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Offline Merddin Emrys

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #975 on: August 01, 2014, 08:03:59 pm »
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Thanks Ian, I could not see the first one!  :(
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« Reply #976 on: August 01, 2014, 11:36:16 pm »
Could Fester's moth have been a Death's Head Hawkmoth? (google it) - that's the biggest moth I've seen, a few years ago.

http://www.andynewman.org/html/deaths_head_hawk_moth.html

Plenty of rich people around who would have moths that big in their wallets!!!

No, it wasn't a Death's Head Moth...... my Father in Law identified it, as he has been a collector of them, but had never seen a live one.
I honestly can't remember what he said.... 'a something eyed moth' .... because I was too panic stricken, and was more concerned with ensuring that he never saw a live one this time either!

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« Reply #977 on: August 02, 2014, 01:45:42 pm »
Could Fester's moth have been a Death's Head Hawkmoth? (google it) - that's the biggest moth I've seen, a few years ago.

http://www.andynewman.org/html/deaths_head_hawk_moth.html

Plenty of rich people around who would have moths that big in their wallets!!!

No, it wasn't a Death's Head Moth...... my Father in Law identified it, as he has been a collector of them, but had never seen a live one.

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I honestly can't remember what he said.... 'a something eyed moth' .... because I was too panic stricken, and was more concerned with ensuring that he never saw a live one this time either!

It wasn't one of these was it Fester?    They are carnivores so be careful, very careful

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #978 on: August 02, 2014, 01:49:47 pm »
 _))* $good$

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #979 on: August 02, 2014, 02:47:57 pm »
Hey Merddin, Pidgee came back today, and brought a friend with him/her! Couldn't get a snap of the two together as I wanted to make sure the second bird witnessed me feeding the other, so to encourage its return lol :) Will try when they stop by next.

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« Reply #980 on: August 05, 2014, 05:53:29 pm »
Hey Merddin, Pidgee came back today, and brought a friend with him/her! Couldn't get a snap of the two together as I wanted to make sure the second bird witnessed me feeding the other, so to encourage its return lol :) Will try when they stop by next.



Here we go Merddin taken yesterday.

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #981 on: August 17, 2014, 06:20:11 pm »
My wife and I were woken up at about 2.30am the other day when we heard what sounded like someone getting attacked in our back garden.  The noise was quite frightening and continued for a long time.
The security lights came on and I saw two Badgers, one chasing the other and all the time this awful noise continued.  I had a look in the garden the following morning but there was no evidence of a fight taking place so I'll never be able to find out what was going on, unless of course I see Badger cubs there in a few months time and then I'll know!

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« Reply #982 on: August 17, 2014, 06:35:37 pm »
Automatic night vision cameras are quite cheap nowadays.   With all the activity in your garden it may be worth a small investment.   We could then all share these exciting moments!   ZXZ
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« Reply #983 on: August 21, 2014, 11:18:29 pm »
I saw this fellow drowning in my water-logged barbecue.
He was about 1.5 inches long.

So, I fished him out and let him go.
Anyone know what species of beetle he is?
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #984 on: August 22, 2014, 12:19:12 am »
looks like a lesser stag beetle (Dorcus Parallelipedus)

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« Reply #985 on: August 22, 2014, 03:42:14 pm »
Just found an enormous caterpillar in the garage, it is an elephant hawk moth! Pic from this webpage.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2010/september/big-eyed-horny-caterpillar-sightings-up79696.html
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #986 on: August 22, 2014, 07:55:11 pm »
Just found an enormous caterpillar in the garage, it is an elephant hawk moth! Pic from this webpage.


I understand that deep fried in beer batter with a bit of tartare sauce they make a half decent meal.   L0L
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #987 on: September 03, 2014, 08:45:10 pm »
A new addition this week to the North shore  beach donkeys.

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« Reply #988 on: September 03, 2014, 09:00:35 pm »
What a beautiful looking Donkey, was that taken at Wyddfyd?

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« Reply #989 on: September 03, 2014, 09:13:13 pm »
Yes. We heard the news on Twitter this morning and went up this evening. As we did we managed to speak to John who said they didn't know the gender yet. As it was running around the pen it looked like it's legs were about 3 sizes too long for it's body. With the lovely temperature and light one of those good to be alive moments. Wonderful!