Sorry to offend those who use the correct latin names but we call this a Jersey Tiger Moth. We usually have one or two in our garden at some point during the summer months - although they appear to like settling on white walls or quite often on window panes.
No offence, GD! The common name is very descriptive...
I know the scientific names of lots of plants, but of very few insects. I can remember that Vanessa atalanta is the Red Admiral though... I had a school friend named Vanessa, which probably helps.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
We have those tiger moths in the Vendée but I haven't yet had the pleasure of meeting any stick insects. I'm hoping they'll come when we start having a proper garden and for that I need rain. Lots of rain. And a couple of lorry loads of well rotted horse manure.
At lunch the other day OH and I made it beyond the potager to discuss other plans for the garden - ornamental beds and trees and stuff but I do have to creep up quietly or he gets frightened. You'd think he'd have learned after all these years.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I have exactly the same experience with my OH Obelixx - I have to limit my gardening "ideas" to just one at a time - when one idea is completed I gradually introduce the next although I have to give him the pleasure of thinking it was his idea in the first place! Mentally it is hard work for me but physically he is taking all the strain.
Guernsey Donkey2 "... when one idea is completed I gradually introduce the next although I have to give [my OH] the pleasure of thinking it was his idea in the first place! ..."
Thanks for your pic of the Jersey tiger aka Euplagia quadripunctaria. They are quite common in my part of France, especially at the end of the summer on their favourite feeding plant, the Eupatorium cannabinum, hemp-agrimony. Here's a pic I took some years ago. I had actually planted a couple of that plant in my garden in order to attract the butterfly but was quite disappointed with the result! Plus my wife objected to the colour of the plant...
Trouble is, GD, our garden is more or less a blank canvas so lots of ideas have to creep up at once and he's taken to thinking about it. Dangerous stuff!.
Lovely photo Papi-Jo.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Yes, that is a lovely picture Papi-Jo, and I am pleased to hear that the Jersey Tiger Moth aka Euplagia Quadripunctaria is thriving in your area of France. I wonder if they were first recorded in Jersey?
Obelixx you did make me chuckle and I agree - a thinking man is a dangerous man, oooop's I have probably alienated half of the readers here, but I can assure you that it is all meant in jest - well most of it anyway.
Can I grow hemp agrimony from seed? It seems to be popular with a number of insects and may encourage them into our garden.
Great Pic Papi Jo yes we saw the bright orange flash on the one we saw but that was as it flew away!
Ok how about this one then? never seen a spider like this before. I am in Suburban N London not anywhere exotic. It was on the pillar by our front door, this is the right way up. Disappeared after a day.
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Only just found this thread- really interesting.
This pic is from earlier in the year did not go right back on thread so sorry if this is old hat.
Sorry to offend those who use the correct latin names but we call this a Jersey Tiger Moth. We usually have one or two in our garden at some point during the summer months - although they appear to like settling on white walls or quite often on window panes.
No offence, GD! The common name is very descriptive...
I know the scientific names of lots of plants, but of very few insects. I can remember that Vanessa atalanta is the Red Admiral though... I had a school friend named Vanessa, which probably helps.
We have those tiger moths in the Vendée but I haven't yet had the pleasure of meeting any stick insects. I'm hoping they'll come when we start having a proper garden and for that I need rain. Lots of rain. And a couple of lorry loads of well rotted horse manure.
At lunch the other day OH and I made it beyond the potager to discuss other plans for the garden - ornamental beds and trees and stuff but I do have to creep up quietly or he gets frightened. You'd think he'd have learned after all these years.
I have exactly the same experience with my OH Obelixx - I have to limit my gardening "ideas" to just one at a time - when one idea is completed I gradually introduce the next although I have to give him the pleasure of thinking it was his idea in the first place! Mentally it is hard work for me but physically he is taking all the strain.
Guernsey Donkey2
"... when one idea is completed I gradually introduce the next although I have to give [my OH] the pleasure of thinking it was his idea in the first place! ..."
Great strategy, GD, works all the time!
@Iain R,
Thanks for your pic of the Jersey tiger aka Euplagia quadripunctaria. They are quite common in my part of France, especially at the end of the summer on their favourite feeding plant, the Eupatorium cannabinum, hemp-agrimony. Here's a pic I took some years ago. I had actually planted a couple of that plant in my garden in order to attract the butterfly but was quite disappointed with the result! Plus my wife objected to the colour of the plant...
Trouble is, GD, our garden is more or less a blank canvas so lots of ideas have to creep up at once and he's taken to thinking about it. Dangerous stuff!.
Lovely photo Papi-Jo.
Yes, that is a lovely picture Papi-Jo, and I am pleased to hear that the Jersey Tiger Moth aka Euplagia Quadripunctaria is thriving in your area of France. I wonder if they were first recorded in Jersey?
Obelixx you did make me chuckle and I agree - a thinking man is a dangerous man, oooop's I have probably alienated half of the readers here, but I can assure you that it is all meant in jest - well most of it anyway.
Can I grow hemp agrimony from seed? It seems to be popular with a number of insects and may encourage them into our garden.
Great Pic Papi Jo yes we saw the bright orange flash on the one we saw but that was as it flew away!
Ok how about this one then? never seen a spider like this before. I am in Suburban N London not anywhere exotic. It was on the pillar by our front door, this is the right way up. Disappeared after a day.
I haven't seen a single crane fly yet, anyone else? I'm sure they're usually about by now. I love to watch them in flight, so graceful.