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Re: wildlife
« Reply #90 on: October 21, 2014, 12:40:31 PM »
Gecko's? I Think I'll stick with my dog, cat, chickens & ducks  :)
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #91 on: October 26, 2014, 10:46:12 AM »
There was a long warm period and then freezing rain and frost ...

Frost and fly
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #92 on: October 27, 2014, 08:23:00 AM »
Still unseasonably cold here. Spotted this Aussie import Helpis minitabunda on the tiles by the bin, called the "Bronze Aussie Jumper" in Australia and first spotted in Auckland in 1972.
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #93 on: October 28, 2014, 10:55:08 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on October 27, 2014, 08:23:00 AM
Still unseasonably cold here. Spotted this Aussie import Helpis minitabunda on the tiles by the bin, called the "Bronze Aussie Jumper" in Australia and first spotted in Auckland in 1972.
An Aussie on the tiles in NZ? How unusual! ;D
Here's some sort of mayfly seen in the garden a few days ago
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #94 on: October 29, 2014, 06:54:53 PM »
Maybe a bit late to show as I encountered this angry fellow (Lemmus lemmus) last summer - among thousands of others. I disturbed him in his lunch munching a sedge leave and he got very upset trying to frighten me away (and no, they don't burst when angry).
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #95 on: October 29, 2014, 08:01:37 PM »
For a little creature  he is VERY angry!
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wildlife ? pets? gardening!
« Reply #96 on: October 30, 2014, 11:30:30 AM »
At the Atlanta Botanic gardens they have some some interesting "topiary" in its widest sense : follow this link to see the range of animals they have displayed -
http://atlantabotanicalgarden.org/about-us/imaginary-worlds-media-page


At first glance this chap looks very real - though it turns out to be just another shaggy dog story!

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #97 on: October 30, 2014, 11:34:24 AM »
Here is  the shaggy dog from another angle
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #98 on: October 30, 2014, 01:25:29 PM »
Both made from grasses?
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #99 on: October 30, 2014, 02:08:28 PM »
Yes-  I think it's the same "dog" photographed at different times, different angles - in the second pic the grass has grown longer, making him more furry!  It's fun isn't it?
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #100 on: October 31, 2014, 05:18:32 AM »
Sounds like a shaggy dog story to me. ::)
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #101 on: October 31, 2014, 08:22:24 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #102 on: November 08, 2014, 10:06:00 PM »
It's a bit early for Thanksgiving.
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #103 on: November 09, 2014, 07:30:18 AM »
Not wild about this life I found on one of my orchids. Scale insects that have now been sprayed off.
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #104 on: November 10, 2014, 07:08:11 PM »
Not what I want on my plants, Anthony!

I would rather have any of these! Boloria selene probably. Argynnis aglaja
In lack of butterflies now I show this one from last summer.

« Last Edit: November 11, 2014, 04:56:40 AM by Hoy »
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