The gooseberrys were ripe enough to use for cooking, so I cropped them, and found a fresh Magpie Moth. This was once a pest of goosberry and currant bushes..
Sunday 24 June 2018
gardening
The gooseberrys were ripe enough to use for cooking, so I cropped them, and found a fresh Magpie Moth. This was once a pest of goosberry and currant bushes..
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a pretty moth - I hope the caterpillar doesn't eat too much. As you get the shorter nights so we go to longer days but somehow our mornings get colder!
You've had a busy day, and the two opposite poles at 11 pm are beautiful! (No poles east/west, wonder what proper term would be....)
My, you are a busy couple of bees! I don't think I have ever seen before a magpie moth. Don't begrudge, for her rareity, her caterpillars a share of the gooseberry bushes.
I have such a prejudice against moths. I think they are hairy and dusty and thick and unlovely, unlike butterflies. Shame on me.
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