Fencepost of the Week #168
Welcome to Wildeep's Illuminations, a blog of imagery and rumination, fresh from the desktop of Ben Mitchell.
Sunday, 23 September 2018
Friday, 21 September 2018
Twenty Plume Moth
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| Alucita hexadactyla - twenty plume moth |
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| Alucita hexadactyla - twenty plume moth |
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| Alucita hexadactyla - twenty plume moth. Back-lit to show wing structure. |
Labels:
Alucita,
argyll,
cowal,
insect,
lepidoptera,
many-plumed moth,
moth,
photography,
plume moth,
twenty plume moth,
UK,
wildlife
Sunday, 16 September 2018
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Loch Garten Foray
I had a wonderful hour nosing round the pine woods NW of Loch Garten near Aviemore yesterday. It's a long way from my usual haunts and the extensive woodland was supporting large populations of many new and unfamiliar fungi.
...and a few old favourites.
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| Cortinarius violaceus |
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| Cortinarius armillatus |
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| Leccinum cyaneobasileucum |
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| Chroogomphus rutilus |
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| Tapinella atrotomentosa |
...and a few old favourites.
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| The miller - Clitopilus prunulus |
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| Wooly milkcap - Lactarius torminosus |
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| Orange birch bolette - Leccinum versipelle |
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| Fly agaric - Amanita muscaria |
Labels:
Abernethy,
amanita,
birch,
Chroogomphus,
Clitopilus,
cortinarius,
forest,
fungi,
Garten,
Grampian,
lactarius,
leccinum,
mushrooms,
photography,
pinus,
scotland,
scots pine,
Tapinella
Sunday, 9 September 2018
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