Insects of the day

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• Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

  October 2019

  What super pictures @Big Blue Sky a wasp that size would scare me too!!
  

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• Big Blue Sky Posts: 716

  October 2019

  She seemed very aggressive and very agile, just hope she’s not going to build a nest there. Our garden is just too tiny for this kind of visitors 😲

  Surrey

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  October 2019 edited October 2019

  I had some time to kill between jobs today so went to the nearest garden centre. I was considering buying a pot when I found this herald moth inside it. I bought the pot so had to find him a new home. Is it just me or does he look grumpy about being disturbed?
  

  
  

  
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  October 2019

  Face like a well skelped a*** @wild edges
  
  Lovely though 
  
  

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  October 2019

  He’s rather gorgeous 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

  October 2019

  I have never seen a herald moth before and agree with @Dovefromabove that it is rather stunning.
  

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  October 2019

  This is the top view. Very neat job of pretending to be an autumn leaf.

  
  

  
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  October 2019

  Really beautiful pic @wild edges.
  Look at those tiny black dots above the 'lines'. 
  
  Note the correct 'lepidopteral' terms I've used there. Is lepidopteral a word?   

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  October 2019

  I'm still really impressed with the photos I can take with this phone. It's not perfect but for point and shoot I can't complain at all.
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  November 2019

  Fairygirl said:

   Is lepidopteral a word?   

  Yes she is. See https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/lepidopteral

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