Anyone else like moths or shall I shut up now? - Page 21

Eichhörnchen · 08-12-23, 12:56 PM

^ My little sister once clouted one of those with a baseball bat whilst on holiday in the US - killed outright of course

I was just out in the garden doing some pruning and this little fella fluttered across the lawn and hid in the bushes. He's the aptly named Brimstone Moth, a day flying moth often mistaken for a butterfly

Eichhörnchen · 08-12-23, 04:12 PM

Ours - their favoured food plants are blackthorn (sloe) and hawthorn, both here in abundance but scarcely seen in built-up areas; they wouldn't dare grow in my mother-in-law's garden

Eichhörnchen · 09-04-23, 04:49 AM

It's been another very bad year for butterfly watchers - even if we do start to see more continental types establishing themselves in England, one would expect that the same factors causing such a decline here will affect them also

Here's a Speckled Wood photographed just now - a country butterfly (ours is a rural spot) by no means scarce as a rule. These are probably the easiest of all to photograph: they show no fear of man, returning to the same favourite spot no matter how often disturbed. This they fiercely defend against all others of their species who wander into their territory - normally a woodland glade - and the two will spiral upwards in a dance-like combat, a common sight in the forests

Eichhörnchen · 02-26-24, 11:12 AM

"Giant sex-crazed moths are set to arrive in Kent this summer"

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-...hs-set-1690956

Moonlight · 02-26-24, 11:23 AM

^Play your cards right Mister Squirrel and you could bag yourself one of those.

Eichhörnchen · 02-26-24, 11:30 AM

I think I'd need a gun

Eichhörnchen · 02-27-24, 05:43 AM

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/...local%20expert.

As I expected, it's a pretty boring looking thing even to a moth enthusiast. Reece probably has these in his wallet

Eichhörnchen · 05-06-24, 10:10 AM

No there are no orange tips - this is the female, photographed today on the wild garlic in the garden. Very warm now and after having millions of bees visit our crab-apple tree (there were pathetically few last Spring) I'm more hopeful of seeing butterflies in 2024; 2023 was a total washout

Wed 8th and a male came along

Sean C · 05-19-24, 06:24 PM

Found this guy on my porch screen the other day:

https://imgur.com/a/wR0Ic20

Looks like a Tulip Tree Beauty Moth to me.

Eichhörnchen · 05-20-24, 02:40 AM

^

Thanks, Sean - you surely identified that correctly and it seems to be another one not listed here in the UK

Shadowblade · 05-20-24, 05:25 AM

I just dont like kitchen moths, because they destroy my food.

Aktungbby · 05-20-24, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadowblade

I just dont like kitchen moths, because they destroy my food.

...from which the English laguage derived the hyphenated expression: 'moth-eaten'.

Eichhörnchen · 05-20-24, 12:55 PM

I wonder how STEED is getting on theses days

Shadowblade · 05-20-24, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...from which the English laguage derived the hyphenated expression: 'moth-eaten'.

it is more like moth-infested than moth-eaten - food is still there but it is full of webs and worms.

Plus English is not my native language, more like primary gaming language

Aktungbby · 05-20-24, 07:14 PM

...you could change your sig's name to: Kaleun Vlad von Motten Zerfressen!

08-12-23, 12:56 PM	#301
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^ My little sister once clouted one of those with a baseball bat whilst on holiday in the US - killed outright of course I was just out in the garden doing some pruning and this little fella fluttered across the lawn and hid in the bushes. He's the aptly named Brimstone Moth, a day flying moth often mistaken for a butterfly __________________

08-12-23, 04:12 PM	#302
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Ours - their favoured food plants are blackthorn (sloe) and hawthorn, both here in abundance but scarcely seen in built-up areas; they wouldn't dare grow in my mother-in-law's garden __________________

09-04-23, 04:49 AM	#303
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It's been another very bad year for butterfly watchers - even if we do start to see more continental types establishing themselves in England, one would expect that the same factors causing such a decline here will affect them also Here's a Speckled Wood photographed just now - a country butterfly (ours is a rural spot) by no means scarce as a rule. These are probably the easiest of all to photograph: they show no fear of man, returning to the same favourite spot no matter how often disturbed. This they fiercely defend against all others of their species who wander into their territory - normally a woodland glade - and the two will spiral upwards in a dance-like combat, a common sight in the forests __________________

02-26-24, 11:12 AM	#304
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Keep your back to that garden wall when pruning "Giant sex-crazed moths are set to arrive in Kent this summer" https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-...hs-set-1690956 __________________

02-26-24, 11:23 AM	#305
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,150 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	^Play your cards right Mister Squirrel and you could bag yourself one of those. __________________

02-26-24, 11:30 AM	#306
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I think I'd need a gun __________________

02-27-24, 05:43 AM	#307
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Moth found in West London is a new species from Western Australia https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/...local%20expert. As I expected, it's a pretty boring looking thing even to a moth enthusiast. Reece probably has these in his wallet __________________

05-06-24, 10:10 AM	#308
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Orange Tip No there are no orange tips - this is the female, photographed today on the wild garlic in the garden. Very warm now and after having millions of bees visit our crab-apple tree (there were pathetically few last Spring) I'm more hopeful of seeing butterflies in 2024; 2023 was a total washout Wed 8th and a male came along __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 05-08-24 at 10:11 AM.

05-19-24, 06:24 PM	#309
Sean C Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 913 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 2	Found this guy on my porch screen the other day: https://imgur.com/a/wR0Ic20 Looks like a Tulip Tree Beauty Moth to me. __________________ If you have a question about celestial navigation ... ask me! Celestial Navigation Spreadsheet

05-20-24, 02:40 AM	#310
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^ Thanks, Sean - you surely identified that correctly and it seems to be another one not listed here in the UK __________________

05-20-24, 05:25 AM	#311
Shadowblade 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 275 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I just dont like kitchen moths, because they destroy my food. __________________ Kapitänleutnant Vlad von Carstein - U-Flotilla Saltzwedel - U-123, Type IXB SH3 GWX 3.0

05-20-24, 12:55 PM	#313
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I wonder how STEED is getting on theses days __________________

05-20-24, 07:14 PM	#315
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,945 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	...you could change your sig's name to: Kaleun Vlad von Motten Zerfressen! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"