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They're gorging themselves on Eupatorium atropurpureum and Buddleias at
the moment. The air is alive! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Unfortunately we have wasps and fruit flies gorging
themselves on the barely ripe raspberries and loganberries at the moment. Any one know of a suitable deterrent, so I can get the fruit before them! In article , says... They're gorging themselves on Eupatorium atropurpureum and Buddleias at the moment. The air is alive! -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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Neighbour just called me round to look at this ........... http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Album-AJQSH...-of-Other.html Mike "Roger Tonkin" wrote in message ... Unfortunately we have wasps and fruit flies gorging themselves on the barely ripe raspberries and loganberries at the moment. Any one know of a suitable deterrent, so I can get the fruit before them! In article , says... They're gorging themselves on Eupatorium atropurpureum and Buddleias at the moment. The air is alive! -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 14:39:22 +0100, Roger Tonkin
wrote: Unfortunately we have wasps and fruit flies gorging themselves on the barely ripe raspberries and loganberries at the moment. Any one know of a suitable deterrent, so I can get the fruit before them! In my experience very dilute detergent like Fairy Liquid keeps most insects off. Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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On 2013-08-08 13:32:53 +0100, Sacha said:
They're gorging themselves on Eupatorium atropurpureum and Buddleias at the moment. The air is alive! And having just been in another part of the garden, I have to add Telekia speciosa to the bee and butterfly attractive plants that are earning their keep just now. The Eucryphia is also smothered in bees. It's really good to see them having the chance to feed well while the sunny weather lasts. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Sacha" wrote
They're gorging themselves on Eupatorium atropurpureum and Buddleias at the moment. The air is alive! We were our walking in Richmond Park on Tuesday and came across a large Oxford Ragwort plant covered in butterflies, there must have been a hundred Meadow Browns all over the plant taking nectar. It was like a cloud. Strangely other plants had none feeding on them. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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But we were also finding them on coltsfoot, but on no other plants, and when I googled, I found that the same poisonous substance is found in Coltsfoot (but not in many other plants) in small quantities, along with a closely related also poisonous substance. It's for this reason they choose coltsfoot as an alternative feedplant once they've stripped all the ragwort in an area. Meanwhile, I found this beauty on our lavender and marjoram this morning (several of them) Pyrausta aurata - UKMoths |
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On 2013-08-08 22:17:43 +0100, kay said:
[color=blue][i] Bob Hobden;989411 Wrote: "Sacha" wrote We were our walking in Richmond Park on Tuesday and came across a large Oxford Ragwort plant covered in butterflies, there must have been a hundred Meadow Browns all over the plant taking nectar. It was like a cloud. Strangely other plants had none feeding on them. Was up at Ribblehead Quarry the other day looking at the ragworts coveed in cinnabar moth caterpillars. Apparently the cinnabar moths absorb the poisonous substance from the ragwort and in their turn become poisonous, hence their yellow and black warning colouration, and the fact they see no need to hide themselves. But we were also finding them on coltsfoot, but on no other plants, and when I googled, I found that the same poisonous substance is found in Coltsfoot (but not in many other plants) in small quantities, along with a closely related also poisonous substance. It's for this reason they choose coltsfoot as an alternative feedplant once they've stripped all the ragwort in an area. Meanwhile, I found this beauty on our lavender and marjoram this morning (several of them) 'Pyrausta aurata - UKMoths' (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1361) What a beautiful creature. I've certainly never seen that but I'll be keeping my eyes open. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 08/08/2013 22:17, kay wrote:[color=blue][i]
Bob Hobden;989411 Wrote: "Sacha" wrote We were our walking in Richmond Park on Tuesday and came across a large Oxford Ragwort plant covered in butterflies, there must have been a hundred Meadow Browns all over the plant taking nectar. It was like a cloud. Strangely other plants had none feeding on them. Was up at Ribblehead Quarry the other day looking at the ragworts coveed in cinnabar moth caterpillars. Apparently the cinnabar moths absorb the poisonous substance from the ragwort and in their turn become poisonous, hence their yellow and black warning colouration, and the fact they see no need to hide themselves. But we were also finding them on coltsfoot, but on no other plants, and when I googled, I found that the same poisonous substance is found in Coltsfoot (but not in many other plants) in small quantities, along with a closely related also poisonous substance. It's for this reason they choose coltsfoot as an alternative feedplant once they've stripped all the ragwort in an area. Meanwhile, I found this beauty on our lavender and marjoram this morning (several of them) 'Pyrausta aurata - UKMoths' (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1361) Yes, that's lovely. I've seen it in my garden, though not recently. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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