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got the above info at
http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/sawfly-caterpillars-or-larvae/ have a look see if you agree |
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Nice one Drag - ta! Very, very similar to the hazel. Mine also have two parallel black lines going down their backs & other markings are slightly different.
Firing up the old pc just now and will manually load the other pics. Six in total. |
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The first one is of the sapling, dug up from right next to where it is now, then we have the eggs (some have legs wtf?) & other bugs loitering with intent. Do you recognise any as sawflies? There are only one of each of the fliers - not loads.
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That last one is a Ladybird, that will eat all the things you don't want on your plants
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Thanks Smar. Never seen one like that before! Yup, ladybirds and spiders are good guys, for sure
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nasty load of bugs wre you live trilb. only prob i had this year was white aphids on my lupins
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what you reckon trilb sawfly lava?
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Aye, prob a 1.03 shot, Drag. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction
 That wasp-like thing in the third pic up looked a bit different from our native species. Check the green larvae on the stem  Must be c. 200 of the feckers on the plant  The next two pix up certainly go with the way sawflies larvae congregate in the fold of the leaf. Amazing species and how they differ from plant to plant. Odd thing is, I've not seen any confirmed sawflies - unless that waspy thing is one? |
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where you live trilb?
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A few miles along the A85 west of Perth.
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Near Crieff
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scotland???????????????????????? full of bugs
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Indeed T.D. I have spent quite a lot of time in Scotland and mostly in trilby's manor in Perthshire, mainly Blair Atholl and the surrounds and never in my entire life have I known such vicious mozzies and midges!
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Pretty much on the boundary of midge territory here.
They really are vicious wee muthas and the further west you go, the harder they bite. They don't like garlic though  |
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Got up nice and early today to trim my rather long conifer hedge. Chainsaw, hedge trimmers, loppers, trailer, wheelbarrow etc it's a big job but everything was all in place and ready.
Started work about an hour ago and after only 10 minutes of trimming an evil looking hornet flew past my face and landed on the tree next to me. - All my cutting equipment is now back in the garage and work will resume on my hedge in the winter.  |
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Can anyone tell me what this badger is?
[ This image is no longer available. ] Good guy / bad guy? I get them in the house sometimes and squish them. Should I not be doing that? Btw, I sprayed the hazel (?) sapling with Raid yesterday and all the bugs are broon breed  |
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looks like a death watch beetle?
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on a bees nest, it's a honey badger.
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Similar Drag but it's jet black and has more of an agile abdomen.
Granite wall, Hay, with spider webs. I'll look at wtf, honey badger's a BMF lizard! |
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well if it's not a honey badger then it's probably just a 'pterostichus melanarius' it's a very common black ground beetle, get lots round here. I don't squish them though, make too much of a mess.
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That's exactly what it is!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterostichus_melanarius Thank you very much! Do they bite humans? I sometimes think one might crawl in my eat whilst asleep  |
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ear ffs
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It's like wee feckin' Terminator. I just terminate them.
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Do they fly and do they eat bug eggs?
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Pestorius Melanius, kinda like a weird South African / First Lady experiment
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shouldn't be using Raid on owt
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There are times that need requires, Del
 Can someome ID these shrooms, plz? Growing on wild farmland in Perthshire. Edible? [ This image is no longer available. ] Two different hedgerow red berries here. What are they? Edible? TIA [ This image is no longer available. ] [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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Rose hips are out inforce, as are the blackberries
 Any CC recipes for hose hip syrup? |
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It's a type of inkcap mushroom Trilby.
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I think this is the one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinus_comatus |
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Before you eat anything, make sure you have a positive identification. (there are poisonous types of inkcap).
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Shaggy Ink Cap, that's the one Fion. Thank you Dr
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Have never had hose hip syrup, but trilby you just took me back to my yoof for a moment there with rosehip syrup. Remember my mum making it a few times (there were rosehip bushes all the way down the road from where we lived).
It was amazing stuff. Remember being given it like Ribena with hot water when I had colds. And as a sauce over ice cream. I also probably necked some of the stuff neat.  It was like Calpol, only without the drugs.Don't know the recipe but my guess would be: Put 6oz of rosehip berries into a blender. Add 1 cup of hot water. Add 4 cubic tonnes of sugar. Mix well. Serve (adding sugar to taste). |
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JOMO, cod liver oil and rose hip syrup was my morning daily when I wos a yoof!
Mum always knew which way to feed it and if I was naughty, she'd ask, "Are you sure?"  Can ripe rose hips be eaten raw? I don't think so  |
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Foin, my apologies. Not Fion
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Or Fiona, Trilby
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At your age, Yung Man?
Are those Rowen's? What about the clusters? |
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I don't know what the berries are. The ones that look like unripe blackberries don't have the right shaped leaves so are summat else.
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I've not seen the red clusters before.
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Wilko [in store] seem to be doing all seed packs [vegs salads herbs etc] at 30p each for Unwins and 10p each for own brand - usual price between £2/3 and long shelf life 2021/2022
grab a bargain |