How awesome !
How is bugging going over there ?
We have been getting hordes of all sorts of moths here.some I do not recall seeing before.
Some look so much like tree bark or leaves.how cool their camo is !
Thought about catching some in a jar for you !!
Then I figure you have probably seen them already !
First off to the person with the Easter Egger they're wondering if it is a pullet or cockerel - It's a pullet. Those aren't saddle feathers you see, trust me. It's a pullet.
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Chickielady - Bugging has been okay. Because of all the brooder lamps and whatnot for the main barn/coop going on, I couldn't use a trap in the normal place so I have one right out my bedroom window. I've been too lazy to even bother washing my sheet from last year so right now it's a little dirty with algae stains
But hey, the moths don't care and no visitors see it anyway. Catches have been decent but not super yet. I missed the season I always miss which is around March-April, and May is always kinda boring, but June-August will be fun. Especially with our expanding garden, who knows what I might catch.
If you got me a jar of moths, I'm sure half of them I'll know quite well and half I'll know but never find out here. You live very close to a guy I know who actually got me into this, got me the camera I have today, and he usually catches stuff I never do, but am familiar with identifying/knowing of. I believe your summers are a bit more arid, and it's more agriultural out there, so that allows more things like Sphinx moths and the sort. Supper jealous of people with those.
Aaanyway, felt like an idiot bringing my telescope out again tonight, as even though it is mostly cloudy, I saw the moon for a quick few seconds, but, by the time the telescope was out, and after a good round of patience, I never saw it again. Always next time.
In the mean time, I had fun planting a TON of strawberries today as well as some hardy Kiwis today (the fuzz-less kind)
Chickielady I don't know if you remember, but my backyard is riddled with several huge slash/burn piles from the logging, and, well, they're not so pretty and we've yet to get rid of them, so, genius idea - I decided to have hardy kiwis grow up them. Hardy Kiwis are SUPER productive and the vines, fruit and all, can weigh over 100 lbs per plant, plus the vines grow out as much as 40 feet, so, perfect place. I've got one really, really big burn pile I'm just gonna cover with them, and have fun climbing up to harvest the Kiwis.