Following up to Sacha wrote:

One of the nursery staff has just brought one in. It's the most beautiful
creature. We're going to release it into the car park border and pray it
survives this terrible weather.

we saw one on a TV prog and within ten minutes found one in freinds
garden!

They seem to be all the rage, big pic in FT at weekend.
--
Mike
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One of the nursery staff has just brought one in. It's the most beautiful
creature. We're going to release it into the car park border and pray it
survives this terrible weather.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 26/7/07 11:50, in article ,
"The Reid" wrote:

Following up to Sacha wrote:

One of the nursery staff has just brought one in. It's the most beautiful
creature. We're going to release it into the car park border and pray it
survives this terrible weather.

we saw one on a TV prog and within ten minutes found one in freinds
garden!

They're not rare but they are unusual, so you were lucky.

They seem to be all the rage, big pic in FT at weekend.

I'll see if that's online. Val, who found it, says they like Fuchsias but
the page I found on the web says Lonicera and Galium and rosebay willow
herb. We have plenty of all!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Following up to Sacha wrote:

I'll see if that's online.

"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b5090652-371f-11dc-9f6d-0000779fd2ac.html"

without the photo
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Mike
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:51:23 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

One of the nursery staff has just brought one in. It's the most beautiful
creature. We're going to release it into the car park border and pray it
survives this terrible weather.

I raised one from a caterpillar when I was a little boy. Collecting
the willowherb was my daily duty. It seemed to take forever to go
through its development stages. I can still remember the day it
emerged and opened its wings for the first time. Later its wings
turned green and pink and it flew away, my beautiful pet had gone!

Steve

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.

http://www.easynn.com

On 26/7/07 12:02, in article ,
"The Reid" wrote:

Following up to Sacha wrote:

I'll see if that's online.

"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b5090652-371f-11dc-9f6d-0000779fd2ac.html"

without the photo

Thanks, Mike. I see 'my' Jersey Tiger is mentioned. ;-) I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 26/7/07 12:17, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:51:23 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

One of the nursery staff has just brought one in. It's the most beautiful
creature. We're going to release it into the car park border and pray it
survives this terrible weather.

I raised one from a caterpillar when I was a little boy. Collecting
the willowherb was my daily duty. It seemed to take forever to go
through its development stages. I can still remember the day it
emerged and opened its wings for the first time. Later its wings
turned green and pink and it flew away, my beautiful pet had gone!

Steve
What a privilege though, Steve and what a lovely, lasting memory.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Following up to Sacha wrote:

but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

we get lots for some reason
--
Mike
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:11:54 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 26/7/07 12:17, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:51:23 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

One of the nursery staff has just brought one in. It's the most beautiful
creature. We're going to release it into the car park border and pray it
survives this terrible weather.

I raised one from a caterpillar when I was a little boy. Collecting
the willowherb was my daily duty. It seemed to take forever to go
through its development stages. I can still remember the day it
emerged and opened its wings for the first time. Later its wings
turned green and pink and it flew away, my beautiful pet had gone!

Steve
What a privilege though, Steve and what a lovely, lasting memory.

It's certainly lasted. I was in the infants at four years old. I'm now
pushing 59. My 90 year old mother still tells people about her little
boys dedication to a "big pink moth".

Steve

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.

http://www.easynn.com

Sacha wrote

I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

Even if there are no moths to be seen there are still (if its fine) the
Perseid meteors to be admired, and typically they peak just after the
11th so there should be a few around.
--
Roger Hunt

On 26/7/07 13:32, in article ,
"The Reid" wrote:

Following up to Sacha wrote:

but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

we get lots for some reason

I've just remembered we're going to be in Jersey that very night, so I'll
have to see if I can persuade the family to join me in this slightly
eccentric exercise!


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 26/7/07 13:33, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:11:54 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 26/7/07 12:17, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:51:23 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

One of the nursery staff has just brought one in. It's the most beautiful
creature. We're going to release it into the car park border and pray it
survives this terrible weather.

I raised one from a caterpillar when I was a little boy. Collecting
the willowherb was my daily duty. It seemed to take forever to go
through its development stages. I can still remember the day it
emerged and opened its wings for the first time. Later its wings
turned green and pink and it flew away, my beautiful pet had gone!

Steve
What a privilege though, Steve and what a lovely, lasting memory.

It's certainly lasted. I was in the infants at four years old. I'm now
pushing 59. My 90 year old mother still tells people about her little
boys dedication to a "big pink moth".

Steve

She's a mother. That's her job. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 26/7/07 15:06, in article , "Roger
Hunt" wrote:

Sacha wrote

I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

Even if there are no moths to be seen there are still (if its fine) the
Perseid meteors to be admired, and typically they peak just after the
11th so there should be a few around.

I've never heard of them, I'm ashamed to say. Let's hope for a fine night.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote
On 26/7/07 15:06, in article , "Roger
Hunt" wrote:
Sacha wrote

I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

Even if there are no moths to be seen there are still (if its fine) the
Perseid meteors to be admired, and typically they peak just after the
11th so there should be a few around.

I've never heard of them, I'm ashamed to say. Let's hope for a fine night.

Well worth Googling for! I try to spot them every year and once or twice
it has been a wonderful display.

I have a good resident population of Hawkmoths as well, and they
occasionally fly in. (The other night a red-green carpet moth flew in
and sat for a good while by the keyboard near the light, looking very
handsome.)
--
Roger Hunt

Following up to Roger Hunt wrote:

I have a good resident population of Hawkmoths as well, and they
occasionally fly in. (The other night a red-green carpet moth flew in
and sat for a good while by the keyboard near the light, looking very
handsome.)

if you should find yourself near Sevilla cathedral at night, but
before the floodlights go out, look up at the myriad nightjars
hunting moths.
--
Mike
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