Blogger has changed the way blogspot posts are formatted and it's now much harder to set the pictures beside the text. It takes ages. I first posted this article yesterday and find the pictures went skee-wiff in the emailed version. This is very annoying. I could have been distinguishing between poisonous and edible mushrooms. The re-arranging of the text might then have had serious consequences. As it is, it doesn't matter terribly but I've changed the layout to alternating photos and text and am re-posting, hoping the words and pictures stay together better this way. Apologies to those who will now be receiving this twice.
There is one change in the text. The toadstools have grown over night so I've changed that the largest is two and half inches across to four inches. It may change again. An evolving post.
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| 11th September 2020 |
A mixture of life challenges and photographing too many images has prevented me from posting over the last couple of months. I think I'll solve this by showing some of the things I see without necessarily feeling obliged to say much about them. Just sort of 'dash-em-off without thinking'. I'll begin with some toadstools. (Should one call them toadstools?)
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The largest is about four inches across.
This is what they look like underneath.
They are growing on an urban lawn which is regularly but not closely mown.
I don't know what they are called.
Do you?
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This is another toadstool, nearby. It may be the same kind at a different stage of growth. I don't know.
This is it from the side.
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Fox Moth Caterpillar.
Bridestones Moor.
September 11th 2020 |
And here is a Fox Moth caterpillar which I came across on Bridestones Moor yesterday. It's about two and a half inches long. It was crawling across the path in a very exposed landscape - rocks and grass but no trees about 1,400 feet above sea level. A tough environment.
Here's a link to a page about its life cycle. The site is based in Cornwall and I'm in Yorkshire but the Fox Moth is quite widespread in the UK. Not that I think I have ever seen either the caterpillar or the moth before. It's interesting how the photos on the link show how the male and female moths look very different from each other.
How are you doing?
(Could the toadstools be Amanita rubescens - Blushers?)
There's more about Fox Moths on the UK Moths site. (When you get to the page you can click on the separate photos for more info.)
