tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post2737173538026113260..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: DullStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-74838528022375919112017-09-02T20:40:20.036+01:002017-09-02T20:40:20.036+01:00Its Agromyza nana, not congesta.Its Agromyza nana, not congesta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-55781941662286456262010-08-14T11:43:52.678+01:002010-08-14T11:43:52.678+01:00Weaver: Sadly I didn't see any of the perseids...Weaver: Sadly I didn't see any of the perseids: we had 10/10 cover, as we do on most nights.<br /><br />If you feel like it, lie down in the middle of the Willowherbs and look upwards: that's the easiest way to find larvae of the Elephant Hawk Moth....huge larvae and a wonderful moth. The pink of the flowers is carried on by the larvae and appears on the adults in exactly the same colour.<br /><br />I think weather forecasting must be a wonderful career: you can get it wrong every day and still keep your job. Weather forecast for today? "Dry with sunny periods". It's bucketing down.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-62701317248512298102010-08-13T18:17:46.820+01:002010-08-13T18:17:46.820+01:00We are surrounded by rosebay willowherb here - so ...We are surrounded by rosebay willowherb here - so I shall now go out and investigate it more thoroughly. Isn't it a lovely plant? I passed a field where pheasant are reared yesterday and there was a big patch in the centre of the field - the colour was intense.<br />We are having similar weather here - the farmer has cut the grass for hay and now it is raining, in spite of a better weather forecast.<br />Did you see the asteroids last night in Ireland?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com