Nature pics

[Channel Hopper]

Any idea what this bug is ?

 

[skomedal]

Hard to say but looks like a shieldbug.

Link:-
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/gallery/heteroptera/Pentatomoidea/pentatomoidea.html

Regards

 

[bim]

Any idea what this bug is ?

C H shield bug as Skomedal says but what sort? I'd go for Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea found in most of the British Isles. Feed mostly on the fruits and leaves of plants. (check your raspberries!)

 

[bim]

Is it using the baby wipes to clean itself

 

[Channel Hopper]

Is it using the baby wipes to clean itself

Not when I was recording.

 

[sonnetpete]

As it's a 'Harvest Moon'...and it came up an unearthly orange colour just after dusk, here's a few shots I managed to get.. (hand held on a Fuji bridge camera)

 

[timo_w2s]

As it's a 'Harvest Moon'...and it came up an unearthly orange colour just after dusk, here's a few shots I managed to get.. (hand held on a Fuji bridge camera)
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I was admiring that moon while cycling home.

 

[Topper]

We were in Beaumaris on Angelsey for the night and we watched the beautiful sunset followed by the harvest moon rising

 

[rolfw]

A Poplar Hawk-moth, my sister's place in France is surrounded by poplars, not noticed one before, but I guess they are mostly up in the trees.

 

[Topper]

There was definitely a domestic going on in the sea off Anglesey yesterday

 

[skomedal]

Hi everyone,
Need some help to identify this plant found today:-
Light sandy soil
200 meters above sea level
The only one that I can see in the area
Mostly pine and spruce ( some silver birch and rowan )
Plant is 44cm tall with hairy leaves

Please feel free to inquire for more details

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Regards

 

[Archived-1]

Some great pictures lads, i love this thread,

 

[timo_w2s]

Went for a walk today to enjoy the unusually warm weather we've been having at this time of year for Finland and saw an upset snake (adder?) hissing away in the middle of the forest path and some weird fungus growing off a fir tree.

 

[Archived-1]

Nice pictures pal, yes I think its an adder, I have only seen a few,
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=a...wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVipera_berus;1600;1200

 

[timo_w2s]

Nice pictures pal, yes I think its an adder, I have only seen a few,
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=adders snake finland&biw=1138&bih=552&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=V9YUVJ3JOcee7Abu_YG4Dg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=sXxpBpNnpvrs5M%3A;hjhDZzoHQya9fM;http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fb%2Fba%2FViperaberus2.jpg;http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVipera_berus;1600;1200

Thanks, yes the few adders I've seen in the past have been lighter and browner in colour. This one was quite small and black so when curled up on the path it looked like a dog turd until I got closer and it started hissing...

 

[Lazarus]

The idea of a hissing dog turd is quite enchanting.

 

[bim]

Hi everyone,
Need some help to identify this plant found today:-
Light sandy soil
200 meters above sea level
The only one that I can see in the area
Mostly pine and spruce ( some silver birch and rowan )
Plant is 44cm tall with hairy leaves

Please feel free to inquire for more details

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Regards

I'd go for Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus. Distinguished by velvety leaves even in their first year when they appear as rosettes without flowering spikes. They are flammable when dry and have been used for lamp wicks. Range throughout europe.

 

[bim]

Went for a walk today to enjoy the unusually warm weather we've been having at this time of year for Finland and saw an upset snake (adder?) hissing away in the middle of the forest path and some weird fungus growing off a fir tree.

Adder it is Vipera berus. Don't worry about the colour as they range from redish brown through to all black.

 

[skomedal]

Thanks bim think you have placed a correct name to this plant, have in the meantime sent a copy to the natural history museum ( biology dept. ) in oslo, hope they can confirm your suggestion.

Regards

 

[Topper]

Don't stare at me I am only preening in the bulrushes