillar is a drinker (Philodoria potatoria).

[Peter Maguire]

Thanks Anthony, I'm not terribly good with moth identification, there's just too many of them. 

[christian pfalz]

hi, from today, testudo boetgeri in the sun...

hard at work...

the result....first eggs for this year....

cheers
chris

[Anthony Darby]

Do incubate the eggs Christian? I notice that 'X' marks the top, as the eggs need to stay in the same position.

[christian pfalz]

hi anthony, yes with an incubator...i collected the eggs, when all female are finished with breeding, i will incubate all the eggs...
cheers
chris

[Tony Willis]

Some dung beetles having a good time on a substantial deposit. They were flying in from all directions no doubt drawn by the smell which was eye watering.

One of them trying to roll a ball of dung up an almost vertical slope with no success