
Vapourer Moth Caterpillar
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Merveille du Jour
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Merveille du Jour at home on lichen.
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December Moth, one of the last moths we trapped this year. 181 species recorded on the croft in our first year.
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Buff-tip
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Oil beetle
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Elephant Hawk Moth
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Red Sword-grass trapped in our first session of 2017, amazing camouflage...
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Drinker Moth Caterpillar on the Croft, 1st of April.
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Large Red Damselfly
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Highlights from the trap... 24/05/2017 Pale Prominent
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Highlights from the trap... 24/05/2017
Saxon (nationally scarce B!)
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Highlights from the trap... 24/05/2017
Poplar Hawk Moth
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Clouded buff... a new moth for us this week. A surprisingly dull name for such a vibrant moth.... we are calling it the Rhubarb and Custard
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Knot Grass caterpillar
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Lots of Peacocks on the Knapweed outside the Bothy this afternoon.
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Large Red Damselfly on the croft today.... I think this is an adult male
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Gold Spangle
One of the highlights of last nights moth trapping effort. 144 moths of 35 species.
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In the sun yesterday a small patch of thistles by our house was buzzing with bees, butterflies, beetles and hoverfliesโ๏ธ๐๐ฆ
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We found a new one for the croft list yesterday.... a male Meadow Grasshopper ๐
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Scotch argus happy sheltering in the orchard this morning despite the breezy, dreich weather. Seeing lots of these on the croft just now.No need for us to worry about watering at the moment ๐ฆ
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Common Darter, we think, maybe it's a young male
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A very fresh Peacock butterfly seen on the croft this week ๐ฆ
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The sun made an appearance this afternoon and we got a nice view of this Red Admiral feeding on some Knapweed โ๏ธ
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Male Common Hawker kindly let me take a photo this morning ๐
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We rescued this pretty shield bug from our house yesterday and set him free in the sunshine โ๏ธ
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Our first Puss Moth on the Croft! We'll be looking for the caterpillars of these stunning moths later this year on our Aspen suckers. I've always wanted to see one ๐
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Common Blue on the croft today. A beautiful bright and breezy day here โ๏ธ๐๐ป
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Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Drumfearn, 16th June 2019
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Garden Tiger โค๏ธ
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Phil got this male Bedstraw Hawk-moth in the trap this week ๐ Flew to Skye all the way from Southern Europe ๐ฑ First record for the Croft ๐๐ปWeโve just had a cancellation for the week beginning the 5th of October www.wildlifecroftskye.co.uk/availability
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Relaxing on the sunny duck house today 15.09.19
Common Darter
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White Ermine
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Streamer
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Female Large Red Damselfly, my first this year ๐
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Elephant Hawk Moth from the trap last week looking awesome ๐คฉTwo traps going out again tonight๐ค๐ป๐ค๐ป๐ค๐ป
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My first ever sighting of this amazing moth!๐งโโ๏ธ MOTHER SHIPTON ๐งโโ๏ธWith unmistakeable markings resembling a witches face on the wingsUnexpectedly spotted this week on a bright, windy day close to our home โ๏ธ
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Orange-tip Butterfly ๐งก
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Golden-ringed Dragonfly very kindly let us take its photo today!Stunning weather here today with lots of butterflies, bees, damsels and dragons enjoying the warm weather ๐๐ฆ
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A new record for Skye this morning ๐Alder Moth ๐๐ผThe most northern record in Scotland (we think)Now to find one of the caterpillars ๐https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000006376
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Earlier this week we managed a wee wander round the Croft in the sunshine (definitely not last few days ๐ง) and spotted this Male Orange-horned Scabius Sawfly hanging out on a Pear Tree looking pretty awesome ๐
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A female Beautiful Demoiselle on our hedge today ๐First one Iโve ever seen! Nice to know they are here in DrumfearnNot the best photo but glad I managed to get this quickly...
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