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  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    edited June 2023
    I should have posted here instead of the wildlife discussion. Do you know by chance what category this could be?


    I ♥ my garden.

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    @Simone_in_Wiltshire That's a Tipula [paludosa?]
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    You are a genius @Papi Jo. Many thanks 👍

    I ♥ my garden.

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Papi Jo said:
    @Simone_in_Wiltshire That's a Tipula [paludosa?]
    It's one of the tiger craneflies but I'd need a closer photo of the wing pattern to work out which.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    My lovely Pieris japonica 'Cupido' had died, a victim to the infamous Pieris lacebug. Here's a pic of the 😡😠💢 little bugger captured this morning ... but too late; the damage is done and beyond repair.
    Excuse the poor quality of the photo, taken through the plastic envelope where the lacebug was kept captive before its imminent destruction.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Simone_in_Wiltshire said:
    @wild edges That's all I can get out of the original. I hope it gives the important information.


    I'm fairly sure it's this one https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/tiger-cranefly

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    That’s the one @wild edges because I saw it over the day flying in the lower, darker part of the bed. 👍

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Penny_ForthemPenny_Forthem Posts: 455
    edited June 2023
    I didn't know, but a lily beetle
    Beautiful North Wales - hiraeth
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