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  1. tperry

    UK Fungi for ID

    A friend asked if I could put this on here for identification - she found them yesterday in her small suburban garden in VC33 Gloucestershire Many thanks, Tony
  2. tperry

    Wildflower for ID

    Any chance of an ID for this plant flowering for the last couple of weeks on our gravel drive in Gloucestershire. We wondered if it was part of the Pea family?
  3. tperry

    Help with ID Please

    Any chance of an identification of these please? Seen by my wife this morning in VC33 Glos. Can someone recommend a pocket ID book I could get for fungi identification please so that we could sort out the simpler ones at least? Thanks, Tony
  4. tperry

    Bee Swarm, UK

    My wife took a general picture of a swarm (150?) of very active bees flying just above ground level over a neglected flower bed which was mainly exposed soil. Occasionally one would disappear underground into various entrance holes in the vertical edge of the adjacent lawn. This was yesterday...
  5. tperry

    Butterfly France

    My daughter sent this photo of a butterfly seen near La Rochelle I’m not sure if it is a female Silver -washed Fritillary or Dark Green Fritillary or if there are any other similar species in France. Help appreciated!
  6. tperry

    Dragonfly- Gloucestershire

    In a friend’s garden on 17 Sept. Is the picture good enough to get an ID? Overall length estimated as 80mm.
  7. tperry

    Spanish Moth?

    A pal of mine took this in Catalonia about a week ago and asked me to ID it - he thinks it’s a moth I’m not so sure. Any help appreciated
  8. tperry

    Cocoon?

    Found these in the garden in Gloucestershire on Monkshood aconite and Japanese anemone. They are 25mm long shaped like a chicken's egg sliced in half and are quite flimsy; they seem to contain some sort of embryonic insect which I have tried to get a picture of without doing any damage. Any...
  9. tperry

    Caterpillar from Devon

    I have been sent this caterpillar for ID - no size or date but recent I think. I have no idea but hope someone can help please. Tony
  10. tperry

    French Macro Moth for ID

    My daughter and family holidayed near La Rochelle in August this year and saw this moth which, I thought would be relatively straightforward to identify but, I can't seem to match it to anything in my UK ID books. Am I missing something obvious? Tony
  11. tperry

    Spider ID Naxos

    A friend of mine asked me if I could find out what this spider is. He saw it towards the top of a mountain on the Greek island of Naxos two weeks ago. It seems to have a very distinctive web Any ideas? http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=555522&stc=1&d=1440364571 Tony
  12. tperry

    Micro for ID

    I am struggling to identify this small moth that came to light in the garden about a week ago. Forewing was about 4/5 mm. Any help much appreciated. Tony
  13. tperry

    Micro Help Please

    I had this in the garden trap this morning - wondered if it can be identified to species level without gen det? Possibly Bryotropha domestica? Forewing is about 5 mm. Pictures not too good and there is a slight blue cast which I can't seem to remove. Any help with ID would be much...
  14. tperry

    Spanish Moth for ID

    This moth entered our apartment in Fuengirola a couple of weeks ago and I wondered if anyone could put a name on it? Forewing was around 12 mm. Tony
  15. tperry

    Swiss Moth

    I hope that I have managed to attach an image of a moth (my first effort). The moth was photographed by a friend of mine in SE Switzerland, in June, at an altitude of 1500m, I presume it was a day-flying species. I am not familiar with it and cannot locate it in WT&L (although it may well be...
  16. tperry

    Hello from Gloucestershire

    Hi everybody, I have been birding for quite a few years now - mainly in Glos. and started moth-ing a couple of years back. I thought after "lurking" for a fair few months, mainly on the moth ID sub-forum, it would be good to join; so here I am. Tony
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