local wildlife (fur,feathers and beasties)

[Doug Tait]

Found a lovely moth yesterday, busy laying eggs.

 

 

 

[Anno]

poplar hawk-moth, nice.

[ABtrees]

Can anyone help me with an ID on this caterpillar please ?  Originally thought swallowtail but now pretty certain it isn't.  So some kind of Hawkmoth maybe ?

Seen on bramble and don't forget - taken in France !

[Paul in the woods]

A bit of a search keeps coming up with Emperor moth, some pics seem to match but they seem a bit variable.

[ABtrees]

1 hour ago, Paul in the woods said:

A bit of a search keeps coming up with Emperor moth, some pics seem to match but they seem a bit variable.

Thanks Paul.

 

They are a bit variable - The one above has a lot more black on it than most of the other pics I can find, but I guess it makes sense as we do get them here. (see my post on 21st April in Pictures of Spring thread).

[Doug Tait]

A couple interrupted processing briefly today, never thought of a splitting chamber as being exciting but I stood back and let them finish...

 

 

 

[Doug Tait]

Saw a beauty yesterday, new to me.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Cinnabar Moth, not unusual here as it goes.

 

Edit, caterpillars feed on ragwort apparently so they do well here.

Edited June 21, 2024 by Mick Dempsey

[Doug Tait]

River work the last couple of days but had to abandon cutting on a quiet section this morning, heard a splash upstream from us too big for a fish, further investigation revealed an Otter holt, verboten!