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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6533 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15539
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45377 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45377 Location: yes
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Shane
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 3467 Location: Doha. Is hot.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45377 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45377 Location: yes
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 20 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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this fierce wee thing got papped in bad light and i was mixing it for print play rather than screen colour so it is a little saturated in the purples and oranges on this screen
i rewarded it for its cooperation by transferring it from an empty supermarket to a 5 star restaurant of aphid dishes
no idea what spp of ladybird it is apart from a fairly chunky one, tis smaller than harlequin so probably one of the larger "natives"
a few years back my lb count of spp in a year got to double figures with adult id which is much easier
young ones are far harder to tell apart, not least in that iirc they have several instars while getting bigger
lb larvae have a similar shape to dragonfly larvae, form follows function perhaps as they are both predators with a need not to be eaten, although afaik dragonfly ones use stealth, looks and prickles to stay safer but are not rather "tasty and toxic" like lbs
inverts are fun
less bees this year in both the number of white tails(see apocalyptic attic clearance) and in number of spp, so far i have only seen a handful
i have a feeling that quite a few habitats went when the hotel started to be restored structurally(needed) and converted to housing(not sure about that bit), it took out the bats(and most of the rats from the outbuildings, result) and new roofs, gutting a building etc etc etc is a bit disruptive of urban micro habitats
batless might mean lots of moths , i have not had a proper look to compare to when there were bats
i am a bit cross about the bats, a replacement roost in the winter would have been plausible, at an instinctive guess they were ignored or deliberately ignored, if there were survivors they have moved |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15539
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 20 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Bats are a protected species, so if they ignored them or purposely destroyed a roost, the builders were in breach of the Habitat Regualations. A survey has to be carried out before building work on suspected roosts is carried out, although I am pretty sure it often isn't. They are the ones that really get to me as you can have a survey done, then some rare bat moves in the next day just to be cussed. We have to be careful felling trees too, so any we suspect of being a bat roost have to stay, or get special permission to fell.
We have a beehive not far from our front door, and there is a box under it where bumbles have taken up residence. We hope to move the honey bees to the woods soon, but the bumbles will stay where they are for the season, and clear the nest out in the winter. |
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45377 Location: yes
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45377 Location: yes
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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