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Nature thread

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I though it might be nice to have a thread that we can take into the summer and beyond, as the Spring thread will soon be redundant.

Please remember not to upload an image in the same post as words or it might break the thread - please add your words by replying to the image.

Thank you.

Yesterday  sent me down a rabbit hole when she mentioned this book on the 3 Good Things thread:

https://lithub.com/a-book-to-conjure-nature-when-we-need-it-most/

I then looked at this book:

www.thelostwords.org/.../

The reason for the book made me sad:

“When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these ‘lost words’ included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail…."

Please add anything related to nature that interests you.

Thank you.

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  • I was trying not to post too many moths, but this antler moth is pretty remarkable. Those little white antler markings are so dainty!

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    I was trying not to post too many moths, but this antler moth is pretty remarkable.

    It's impossible to post too many moths!

    Stunning.

    We have far more day moths in the garden this year than ever before.

  • in reply to B

    It must be quite exciting (when you aren't over heating), when I look in books there are many more species south of London then you get further up north. What species do you get? It can be quite tricky if they don't sit still long enough to tell, I can't always tell if they are on the wing! 

    I am hoping my replacement bulb might come soon, though I'm still pleased with getting some with a regular bulb! 

    (I've had dark arches, barred straw, common footman, fanfoot, common rustic, and wormwood pug). The last one an app helped as I wasn't sure if my book had it (being macro moths not micro).

    It's called ObsIdentify, and it verified all the other ones I ID'ed, so I am a little more confident posting the names!

  • in reply to B

    All those species both butterfly and moth are awesome, I'm interested in all. It's quite exciting having people all over the country, and beyond as you get to hear what is flying locally for everyone. 

    I remember seeing a comma once in Warwickshire, they are so pretty and unusual!

    Moth knowledge is much more recent for me, I'm still learning and heavily using my book to try work out what I get in my trap -seeing then flying about I've no chance of telling what they are!

  • in reply to B
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    What species do you get?

    Just realised you were referring to moths.

    Doh. Sorry.

    The only ones I recognise are mint moths, Jersey Tiger, hummingbird hawkmoth and skipper.

    I believe I saw a brimstone moth in the garden recently too.

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  • in reply to B

    All those species both butterfly and moth are awesome, I'm interested in all. It's quite exciting having people all over the country, and beyond as you get to hear what is flying locally for everyone. 

    I remember seeing a comma once in Warwickshire, they are so pretty and unusual!

    Moth knowledge is much more recent for me, I'm still learning and heavily using my book to try work out what I get in my trap -seeing then flying about I've no chance of telling what they are!