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Title: Wildlife September 2013
Post by: Natalia on September 01, 2013, 04:04:45 PM: Lagopus lagopus in Hibiny
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Post by: brianw on September 02, 2013, 10:20:24 PM: Wildlife among the Pleiones
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Post by: Roma on September 04, 2013, 01:48:59 PM: Two bumble bees having a cuddle
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Post by: Maggi Young on September 04, 2013, 03:19:49 PM: Quote from: Roma on September 04, 2013, 01:48:59 PM
Two bumble bees having a cuddle

Cuddling on a Cosmos - I expect he's telling her he's brought her chocolate! :D
Title: Re: Wildlife September 2013
Post by: Anthony Darby on September 05, 2013, 10:33:38 AM: Here are a couple of Indian mynahs and some sparrows sheltering from this morning's torrential downpour. I think that's next door's gas boiler (only used for heating water in Auckland as central heating doesn't exist here), they're sitting on? Mmm, just realised it's September.
Title: Re: Wildlife September 2013
Post by: ArnoldT on September 14, 2013, 09:55:35 PM: I usually find a praying mantis or two lounging in a climbing Clematis that rambles over a Box.

Here are a couple of shots of one such having a meal (looks like a yellow jacket) and then I discovered an egg case. The close up looks like he or is it she may have sacrificed a bit of antennae in the dinning experience.
Title: Re: Wildlife September 2013
Post by: annew on September 15, 2013, 10:42:59 AM: Seen from our local supermarket carpark!
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Post by: Anthony Darby on September 16, 2013, 11:51:18 AM: I have mantis egg cases on the fence round the garden. Mostly the introduced African species Miomantis caffra. Even though it's a small species, adults will tackle wasps, and also eat full grown monarch caterpillars. :o
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Post by: mark smyth on September 16, 2013, 01:56:14 PM: Well spotted, Anne
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Post by: annew on September 17, 2013, 02:52:39 PM: No, no spots at all…. ::)
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Post by: Hans J on September 23, 2013, 04:17:50 PM: here pics from today in our garden :o :o :o

Mantis religiosa

Hans 8)
Title: Re: Wildlife September 2013
Post by: Armin on September 23, 2013, 04:21:04 PM: Hans,
wow! :o 8)
A sign you realy live in a mild climate. Never found any around here.
Title: Re: Wildlife September 2013
Post by: Hans J on September 23, 2013, 04:36:00 PM: Quote from: Armin on September 23, 2013, 04:21:04 PM
Hans,
wow! :o 8)
A sign you realy live in a mild climate. Never found any around here.

Armin ,

we see this animals from time to time ...
This ( or another ) I have seen in a other part of our garden before some weeks ...but I was to slow to make a picture ::)
Title: Re: Wildlife September 2013
Post by: Anthony Darby on September 28, 2013, 06:43:29 AM: We have two species in the garden. Miomantis caffra from South Africa and Orthodera novaezealandia. I find the egg batches (oothecae) on the fence and the house wall. The oothecae are hatching now, but I have only seen one small mantis. Caffra can over winter as an adult, but I haven't seen any mantids since autumn.