Birds, Bugs, and Botany

Sunday, 1 July 2018

A Few Butterflies

Eek! Where has the time gone? I seem to have neglected this blog over the last month or so, and I hope to change that! It is now summer break, so I have all the time in the world to go outside (and hopefully update this blog!)

I'll have to do a little catch up over the next little while, but in the meantime here are some butterflies I have seen in the past little while, all around here in London.

Little Wood Satyr

Northern Cloudywing

Delaware Skipper

Little Glassywing

Northern Pearly-Eye

Tawny Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Bog Copper

Coral Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Sunday, 24 June 2018

More Moths

It has been incredibly busy as of late! I admit I have been slacking when it comes to the blog, but I find it much more enjoyable to be outside looking for "content" than sitting inside writing ;-)

Anyway, I have been able to set up the moth sheet some more in the last couple weeks, so I'll share some more photos. Exams wrap up on Tuesday, so after that there should (hopefully) be more posts as I am able to explore even more outside!

On a side note, myself and a bunch of my friends, fellow young naturalists, are doing a little *friendly competition* to see the most species in 2018, as well as see how many species we can find collectively. Already we are up to over 730 species! I embedded the iNaturalist project's latest additions on the side bar (below "about me") and you can view the project here.

Black-dotted Glyph (June 15)

Canadian Agonopterix Moth (June 15)

Large Yellow Underwing (June 16)

Double-banded Grass-Veneer (June 24)

Large Yellow Underwing (June 24)

Elegant Grass-Veneer (June 24)

American Idia (June 24)

Aproned Cenopis (June 24)

Single-dotted Wave (June 24)

Double-banded Grass-Veneer (June 24)

Armyworm Moth (June 24)

Bent-winged Owlet (June 24)

Wedgling Moth (June 24)

Red-shawled Moth (June 24)

Oblique-banded Leafroller (June 24)

Flame-shouldered Dart (June 24)

Unidentified moth (June 24)

Large Yellow Underwing (June 24)

Sod Webworm (June 24)

Sunday, 10 June 2018

Midnight Mothing

Yep...now I am hooked on mothing.

Yesterday, I found a few materials around the house, and set up a moth sheet in the backyard. It wasn't anything too fancy, just a white bed sheet and an old aquarium black light, but it did the job!

I'm still relatively new to moths and nocturnal insects, so many went unidentified, but there were a few I was able to name (hopefully accurately!)

I spent about five hours watching the sheet, it certainly didn't disappoint!