Anyone else like moths or shall I shut up now? - Page 20

mapuc · 08-19-22, 03:52 PM

A new Moth has been discovered in USA

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The atlas moth, a massive insect with a wingspan of about 10 inches, was found in the U.S. for the first time last month, Washington state officials say.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...n/10356499002/

Markus

Eichhörnchen · 08-19-22, 04:20 PM

Wow - thanks for this, Markus

Eisenwurst · 10-31-22, 09:38 PM

Does this count ??? If so then yes I like moths too.

Eichhörnchen · 11-01-22, 04:41 AM

^

Aktungbby · 11-01-22, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by my post #2

meets

mapuc · 11-01-22, 01:05 PM

Hmm Wouldn't it be somehow difficult to find a needle big enough and wouldn't it not be difficult to punch the needle through her back and stomach. Not to mentioned how big should the box and the glas be in size.

Then you have to find a wall where she can be hanging.
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I forgot this

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Markus

Catfish · 11-01-22, 01:15 PM

^ maybe if you meet a butterfly-based alien that will do exactly this with human specimens

Aktungbby · 11-01-22, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Hmm Wouldn't it be somehow difficult to find a needle big enough and wouldn't it not be difficult to punch the needle through her back and stomach. Not to mentioned how big should the box and the glas be in size.

Then you have to find a wall where she can be hanging.
Edit
I forgot this

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Markus

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Originally Posted by Catfish

^ maybe if you meet a butterfly-based alien that will do exactly this with human specimens

In this particular case: you're both raving lunatics!!

August · 11-03-22, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

^ maybe if you meet a butterfly-based alien that will do exactly this with human specimens

Nah, all we have to do is start a fire and like all moths to a flame they'll be irresistibly drawn to their doom.

Eisenwurst · 11-05-22, 06:09 PM

A beautiful song about a famous moth.

vienna · 01-06-23, 06:05 PM

I recently saw a TV news story about a nearly extinct species of butterfly here in the LA area, down to just a very, very small patch of land and numbering in less than a couple of dozen population; it brought to mind how I had noticed the remarkable lack of once plentiful Monarch butterflies in California; they, too are facing decimation and are rarely seen nowadays; it wasn't always like that and as evidence, (and for Eichhörnchen), here is a link to a sit that archives the programs aired on the PBS stations in CA, created by a man named Huell Howser, who, in the days before YT, would make short films highlighting some of the little known and/or more colorful places, people, and things in CA...

This is a teaser YT video posted by the local college that archives and curates Howser's videos:

Howser's videos used to be all on YT, but college controlling the material chose to only allow access via their website (a shame, since it limits availability); this is a link to the webpage with the full 25 minute video:

Monarchs – California’s Gold (2012)

https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-hows...ias-gold-2012/

<O>

Eichhörnchen · 01-06-23, 06:24 PM

It's hard to imagine that Monarch butterflies (probably the most recognised in the world) are becoming scarce. Now that really is a worrying development. I've never known times like these, when you can walk down a country lane in spring or high summer and not see a single butterfly, or pass a blossom laden hawthorn and not hear the thing alive with bees

There have always in the past been many enthusiastic schemes to reintroduce lost populations of insects such as the Large Blue and Large Copper - you don't hear about these anymore. I think the conservationists have got their hands full just trying to help those species that are left to hang on

The places I often used to visit are very lonely now - the stands of Cat's Ear flowers that grows in one particular corner was just plain deserted this year and even old friends like the Meadow Brown were met with only occasionally

Eichhörnchen · 05-22-23, 12:24 PM

Just a couple of hundred yards up the road from us is an ancient bank which supports woodland all the way along its top and, as here, on either side as well. This often creates a calm sun-trap, ideal for butterflies and other insects on very blowy days like today

entering from the road the footpath runs along the top of the bank, from where you can look down into a dell, thick with cow parsley and bordered by hawthorn, also in full bloom

Today there were many Orange Tip butterflies here, making the most of the abundant warmth and nectar - but the males (with the orange fore-wings) are always very restless, so the shot I got of this one taking off is as about as good as it was going to get

The way in

(Opposite side of the road)

Up onto the bank

Obliging male Orange Tip

Eichhörnchen · 05-26-23, 09:12 AM

We went for a bike ride just now and I got a decent pic of this male feeding from a vetch. A lovely hot afternoon

Moonlight · 05-26-23, 10:18 AM

A 55 minute vid on the Monarch butterfly, I'm sure I saw a David Attenborough nature documentary on this butterfly a long time ago.

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mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,832 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Hmm Wouldn't it be somehow difficult to find a needle big enough and wouldn't it not be difficult to punch the needle through her back and stomach. Not to mentioned how big should the box and the glas be in size. Then you have to find a wall where she can be hanging. Edit I forgot this End edit Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat Last edited by mapuc; 11-01-22 at 01:20 PM.

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Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,584 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	A beautiful song about a famous moth. __________________

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,495 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I recently saw a TV news story about a nearly extinct species of butterfly here in the LA area, down to just a very, very small patch of land and numbering in less than a couple of dozen population; it brought to mind how I had noticed the remarkable lack of once plentiful Monarch butterflies in California; they, too are facing decimation and are rarely seen nowadays; it wasn't always like that and as evidence, (and for Eichhörnchen), here is a link to a sit that archives the programs aired on the PBS stations in CA, created by a man named Huell Howser, who, in the days before YT, would make short films highlighting some of the little known and/or more colorful places, people, and things in CA... This is a teaser YT video posted by the local college that archives and curates Howser's videos: Howser's videos used to be all on YT, but college controlling the material chose to only allow access via their website (a shame, since it limits availability); this is a link to the webpage with the full 25 minute video: Monarchs – California’s Gold (2012) https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-hows...ias-gold-2012/ <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,740 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It's hard to imagine that Monarch butterflies (probably the most recognised in the world) are becoming scarce. Now that really is a worrying development. I've never known times like these, when you can walk down a country lane in spring or high summer and not see a single butterfly, or pass a blossom laden hawthorn and not hear the thing alive with bees There have always in the past been many enthusiastic schemes to reintroduce lost populations of insects such as the Large Blue and Large Copper - you don't hear about these anymore. I think the conservationists have got their hands full just trying to help those species that are left to hang on The places I often used to visit are very lonely now - the stands of Cat's Ear flowers that grows in one particular corner was just plain deserted this year and even old friends like the Meadow Brown were met with only occasionally __________________

05-22-23, 12:24 PM	#298
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,740 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Orange Tips in Springtime Just a couple of hundred yards up the road from us is an ancient bank which supports woodland all the way along its top and, as here, on either side as well. This often creates a calm sun-trap, ideal for butterflies and other insects on very blowy days like today entering from the road the footpath runs along the top of the bank, from where you can look down into a dell, thick with cow parsley and bordered by hawthorn, also in full bloom Today there were many Orange Tip butterflies here, making the most of the abundant warmth and nectar - but the males (with the orange fore-wings) are always very restless, so the shot I got of this one taking off is as about as good as it was going to get The way in (Opposite side of the road) Up onto the bank Obliging male Orange Tip __________________

05-26-23, 09:12 AM	#299
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,740 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Male Orange Tip We went for a bike ride just now and I got a decent pic of this male feeding from a vetch. A lovely hot afternoon __________________

05-26-23, 10:18 AM	#300
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,124 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	A 55 minute vid on the Monarch butterfly, I'm sure I saw a David Attenborough nature documentary on this butterfly a long time ago. __________________