tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post5655363892646258488..comments2024-03-29T14:44:46.790+00:00Comments on Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Garden Moths and FlowersRagged Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-90641610091306673322014-03-13T22:40:50.814+00:002014-03-13T22:40:50.814+00:00Em Parkinson - Thanks :) As you say its lovely to ...Em Parkinson - Thanks :) As you say its lovely to see all the Spring flowers and insects starting to appear :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-90816684874957639002014-03-13T22:33:41.396+00:002014-03-13T22:33:41.396+00:00Chris Rohrer - Many thanks Chris :) Glad you like ...Chris Rohrer - Many thanks Chris :) Glad you like gnomes too :) You are so right about moth id - it can be difficult so many so similar!! and you must have loads more species over there. I mainly try and id macro moths - this year I might try more of the tiny micros but they are even more difficult!!!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-7734813346098272472014-03-13T22:22:27.116+00:002014-03-13T22:22:27.116+00:00Gnomes=awesome:) It takes a lot of patience to ID...Gnomes=awesome:) It takes a lot of patience to ID the moths. That was too difficult for me when I first started so I'm glad you have the patience. They are cool insects:)Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-72677457141118836452014-03-13T21:01:28.358+00:002014-03-13T21:01:28.358+00:00Countryside Tales - Thanks :) Great minds think al...Countryside Tales - Thanks :) Great minds think alike - Cloudberry it will be :)The Oak Beauty as you say is just stunning. I couldn't believe it when I trapped my first last year!<br /><br />You should get frogs hopefully eventually. It took a few years here for the newts and frogs to find the pond. No spawn here yet thought. Good luck with the trapping - mine is on again too :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-91267677644050802052014-03-13T20:20:21.256+00:002014-03-13T20:20:21.256+00:00Glad to see the moths are back. I've seen a fe...Glad to see the moths are back. I've seen a few on the window in the evening but they flutter off too quickly. Lovely to see your spring flowers too. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-74230319981332380992014-03-13T18:33:01.399+00:002014-03-13T18:33:01.399+00:00Definitely Cloudberry- I love those books. I also ...Definitely Cloudberry- I love those books. I also love the Oak Beauty which is surely one of the moth world's most stunning creatures. I've been garden-centre shopping recently too- I think it is probably my favourite type of shopping. That snakeshead F is a gorgeous colour and the Hellebore is lovely too. No frogs or newts in our pond here :-( Although the frogs are present round about so I haven't given up hope :-)<br />Moth box out here tonight. Finger's crossed xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-1205132496242871092014-03-11T19:36:03.642+00:002014-03-11T19:36:03.642+00:00Wendy - Thank you :) Its lovely to see the butter...Wendy - Thank you :) Its lovely to see the butterflies and moths starting to appear :)<br />I've planted Snakeshead Fritillary before and its just disappeared and it looks as though the winter aconites I planted last year aren't going to reappear either :(<br /><br />Dean Stables - Many thanks Dean. Certainly a better start than last year :) Thanks for confirming dark form of Dotted Border :)<br /><br />SeagullSuzie - Thank you :) So glad you enjoy seeing all the moths. Perhaps frogs will eventually move in - it took quite a few years for newts to appear in ours and now we have about 18 :)<br /><br />I am so sorry to hear about your dove :( I know its part of nature but when you know what bird has been taken and its one of your favourites it can be very upsetting :(Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-64998052191876292732014-03-11T13:54:41.911+00:002014-03-11T13:54:41.911+00:00I look forward to all the moth posts, they are suc...I look forward to all the moth posts, they are such amazing creatures. My neighbour found some newts and passed them over the fence for my pond, but I don't have any frogs. My lovely dove was killed recently by the peregrine and I came home to a mass of feathers and a corpse...not nice!<br />It's always lovely to find plants at bargain prices-hellebores are so expensive.SeagullSuziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857680854262709165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-6926461726218376882014-03-11T12:26:34.137+00:002014-03-11T12:26:34.137+00:00You`re off to a flyer, nice one, Caroline.
Looks l...You`re off to a flyer, nice one, Caroline.<br />Looks like a dark form Dotted Border to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-72889090518006031392014-03-11T11:15:00.446+00:002014-03-11T11:15:00.446+00:00The Oak Beauty is very cute! It's great to see...The Oak Beauty is very cute! It's great to see that so many moths are about again. I've started to see some butterflies, too, in this warm weather. <br />I love all the flowers and plants, I planted some Snakeshead Fritillarly bulbs last year but I can see that some creature has been digging around them so I'm not sure whether the flowers will appear at all!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-72999539561954687322014-03-11T10:48:00.545+00:002014-03-11T10:48:00.545+00:00Dartford Warbler - Many thanks :) The Oak Beauty i...Dartford Warbler - Many thanks :) The Oak Beauty is just wonderful :)Must be in my top 10 of favourite moths :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-61997496014600653292014-03-10T23:58:12.680+00:002014-03-10T23:58:12.680+00:00I love the Oak Beauty. I`m not good on moth identi...I love the Oak Beauty. I`m not good on moth identification but I`m sure that is one which we have here. What patterns and markings!<br /><br />I hope your new plants ( and their guardian gnome!) settle in well. A lovely spring post.Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.com