exo
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Post by exo on Jun 7, 2021 18:46:37 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 8, 2021 4:22:27 GMT
If you can post the photo directly here I'll be able to tell you.
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exo
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Post by exo on Jun 8, 2021 7:02:05 GMT
Thanks... but it's not for lack of trying...all I got was 'Error : This forum has exceeded its attachement space limit', hence I resorted to flickr.
Haven't found another way to get the photos onto here (yet), direct links to my own ftp site get 'name mangled' & become invalid.
Can the images not be loaded /viewed ? ![]()
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Post by faith on Jun 8, 2021 10:45:48 GMT
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Post by Tringa on Jun 8, 2021 11:10:03 GMT
Thanks... but it's not for lack of trying...all I got was 'Error : This forum has exceeded its attachement space limit', hence I resorted to flickr.
Haven't found another way to get the photos onto here (yet), direct links to my own ftp site get 'name mangled' & become invalid.
Can the images not be loaded /viewed ? ![]()
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I've set up a free Flickr account and upload any images I want to post here(or elsewhere) to it.
It took me a little while to sort it due to my stupidity - I had marked my images as Private instead of Public so no one could see them - but once that was sorted it works well.
Dave
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exo
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Post by exo on Jun 8, 2021 17:25:55 GMT
Think Faith is right, it's probably RagWort, just very bushy ones. These ones look so completely different from the usual tall & thin ragwort stems I have had before, they fooled me. Guess it'll be a bumper year for inch-worms & cinnabar moths  No weed killer allowed - too many frogs, newts (& fish) in my wild garden. I'll post a pic when they flower - hopefully should be pretty intense. |
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Post by rowanberry on Jun 8, 2021 17:32:23 GMT
It's thriving, whatever it is!
Sorry about the image attachments, Exo- we just couldn't afford to pay for the unlimited storage here, so now everyone has Flickr accounts and links to those.
This is from a posting I did previously telling how to get the photo to show in your posts:
"Once you've uploaded a photo into Flickr, if you go to that photo and click on it, it will open full-page. In the lower right corner is an upward curving arrow... click on that, and it will open a box with a code, and four options... 'Share', 'Embed', 'Email', and 'BBCode'. Make sure the BBCode option is the one underlined, and then copy and paste the code in the box into your post here at Wabi.
After you have clicked the 'Create Post' box for your posting, that code will then appear as your image."
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exo
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Post by exo on Jul 19, 2021 20:51:38 GMT
That seems to work, thanks rowanberry,
definitely ragwort, now over 6ft tall !
But still very few insects this summer, apart from honey bees & 'marmalade' hoverflies (& cabbage whites) 
 [url=https://flic.kr /p/2mcgTdG]P1230449 [/url] by Dave Toome, on Flickr[/div] |
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Post by rowanberry on Jul 19, 2021 21:57:37 GMT
That's the most impressive ragwort I've ever seen.  I know what you mean about there being few insects- the last time we went to Stanmore Country Park about the only butterflies we saw were cabbage whites. It wasn't a very successful Great Butterfly count. |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 20, 2021 3:59:26 GMT
That's the most impressive ragwort I've ever seen. I know what you mean about there being few insects- the last time we went to Stanmore Country Park about the only butterflies we saw were cabbage whites. It wasn't a very successful Great Butterfly count. Maybe if you were to return you might see more now? There's always the so-called "June gap" when there aren't so many butterflies as spring species have largely gone over & the mid-summer species are just starting. The meadows around here are just full of large numbers of Meadow Browns (hundreds) as well as good numbers of skippers (Small commonest here & Large going over), Marbled Whites & increasing numbers of Gatekeepers. A few Ringlets in areas of damper grassland. Plenty of whites too but low numbers of vanessids but a couple of times seen all 5 regular species (Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock & most numerous, Comma). Over the last week when I've visited local sites I've seen between 14-16 species. |
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