Sorry, another message from me - must stress again a novice, absolutely fascinated by all the info from this group. We came home with so many last night...
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DIANA HAYDEN
Diana.S.Hayden@...
Aug 1, 2004 11:27 am
Can anyone tell me what this is please? Diana Hayden...
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Andy Banthorpe
andybanthorpe
Aug 1, 2004 11:50 am
Diana, They are indeed 6-spot Burnets, a common moth on the chalk downlands at this time of year - and very nice to see too. If you look carefully you can...
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Tim Sharrock
timsharrock
Aug 1, 2004 12:25 pm
Diana - Following on from Andy's comment re the pupa cases, I saw thousands of these in Devon last August when I was at Braunton Burrows on a family holiday -...
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Tim Sharrock
timsharrock
Aug 1, 2004 1:05 pm
Anyone into fungi? I found two big clumps of Stump Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme growing on dead wood in Colworth Thicket yesterday. I don't remember ever...
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barrysquires
birdingbas
Aug 1, 2004 9:10 pm
I caught 32 species of moth in my garden, in Barton, during July - 20 macros and 12 micros. They were mostly caught at lighted windows, although a few were...
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Stephen Plummer
stephen.r.plummer@...
Aug 1, 2004 9:11 pm
Hi Diana, I'm not an expert at all, but I think the plant is birdsfoot trefoil. There is a greater/large birdsfoot trefoil, too, and there's quite a lot around...
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Paul & Ro Madgett
paulmadgett
Aug 1, 2004 9:54 pm
Have looked up Stump Puffball in a couple of fungi books, re. edibility - one says "edible when young"; the other says "edible, but not worth it" - so you...
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Les Hill
ljhilluk
Aug 1, 2004 10:00 pm
Hi all, This weekend I reached 402 spp. of moths recorded during 2004 in Bedfordshire; 231 macro and 171 micro spp. (incl. 2 new county records). The garden...
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Tim Sharrock
timsharrock
Aug 1, 2004 10:53 pm
Thanks for cheering me up. Still, they would have gone very well with tomorrow's fried egg, toast and coffee ... - Tim * ... From: Paul & Ro Madgett To:...
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Keith Balmer
remlabk
Aug 2, 2004 12:23 am
I've just started to take an interest in Orthoptera and noted today near Stagsden that all the Roesel's Bush Crickets that I saw were the long-winged...
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DIANA HAYDEN
Diana.S.Hayden@...
Aug 2, 2004 7:03 am
Although I don't know anything about fungi myself what I can tell you is that THE expert on which mushrooms to pick and eat and cook is Antonio Carluccio....
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James, Frank
frankjames1uk
Aug 2, 2004 8:32 am
Keith, your photo puts mine to shame! This critter was in my shower room this morning. Is it a cricket or a grasshopper? It doesn't seem to have wings. Thanks ...
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BNghtngl@...
Aug 2, 2004 6:03 pm
A Humming-bird Hawk Moth in my Woburn garden this evening, feeding on Cosmos. Also yesterday four C Buzzards circling around. From their behaviour I suspect a...
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SteveCham1@...
Aug 2, 2004 6:48 pm
The Bedfordshire sites are the most westerly and inland for Small Red-eyed Damselfly anywhere in UK. There were good numbers at Priory today and even more at...
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SteveCham1@...
Aug 2, 2004 6:53 pm
I have seen this form all over the county this year. First records for Wrest Park were all this form. The macropterous form goes through cycles. In some ...
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dtwithers@...
Aug 3, 2004 9:18 am
Pegsdon Hills - Butterfly transect day yesterday. Highlight was a Clouded Yellow - the first I've seen on mainland, usually have to wait for October Scillies...
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Andy Banthorpe
andybanthorpe
Aug 3, 2004 8:47 pm
Hi all, Forgot to email in that I saw a fox cross the A6 Bedford Road Luton just north of Wardown Park by Cranleigh Gardens at 4am yesterday (2nd) Cheers Andy...
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SteveCham1@...
Aug 3, 2004 9:48 pm
There was a single Clouded Yellow in the meadow adjacent to Westminster pond, Ampthill this afternoon. The pond itself had a few ovipositing pairs of Small...
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Bashford, Richard
richardbashford
Aug 4, 2004 12:33 pm
1 at Roxton yesterday pm Richard Bashford ps I notice there have been a few Tree-Lichen Beauty moths recorded in the UK last night if anyone if running a trap....
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Alan.C.Wakeford
aquaw1@...
Aug 4, 2004 2:05 pm
One in pristine condition beside the track going from Biggleswade Road Upper Caldecote to the Fields Cottages Lower Caldecote 1310 today. Alan Wakeford...
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judy.knight
jknight381
Aug 4, 2004 5:53 pm
On Buddleia in my Linslade garden this morning. Is this a particularly good year for Hover-flies? There seem to be more than I remember in previous summers. J...
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Keith Balmer
remlabk
Aug 4, 2004 6:55 pm
Hello Don, I can't comment on the wasps, but according to my butterfly books Chalkhill blue males have been found wandering up to 20 km from known colonies,...
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emkpea
Aug 4, 2004 8:01 pm
As I type a midwife toad is beeping under the window next to me. I have been out numerous times but none of us can find it. We're beginning to think they can...
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Keith Balmer
remlabk
Aug 4, 2004 8:07 pm
Frank, as a newbie to these critters I'll stick my neck out and suggest that yours was also a female Roesel's bush cricket. Its long ovipositor and seemingly...
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emkpea
Aug 4, 2004 8:46 pm
Well I shall answer my own question!!! I am amazed that something so small - and it really is small - can make so much noise. It really was tiny!!...
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Andy Banthorpe
andybanthorpe
Aug 4, 2004 10:20 pm
Hi all, A quick spin about some sites for Butterflies etc resulted in the following:- College Wood, Northill noon-13:00 lots and lots of butterflies in the hot...
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Tim Sharrock
timsharrock
Aug 4, 2004 11:27 pm
Kate - I caught three at midnight yesterday (to rescue them from a garden that is being covered in slabs of concrete). I used a torch and watched for movement...
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Bashford, Richard
richardbashford
Aug 5, 2004 7:55 am
Judy and all, News story about the hoverfly influx here http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/england/essex/3529310.stm ...
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emkpea
Aug 5, 2004 9:44 am
Hi Tim Thanks for your reply. I did eventually manage to photograph the little chap (or chapess!!). Surprisingly (considering I was holding a torch with one...
