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Peter Maguire

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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #120 on: June 25, 2010, 11:23:24 PM »
Tom,
That might go some way to explaining your problem - I'm using a D300. The lens may be the newer version, being second-hand, I'll never know.

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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #121 on: June 27, 2010, 10:25:55 AM »
the first two photos are of a couple of toads and the third is for anthony
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #122 on: June 27, 2010, 05:19:10 PM »
just a few from today
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #123 on: June 27, 2010, 08:06:20 PM »
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #124 on: June 30, 2010, 06:54:24 PM »
One for Anthony to confirm. Pictured on Primula florindae this afternoon. My one and only reference book on the subject, from Reader's Digest,  suggests a Blood Vein, posh name Timandra griseata.
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #125 on: June 30, 2010, 06:55:57 PM »
Martin now thats a stunner
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #126 on: June 30, 2010, 07:00:05 PM »
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a Blood Vein, posh name Timandra griseata.
What a pretty thing... never seen one of those before. super photo, Martin
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #127 on: June 30, 2010, 07:10:06 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on June 30, 2010, 07:00:05 PM
[never seen one of those before.

My boy's book of moths suggests only Southern England so I'm surprised it's got as far as the Midlands never mind Aberdeen
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #128 on: June 30, 2010, 07:30:47 PM »
Quote from: Martinr on June 30, 2010, 07:10:06 PM
Quote from: Maggi Young on June 30, 2010, 07:00:05 PM
[never seen one of those before.

My boy's book of moths suggests only Southern England so I'm surprised it's got as far as the Midlands never mind Aberdeen
Aha! There's often a clue!
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #129 on: July 01, 2010, 12:18:31 AM »
My book says locally common further north and found in Irish Republic. My books dont show the colour of yours. Maybe your white one ran out of brown?
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #130 on: July 01, 2010, 01:16:02 PM »
Bloodvein is found into Scotland. I have seen in in Dunblane. Many species are moving north e.g the Red-necked Footman (Atolmis rubricollis) is extremely common here, yet Skinner, 2nd edition 1998 ('Moths of the British Isles') says "widely distributed, but local, in Wales, the southern counties of England, the Isles of Scilly, and Ireland." It goes on to say "occasional specimens have been noted in western Scotland and other locations way outside the normal breeding range of the species; these are probably immigrants". Not they are NOT! I have seen several this year - newly emerged ones at that!
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #131 on: July 01, 2010, 01:27:51 PM »
Anthony, what caterpillar makes a creamy yellow silk cocoon attached to grass stems
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #132 on: July 01, 2010, 01:34:41 PM »
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Anthony, what caterpillar makes a creamy yellow silk cocoon attached to grass stems

A burnet moth.
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #133 on: July 01, 2010, 01:52:13 PM »
here's the cocoon
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Re: Wildlife June 2010
« Reply #134 on: July 01, 2010, 02:34:35 PM »
Burnet moth.
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