tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post6726666362829087082..comments2023-10-16T09:42:47.302+01:00Comments on Greenie in the wild: Saturday 11th.July 2009Greeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036202102998375825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-60804182217380455182009-07-12T16:04:22.324+01:002009-07-12T16:04:22.324+01:00Hi Fred, some great posts as always, loads of inte...Hi Fred, some great posts as always, loads of interest. Put another post on my blog today but don't worry that will be it for a while and plenty of July left to enjoy. Cheers, JohnJohn Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258567526679936721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-72678392798441451552009-07-12T10:30:08.417+01:002009-07-12T10:30:08.417+01:00Oddly enough, I did find the Glanville Fritillarie...Oddly enough, I did find the Glanville Fritillaries just up the coast a bit back in May, see here - <br />http://wightrambler.blogspot.com/2009/05/glanville-fritillaries.html<br /><br />- but it's all those other great fritillaries, hairstreaks and White Admirals of yours I'm missing. As you say, 'Keep looking'. <br /><br />Meanwhile I find your blog an excellent read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-71720403284632289472009-07-12T07:54:09.735+01:002009-07-12T07:54:09.735+01:00Rambling Rob ,
Keep looking , you will find them ....Rambling Rob ,<br />Keep looking , you will find them .<br />You have species on the Island that we don't get here - Glanville Fritillary , I'd love to see that .Greeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036202102998375825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-44351146484606712582009-07-12T07:49:41.092+01:002009-07-12T07:49:41.092+01:00Ken/Warren ,
When you consider that the Harlequin ...Ken/Warren ,<br />When you consider that the Harlequin Ladybird can go from egg to adult in 2/3 weeks if the temperature is around 25C , then after 5 days , that adult is capable of laying 1000s of eggs . Combined with aphids , their main food source , also exploding in those temperatures , it's not surprising that we have so many at the moment , given that really hot spell we had .<br />Still not as many as when we were 'invaded' by Ladybirds , about 15 years ago , or so .Greeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036202102998375825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-84395007835795123642009-07-11T21:30:06.985+01:002009-07-11T21:30:06.985+01:00Same story with the ladybirds here on the IoW, Gre...Same story with the ladybirds here on the IoW, Greenie - I found dozens on Hemlock yesterday.<br />I wish I could find some of the interesting butterflies you see so often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-9082419250229022802009-07-11T20:17:27.482+01:002009-07-11T20:17:27.482+01:00As Ken says, it looks a good year for lady birds G...As Ken says, it looks a good year for lady birds Greenie, especially Harlequins, I saw scores of LB's on a group of nettles, much like the ones you show.Warren Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042798315431561018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-4975817275916505582009-07-11T20:07:17.678+01:002009-07-11T20:07:17.678+01:00Hi Greenie.
Nice Photo's. It seems a...Hi Greenie.<br /> Nice Photo's. It seems as if there is a huge amount of Ladybirds about at this moment in time. I went to see if the young Sparrowhawks were still there today,there was no sign of them so I am assuming that they have all left the nest, unless the smallest one/ones were lying low in the nest. As I was saying, again there was a good number, and variety of Ladybirds about. I have never seen so many. It is great to get such close views of them. I wonder why there are so many Harlequin's about this year?<br />Have a good weekend.Ken.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01795172926321030227noreply@blogger.com