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  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Good shot, Alan.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @Loxley is a micro lens the same a macro lens?
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    In Nikon speak, yes!
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I have been enjoying this thread very much but have been remiss at photographing anything much at all this year. Anyway, this Spurge Hawk Moth greeted me as I got up this morning and was crying out for the camera, so..

    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    This is a lovely half hour podcast from Knepp on the orange tip butterfly. You don't need to subscribe to anything - just click play.


    The full Knepp podcast list, with their ecologist Penny: 


  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    Anyone know if this is a Dingy Skipper on my Verbena?


    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    @LunarSea It looks very moth like to me, plus I can't see any antenna clubs which most, if not all butterflies have.

    @wild edges will be the person to ask for an ID.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    edited September 2022
    LunarSea said:
    Anyone know if this is a Dingy Skipper on my Verbena?
    It's a bit worn but looks like an Antler Moth.
    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/antler-moth

    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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