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Hristo

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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #705 on: September 27, 2009, 06:26:35 PM »
Ahh clouded yellows, now they take me back to the summer of 1979....shimmer shimmer, tie dye etc!!!!
Cheers RR!!

On a parched hillside in the Sredna Gora came upon this 'BUG', I would have picked him up but decided he looked hungry!
My knife is 13 cm or 5 inches long, with antennae I gues this chap is 6 to 7 inches in length!
I reckon he might be a cricket but I have no reference material for Southern European insects.
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #706 on: September 27, 2009, 06:30:23 PM »
He's certainly big and I would have left him alone also!

Maggie - spare  my blushes!

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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #707 on: September 27, 2009, 07:09:49 PM »
Anthony yes. There was one feeding on asters that was very clumsy and not scared by the camera so I caught it, took photos and set it back
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #708 on: September 27, 2009, 07:17:39 PM »
Cliff, thanks so much for the link, what a hoot!!
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #709 on: September 27, 2009, 08:00:56 PM »
It's spider time!! :'(

A giant house spider the size of a tarantula  ::) just made a dash from under the sofa
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #710 on: September 27, 2009, 08:16:33 PM »
EEEK! Last week a big,  long-legged spider sprinted out for cover , across the sitting room floor, when my eye caught the movement I was horrified, 'cos it was so big my first thought was cockroach! :o :'(      I was relieved to find it was just a spider.... I really need my life to be free of roaches!

There was just that moment when I thought- I'm never buying bananas again! It always seems to be in bananas that we hear of these big bugs come into UK homes, doesn't it ?!!  :-X  :-\ :P

I have been getting braver of late... able to remove smaller spiders outside but for this giant I did ,however, insist that Ian do the gentlemanly thing and save me from it ..... he wasn't going to bother until I pointed out that a spider that big might devour the wee dog..... that got him moving after it pretty sharpish!  ::) ;)

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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #711 on: September 27, 2009, 09:11:54 PM »
My mother once met a large spider in a grass hut, on an island in the Great Barrier Reef. She said it was so big she thought of it as a small animal - and therefore not scary - rather than a spider. It JUMPED off her bed and vanished out the door.

The partial butterfly wing pics are just lovely, with the scales so visible, the patterns exquisite and I do love the caterpiller in Melvyn's pic. It would make a delightful hat especially with that little red feather on the side. :D
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #712 on: September 27, 2009, 11:03:18 PM »
Quote from: Hristo on September 27, 2009, 06:26:35 PM
Ahh clouded yellows, now they take me back to the summer of 1979....shimmer shimmer, tie dye etc!!!!
Cheers RR!!

On a parched hillside in the Sredna Gora came upon this 'BUG', I would have picked him up but decided he looked hungry!
My knife is 13 cm or 5 inches long, with antennae I gues this chap is 6 to 7 inches in length!
I reckon he might be a cricket but I have no reference material for Southern European insects.
The only one I know that is this big is Saga natoliae, the Balkan Sawing cricket.
« Last Edit: September 27, 2009, 11:05:43 PM by Anthony Darby »
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #713 on: September 27, 2009, 11:18:24 PM »
Anthony what is the cranefly that hides away in dark damp places and fly out in groups when disturbed? The wings are held togther over the body.
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #714 on: September 27, 2009, 11:26:10 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on September 27, 2009, 11:18:24 PM
Anthony what is the cranefly that hides away in dark damp places and fly out in groups when disturbed? The wings are held togther over the body.
Not sure. Could be Limonia sp.?
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #715 on: September 28, 2009, 09:41:47 AM »
Insects are very busy on the last remaining flowers and this little whitish bee is not one I have seen before...very sweet and obviously loves thistles, like me :D
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #716 on: September 28, 2009, 11:35:23 AM »
brown shield bugs
« Last Edit: September 28, 2009, 12:42:49 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #717 on: September 28, 2009, 11:53:46 AM »
As ever Anthony you are spot on.

Arykana I dont think I have seen all brown sheild bugs over here.
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Paul T

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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #718 on: September 28, 2009, 01:05:24 PM »
Quote from: Hristo on September 27, 2009, 06:26:35 PM
On a parched hillside in the Sredna Gora came upon this 'BUG', I would have picked him up but decided he looked hungry!
My knife is 13 cm or 5 inches long, with antennae I gues this chap is 6 to 7 inches in length!
I reckon he might be a cricket but I have no reference material for Southern European insects.

Chris,

I don't think anyone has commented on your insect at the top of the page.  I think it is one of the 'Stick Insects' (Phasmids), but I am not familiar enough to be sure which one?  Maybe a troll through somewhere like http://www.phasmid.freeservers.com/ might give you a full ID.
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Re: Wildlife mid 2009
« Reply #719 on: September 28, 2009, 01:14:01 PM »
Anyone think that Australia is a namby pamby country when it comes to wildlife?  Even our introduced rabbits are bred tough here.....

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/09/15/63975_local-news.html

Apparently happened in Cairns in far north queensland a couple of weeks ago..... a guy who kept finding dead snakes on his lawn every morning with teeth marks in them, discovered that a pair or rabbits were killing them.  Absolutely amazing.

They say that Australia is the lucky country.  I'm just lucky I'm not a snake on the receiving end of rabbits like those ones!!

Definitely not my local wildlife, but I wanted to share this news story as I thought some here might be intrigued.  I think it is just amazing.  The video link is pretty impressive too.... that bunny certainly is quick!!

Anyway, back to normal programmes now.... ::)
« Last Edit: September 28, 2009, 01:20:55 PM by Paul T »
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