a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

Showing posts with label moths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moths. Show all posts
Monday, September 29, 2014

feersum beestie v2

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Another caterpillar, this time of the elephant hawk moth, trying to find a safe place in the grass and leaves. When disturbed this enormou...
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Sunday, September 28, 2014

feersum beastie

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This is the caterpillar of the pale tussock moth (see link for earlier post showing the moth). The colours are striking and serve to war...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

something lurking in the woodshed

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An unusual sight locally at the best of times, a humming bird moth taking an interest in our woodshed, and a photograph (1/3200 at f8) ...
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Sunday, October 06, 2013

woolly bears?

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a very large caterpillar found crossing the road up to Kit Hill. It looks a bit like the caterpillar of the tiger moth known colloquial...
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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Wainscots and waves

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Out doing big butterfly count today ( link ) for third or fourth year in a row. The meadows were bursting with meadow browns, whites...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

popular picture

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This handsome and chubby moth is the poplar hawk moth. Normally it flies at night and rests up during the day. The flashes of red brown at...
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Spot, a lurcher, of Venterdon, near Stoke Climsland, PL17. Articulate and bright for a dog. Has Nikon D600 (!). His blog contains many pictures of Cornish countryside,flora and fauna, mainly in Tamar valley, through the seasons.
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