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  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,035
    Just seen a beautiful cinnabar moth. Not seen these before on my terrace so chuffed that it seems so happy with the flower selection! 
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Lovely @Jacquimcmahon, they are beautiful moths. Their primary food plant is ragwort, but I think they are gernerally attracted to areas of long grass and scrubby land
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Early this morning. Apparently the wildlife expert for the developers next door did not see a deer, so there isn't one.
    I beg to differ.



  • puschkiniapuschkinia Posts: 229
    We've got this little beasty living on our eleagnus quicksilver. I swear he's growing every day - he can't be far off 2 inches long now! I hope he's not a pest because he's very cute.


  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    fidgetbones said:
    Early this morning. Apparently the wildlife expert for the developers next door did not see a deer, so there isn't one.
    I beg to differ.



    @fidgetbones   Very nice to see, loving the fox family.

    Love the little sparkly fidgetbones flourish at the end of the clip.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    puschkinia said:
    We've got this little beasty living on our eleagnus quicksilver. I swear he's growing every day - he can't be far off 2 inches long now! I hope he's not a pest because he's very cute.


    It is a Garden Tiger Moth. Nothing to worry about!

    https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/garden-tiger
  • puschkiniapuschkinia Posts: 229
    @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool Oh great, what a beauty! Thanks for letting me know - I was hoping it was one of those but so many of the hairy caterpillars look the same to me :lol:
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Looks like a 'woolly bear,' grows into a Garden Tiger moth. As a kid I used to raise them in jam jars and my brother and I would have caterpillar races on the back steps :)
    Magical  to see the moth emerge from the pupa!
  • AnguisFragilisAnguisFragilis Posts: 95
    Slow worms are starting to bask in the open now we’ve had a good stretch of sun and also wet nights. Usually plenty under my refugia but nice to see them in the open. 
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