Old farrier Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Any ideas I’m sure there’s plenty of experience here to tell me thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Elephant hawk moth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeydredd Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Elephant Hawk Moth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Elephant Hawk Moth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) As above, and a lot nicer looking than the monstrosity of a caterpillar it emerges from. Edited July 20, 2020 by walshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Oh that's a find and a half. Lovely moths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongeese Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Used to get hundreds of them near a stream where I was born in Bucks - not seen one now though for 25 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Not seen one of those in years. We found a caterpillar as a kid and took it to a butterfly center just outside of cardigan as by hell it was ugly and we had no idea what it was. Turns into something stunning id say 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Thanks for the reply chaps very informative and interesting thank you all 👍👍😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 It could be that I have more time on my hands and therefore noticing them but there seem to be a lot more butterflies around this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 minute ago, AVB said: It could be that I have more time on my hands and therefore noticing them but there seem to be a lot more butterflies around this year Don't think it's you - I have walked the same areas at the same times of day for the last 5 years but this year I have seen substantially more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussexboy Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 I think there are more butterflies about. We are seeing lots of peacock ones in the garden at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoolinDalton Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Speaking of butterflies, I took a photo of a pair of them on July 5th in my allotment. I assumed that they were (attempting) mating. Sorry, can't post pic...not sure how to! When I was deleting multiple pics the other day, I noticed that the 2 butterflies were in fact, two different species. The male? (the one doing the chasing) was / is a small tortoiseshell and the female? is /was a Red Admiral! Maybe the Small Tortoiseshell just fancied his chances! I wonder (as someone interested in insects / spiders, etc) how rare or common it is for different species (of butterfly) to successfully breed. I know that spiders (Theraphosidae), those commonly but wrongly labelled as tarantulas, can be cross bred in captivity...but usually in the wild there's a very rare chance of it happening. Isn't nature wonderful /amazing /confusing all at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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