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Michael J Campbell

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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #435 on: August 30, 2012, 07:24:04 PM »
Bee, on Eucryphia x intermedia 'Rostrevor'

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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #436 on: August 30, 2012, 09:01:09 PM »
With antennae like that it must be a male?
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #437 on: August 30, 2012, 09:30:39 PM »
Spotted this handsome chap on my wheely bin the other day.
Shield bug
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #438 on: August 30, 2012, 09:42:24 PM »
The squirrels are in full burying mode now.  Getting through the peanuts fast.  I had noticed signs one had been in the greenhouse.   Pots knocked over and compost scraped.  I was busy at the potting bench on Tuesday and thought I saw something go past.  I looked round and saw one sitting looking at me from the other end of the greenhouse.  It ran out fast when I approached it.  I tipped out one pot of Narcissus bulbs and found Four peanuts.  I'm so glad Narcissi tend to be at the bottom of the pot.  When I leave the greenhouse door open I cover it with a piece of shade netting to keep out insects.  I closed the door last night but a squirrel was there this morning .  It nipped out through the open louvre which is at the bottom of the glass.  I don't mind them burying nuts in the garden but in the frame or greenhouse it is a nuisance when they tip over pots especially if they are newly planted seeds or seedlings.   
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #439 on: August 30, 2012, 10:19:23 PM »
Even worse when it's my own precious hazelnuts they're burying with my bulbs!
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #440 on: August 31, 2012, 05:58:26 PM »
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #441 on: September 01, 2012, 12:05:04 AM »
Mike

What can you say about the scent of the Eucryphia.  I've enjoyed leatherwood honey for years ( Eucryphia lucida)
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Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #442 on: November 23, 2012, 08:24:49 PM »
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