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[Lemonhands]

Got back from my camping holiday in the Lake District yesterday evening, thought i would share some of the pictures here

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Got back from my camping holiday in the Lake District yesterday evening, thought i would share some of the pictures here

Nice.
I can identify some of the plants and insects. The little Longhorn moth is Nemophora degeerella, the Stonecrop is "English Stonecrop "Sedum anglicum, the caterpillar is a "Drinker", I can't tell you which Lamprey it is.

Cheers Darrel

 

[foxfish]

Sark is one of the most interesting, unusual and beautiful spots in this World …. Well I think anyway and I would encourage anyone who loves the outdoors to visit if they ever get a chance……

 

[Tim Harrison]

Wetland in the parkland of Wollaton Hall, Notts. It's closed to the public and minimally managed. A truly magical place that's supposed to be home to fair folk 😉

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

For those that don't know its a buying beetle and you'd be surprised just how impressive their burying skills are.

I had one of these the other day in the moth trap, a different one from @mort's and apparently this one is <"Nicrophorus vespillo">, because it has curved tibia.



I also had some-one look at @mort 's photo and apparently I gave you the wrong ID and it is <"Nicrophorus investigator">, because the anterior orange markings meet.

cheers Darrel

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
A few moths, all from the BSU Newton Park campus over the last couple of days.

Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)



Drinker (Euthrix potatoria)



and a relatively recent arrival from the continent, the European Corn-borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)*


* I won't tell Priti Patel

cheers Darrel

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

A few moths, all from the BSU Newton Park campus over the last couple of days.

In the unlikely event of people wanting more moth photos, there are plenty more on my <"iNaturalist account">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Garuf]

Hi all,

In the unlikely event of people wanting more moth photos, there are plenty more on my <"iNaturalist account">.

cheers Darrel

A good archive of everything that will be totally extinct in the next 10 years.

 

[Nont]

Some plants I’ve found almost a week ago near Krabi limestone pool.

The water is very hard, I’m quite surprised that Nepenthes didn’t die.

 

[Garuf]

Some plants I’ve found almost a week ago near Krabi limestone pool.

The water is very hard, I’m quite surprised that Nepenthes didn’t die.

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I have krabi moss, it’s meant to be from there, it loves my water so it makes sense if where it’s from is rock!

 

[MirandaB]

Thought I'd share a photo of one of my fish shed residents.....a Tegenaria parietina aka Cardinal spider 🙂

 

[Lemonhands]

Had 20+ of these turn up in my garden today, made an insane amount of noise fighting over this food and the bird table

 

[mort]

We used to get flocks of starlings when I was a kid but relatively few now. Nice to see they are breeding somewhere.

 

[Lemonhands]

We used to get flocks of starlings when I was a kid but relatively few now. Nice to see they are breeding somewhere.

Other people I have sent it to seem to think they are song thrushes, i'm not really sure personally as not very knowledgable on birds though. But yea there was a lot of them

 

[mort]

Other people I have sent it to seem to think they are song thrushes, i'm not really sure personally as not very knowledgable on birds though. But yea there was a lot of them

Don't know if I've ever seen a baby song thrush. I was just going by the starry patch on the top picture.

 

[Lemonhands]

Don't know if I've ever seen a baby song thrush. I was just going by the starry patch on the top picture.

After mentioning starlings to them they have now reconsidered too 😅, i think youre right though, starlings seem far more likely to bicker and be greedy in their groups

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

blahblahblahblah end of nowhere on a plateau in Switzerland.

No wind. No sound. If you held your breath you could hear your heartbeat thumping away like a kick drum in that moment:



Something special about complete silence in desolate places. We’re noisy creatures.

Decent view of the Matterhorn behind:

 

[MirandaB]

Speckled bush cricket

 

[Tim Harrison]

Wild untamed wetland

 

[Nont]

Huge colocasia in a polluted waterway next to my family’s house.