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An American lady
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blackcatofmiseryI love spring, because garden centers open, and that means pollinators. I saw a butterfly going about in a greenhouse and finally tracked it down—taking a picture every couple of seconds, so I looked like a creep, I'm sure—on a hanging planter. I believe it's an American lady (Vanessa virginiensis), judging by the two eyespots and bit of pink.
( Photos beneath the cut. )
( Photos beneath the cut. )
turloughUsually I only see their tracks in the snow but on my walk today I spotted these three Roe Deers (Capreolus capreolus) and managed to shap a photo before they spooked and ran off.
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Orange tip butterfly
Apr. 11th, 2022 03:25 pmnanila
This is the first orange tip I've seen so far this year, in Norfolk, UK, in the out-laws' garden. How's the butterfly-spotting where you are?
A caterpillar and two moths
Sep. 8th, 2020 10:41 amsteorraYesterday I went for a walk in the woods with a couple friends. We saw a big fat green caterpillar on the path. It was probably about as wide as my finger. It had rows of little orange dots along its sides that looked like they had little hairs projecting from them. We weren't sure if it was alive, but my friend picked it up with a leaf to move it off the path, and it wriggled.
Later we saw a white-and-black moth on the wall of a restaurant where we were waiting for take-out.
That moth and its wing patterns made me think of a moth of a different sort that I saw in August last year. It was on one of the choir music stands at my church. I took it outside on a piece of sheet music and it eventually flew away. It was dark brown with lighter-brown criss-cross-y patterns on its wings.
If anyone has any tips on what any of these are, I'm interested.
( 4 pictures )
Later we saw a white-and-black moth on the wall of a restaurant where we were waiting for take-out.
That moth and its wing patterns made me think of a moth of a different sort that I saw in August last year. It was on one of the choir music stands at my church. I took it outside on a piece of sheet music and it eventually flew away. It was dark brown with lighter-brown criss-cross-y patterns on its wings.
If anyone has any tips on what any of these are, I'm interested.
( 4 pictures )
Bookshelf orb-weaver
Aug. 18th, 2020 08:38 pmsteorraIn the bookshop where I work, I spotted a small orb-weaver spider hanging from a nearly-invisible web in front of some books on display on a bookcase.
After taking a picture, I carefully evicted the spider.
( One picture )
After taking a picture, I carefully evicted the spider.
( One picture )
Marbled white butterfly
Jun. 24th, 2020 08:17 pmnanila
I'm currently in a new part of rural Worcestershire, UK, which happens to host a large population of marbled white butterflies. I've seen many a cabbage white, but these are new to me, and it's thrilling to see so many hovering above the grasslands.
This particular butterfly zoomed into the front porch this afternoon and straight into a spider web. I got to it before the spider did (sorry, spider) and carried it back outside. It sat on my finger for a while, which puzzled both of us, until I worked out that it still had its feet entangled in silk. I managed to disentangle it without causing any damage. It flew away, not very far, and spent some time cleaning its feet and legs with its proboscis before setting off back to the fields.
Hedgehog has a scratch, falls over
May. 3rd, 2020 07:46 pmnanila
[YouTube video, 00:19, infrared capture]
Figuring that our hedgehog was probably awake now, we started putting out the infrared motion-triggered camera every night to see if we could catch it rootling around under the bird feeder. We've seen it every night for a week now, but this was definitely a highlight. Poor Mr Snuffles has clearly got fleas.
Figuring that our hedgehog was probably awake now, we started putting out the infrared motion-triggered camera every night to see if we could catch it rootling around under the bird feeder. We've seen it every night for a week now, but this was definitely a highlight. Poor Mr Snuffles has clearly got fleas.
nanila
Spot the turtle head poking out of the water amongst the lily pads. Taken in eastern Ohio, USA, in late July.
