I feel very lucky to have been in the right place at the right time, (it was rather difficult to stay calm Knowing the ichneumon may leave at any time), The chrysalis is hanging calm in a pot at home and what will appear will be interesting.
The base leaves looked very slightly pink but the flower looks far more pink in the photo, so yes considering location it may be a cultivar (an eternal problem i’m afraid with much of our plant life now).
Gymnosporangium sabinae - European pear rust.
It’s amazing how life can go in linked circles, when i filmed the ichneumon i was out searching for plant galls (for a one day course near me tomorrow).
The pear rust is far more common here now due to it’s complex life cycle which involves (often) it’s other host an imported juniper used for hedges.
I looked out the window and there was a comma butterfly close enough to almost touch just sitting there, so I went to find the camera … and guess what the battery was flat
So the online dictionary gives the Welsh as adain garpiog which is literally ¨ragged wing¨, so at least I´ve learnt something new today. You´ll just have to imagine the picture I didn´t take …
I was walking in Northern Canada (with brilliant guides). We heard wolves howling so our guides howled back & ‘squeaked’ & this one came towards us. Lwcus iawn!
I have investigated this a little further and an English guide says sometimes they have a pink tinge as does the example in Iolo williams book (most images on the net are pure white, so the conclusion is not sure, ond fydd i ddim yn poeni amdani (well i would rather be sure )).[quote=“HowlsedhesServices, post:1829, topic:971”]
So the online dictionary gives the Welsh as adain garpiog which is literally ¨ragged wing¨
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My welsh wildlife book gives the name as Mantell garpiog (mantell = mantle/cloak).
un gwyfyn siobyn benywaidd ymddangos heddiw - one female vapourer moth appeared today.
Nid oes gan y fenyw y rhywogaeth hon adenydd - the female of this species does not have wings.
bydd i’n rhoi hi tua allan yfory - i will put her outside tomorrow.
Bore ma’ ers tu allan gyda gwyfyn benywaidd, cyhaeddodd dyn, cyn i mi orffen sigaret.
This morning i went outside with the female moth, a male arrived before i finished a cigarette.
I did a macro of the male to show the grooved antennae which act as pheromone receptors guiding him to the female. (and yes i hope i can write this in welsh sometime).
cyn bo’ hir, mae hi dechrau dodwy wyau - Before long she started egg laying. (hopefully you can clearly see the hole through which she emerged from the cocoon).
Typo alert - that’s iar bach yr haf and it’s always been my favourite word for butterfly! Thanks for the ruddy darter, I looked on line and couldn’t see one like Leia’s pic! I agree that they are great pictures!
As for yours of the moth(s) - I agree with Pippa - totally brilliant!
No, just me misspelling again (i do the same in English).
ah, well i could be wrong, i based my choice on the image where it looks like the waist narrows behind the wings then widens again near the tip. (it’s not easy being amateur ).
Anyway thanks for the interest and kind remarks (one and all), i sometimes feel a bit self indulgent using this thread as a means of keeping me using welsh ( i do need an awful lot of practice).
I have been uncertain for identity of this common plant on which i found a coulorful - lliwiog gall but now think its a species of bistort.
There are amateurs and amateurs! You are a lot more knowledgeable than many professionals because you are interested in everything and many of them are so specialised that, like me, they have never heard of a bistort if they have met a ruddy darter, or the other way around!
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