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Olga Bondareva

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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #330 on: August 01, 2012, 12:59:24 PM »
Not really wild of course...
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #331 on: August 01, 2012, 11:46:01 PM »
Lovely picture Olga - is it a young Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus)?
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #332 on: August 02, 2012, 11:35:39 AM »
Quote from: daveyp1970 on July 31, 2012, 08:35:56 PM
OMG WOW Hoy that is stunning,i have never seen that sp before.Keep them coming please.

Thanks davey, I'll do my best ;) However I'm not looking for these creatures but occasionally I come acrosse some interesting ones.


Quote from: Stephenb on August 01, 2012, 09:56:46 AM
At my place - it's the commonest butterfly here (at least at this time of year).

Not a big surprise, Stephen!
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #333 on: August 03, 2012, 09:21:25 AM »
One little bearish moth - without name although it is quite common ;)
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #334 on: August 03, 2012, 09:53:41 AM »
Have found this moth in the garden a couple of times recently. It has a really cool hairdo, don't you think.

Probably the Burnished Brass (Diachrysia stenochrysis)
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #335 on: August 04, 2012, 03:13:11 AM »
Quote from: Hoy on August 03, 2012, 09:21:25 AM
One little bearish moth - without name although it is quite common ;)

Scalloped oak (Crocallis elinguaria).
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #336 on: August 04, 2012, 07:20:19 AM »
Thanks Anthony. I was sure it was a Lasiocampidae but it is a Geometridae ;)
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #337 on: August 04, 2012, 10:45:26 AM »
We are getting spoilt fantastic moths!
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #338 on: August 04, 2012, 10:55:01 AM »
Totally agree. 8)
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #339 on: August 04, 2012, 08:34:23 PM »
Sorry to disappoint you: No fantastic moths this time but a scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) ;) However, it is not scarce here but common. Have seen just the males so far. They seems to fight for territory.
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mark smyth

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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #340 on: August 05, 2012, 12:59:50 AM »
Had a Scalloped Oak and Burnished Brass in my loaned trap last week
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #341 on: August 05, 2012, 09:28:45 AM »
Just bit the bullet and bought my first hawk moth larvae Deaths head hawk,really looking forward to raising them.Nice Copper Hoy such a pretty butterfly,beautifully orange.
Mark i need a moth trap,i think Ron is going to show how to do it.
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #342 on: August 05, 2012, 11:51:14 AM »
Thanks, daveyp  ;)

As I told above yesterday the Copper males fought over some square meter of meadow. Today a female suddenly appeared, and here is the winner with his trophy sitting on my finger! Guess who is the male!



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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #343 on: August 05, 2012, 12:01:21 PM »
WOW you lucky devil Hoy WOW again.With the lack of butterflies this summer you have made mine two sp i have never seen before.
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #344 on: August 05, 2012, 12:03:21 PM »
Davey I'm getting this box made for me but thicker than 4mm
http://www.meades.org/moths/moths.html scroll to the bottom
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