JDog Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Saw this little beauty today. Any ideas as to what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Scarlet tiger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 A moth . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 27 minutes ago, 12gauge82 said: Scarlet tiger? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Very nice all i see is cabbage whites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 No idea but I've seen similar here. Waiting for the weird humming bird lookalike to appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.C Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, GingerCat said: No idea but I've seen similar here. Waiting for the weird humming bird lookalike to appear. We get those Aug/Sept time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Looking forward to it, they like a tall pink flower that jdog knows the name of and I forget. Thought I was seeing things the first time I saw it. There's a large hover fly that looks like a bee I've seen recently and not before. No idea what that is but it likes knocking about round the roses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 1 hour ago, GingerCat said: Looking forward to it, they like a tall pink flower that jdog knows the name of and I forget. Thought I was seeing things the first time I saw it. There's a large hover fly that looks like a bee I've seen recently and not before. No idea what that is but it likes knocking about round the roses. Verbena bonariensis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Nope not the chap. I think it's a flox. Verbena is a pita in my garden self seeds and does badly if I out it anywhere. Clay soil and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, GingerCat said: Nope not the chap. I think it's a flox. Verbena is a pita in my garden self seeds and does badly if I out it anywhere. Clay soil and all that. Centranthus ruber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 I thought this was going to be a moan about needing ID when buying something. But that is very nice. We had this for a couple of days on the same rose, a very impressive bug, for size snd colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 You've made me Google it now, Phlox paniculata, pink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 As said above by 12guage82, Scarlet Tiger Moth. see https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/uk-moths-british-most-colourful-and-distinctive.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 13 hours ago, GingerCat said: No idea but I've seen similar here. Waiting for the weird humming bird lookalike to appear. Get the occasional one here on the honeysuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 One on the paving this morning; you can't see the scarlet as it has it's wings fully folded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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