tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post8925310344054068936..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: 1400 species milestoneStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-23848810219488865042011-07-11T20:16:21.995+01:002011-07-11T20:16:21.995+01:00Congratulations on 1400. I have enjoyed seeing eve...Congratulations on 1400. I have enjoyed seeing every one of the ones you posted. It is even more amazing that most of them are so close to your home. I look forward to the next 1400.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-88612448762328801872011-07-11T19:04:28.752+01:002011-07-11T19:04:28.752+01:00Gill: The Riband Wave has a couple of confusion sp...Gill: The Riband Wave has a couple of confusion species, depending on colour forms. Check Plain Wave for the unbanded Riband Wave f. remutata and Portland Ribbon Wave for the banded version.<br /><br />Leucozona lucorum is much brighter, with 3 very distinct colour bands of copper, white and black from front to back. Wings are usually held at 45 degrees. Cheilosia illustrata is a rounder fly with less distinct tawny, cream, tawny bands. Wings overlapping along the body.<br /><br />Waste on the hovering shots about 5:1, which isn't bad.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-66104740546671817212011-07-11T13:22:39.927+01:002011-07-11T13:22:39.927+01:001400 and counting - that's fantastic! Well don...1400 and counting - that's fantastic! Well done. What a superb shot of the white ermine. (And that tiny micromoth.). I've been seeing the riband wave as well - sometimes paler than yours, possibly old, faded specimens?<br /><br />Good shots of the hovering hovers too - I wonder how many you had to take to get those?<br /><br />The Leucozona lucorum you have looks very like the Cheilosia illustrata you had a couple of days back to me, but with a slightly brighter white midriff - is there an easy way to tell them apart? I'm seeing similar looking hovers here in Yorkshire.Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736035484977149890noreply@blogger.com