tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post337505257114325648..comments2024-03-27T13:44:47.825+01:00Comments on Chateau Moorhen..... goes south!: La Pointe du Grouin revisited: Coastal butterflies and spidersMillymollymandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-63287663141977322682014-09-10T08:58:38.760+02:002014-09-10T08:58:38.760+02:00Hi Marianne and thanks so much! I didn't share...Hi Marianne and thanks so much! I didn't share this post to facebook so a nice surprise to see you looking in. I'm now finding lots of these spiders at home because they are huge at the moment and one is living in front of my living room window and had a butterfly the other day! Good luck with your spider - hope you manage to capture it. Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-61924861220971424902014-09-09T20:21:33.510+02:002014-09-09T20:21:33.510+02:00Wonderful post as always! So nice of the sun to co...Wonderful post as always! So nice of the sun to cooperate :-) I remember last year's post but looked again. So enjoyable!<br /><br />The spider is so amazing...great shots! I'm trying to catch a Funnel-web Spider (a wolfie) in action in my Cactus garden but no luck so far. I'm thinking of doing a time-lapse as it might be the only way.Mariannehttp://instagram.com/ezpixelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-73039056425208710692014-09-09T10:04:54.024+02:002014-09-09T10:04:54.024+02:00Hi Amanda and thank you! Yes these spiders are pre...Hi Amanda and thank you! Yes these spiders are pretty common everywhere but I really noticed them on the coastal bushes whereas at home they seem more hidden. We also had some slightly misty/dewy mornings and I love seeing the gazillions of webs that show up! :-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-80734740537005553572014-09-08T23:56:37.432+02:002014-09-08T23:56:37.432+02:00Stunning photos again Mandy, there dose seem to be...Stunning photos again Mandy, there dose seem to be allot of these spiders about even over here, some are quite large..We have had a few foggy mornings, which shows up all the spider webs.<br /><br />Amanda Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760505541954557539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-47377653378691923542014-09-08T08:55:55.084+02:002014-09-08T08:55:55.084+02:00Hi Roy and thanks. I would love to see the not at ...Hi Roy and thanks. I would love to see the not at all common round here Common Blue! Usually only see a few a year anyway but none this year. And usually see at least a handful of Small Coppers - often late summer/early autumn so hopefully will see more of them! Plenty of Large and Small Whites though, eyeing up my brassicas, lol. ;-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-59336690640480457642014-09-08T01:46:24.096+02:002014-09-08T01:46:24.096+02:00Lovely shots of the Small Copper Mandy. I have not...Lovely shots of the Small Copper Mandy. I have not seen one this year. <br />One or two Brown Argus. The Common Blue has perked up it bit recently, but not as many as previous years.Roy Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054701497328213666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-62575036285959507432014-09-07T10:02:41.873+02:002014-09-07T10:02:41.873+02:00I hope so but that means the courgettes will just ...I hope so but that means the courgettes will just keep on growing! :-)<br /><br />OK I do have some trees which turn a nice colour here, but they don't all do it at once. And in the countryside it all depends on the weather and how wet or dry it is. If it is dry then a lot of leaves drop before it's really time to drop so they don't get a chance to colour up nicely. And oaks and many native trees just turn a boring brown colour. I saw much nicer autumn colour in England last year during the last two weeks of October than I see here. So there. :-p :-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-29202118715308861402014-09-06T22:01:57.747+02:002014-09-06T22:01:57.747+02:00Well, we have had warmth but not really sun. Heard...Well, we have had warmth but not really sun. Heard a discussion on Radio 4 today that was saying we should have a good two weeks though and maybe even an Indian summer into October-that would be nice.<br /><br />Sorry but that is a poor excuse about Autumn ;-) I don't live anywhere near any of those you mentioned, yet I always see lots ;-) Maybe not on the scale of some, but plenty of autumn colour.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-4209842278631002012014-09-06T14:17:36.751+02:002014-09-06T14:17:36.751+02:00Hi JJ - well actually the day at the coast was the...Hi JJ - well actually the day at the coast was the only day with wall to wall sunshine. It's a bit of an odd mix here with black clouds rolling over for an hour or two, then clearing up and becoming sunny again. And it's not boiling hot, but pleasant. Not hot enough to think BBQs although we ought to and soon before it is too late! And there are still nothing like the amount of butterflies that there normally are at this time of year. Oh well I guess there's no point moaning as there are still plenty of bugs and I've noticed the Heineken hoverfly back again which is something I see in spring and autumn.<br /><br />I had a Brown Argus in my garden last summer and got some great macros of it so I'm not too worried - last year was a bumper year for butterflies including loads of new species. Here's the link to my butterfly round up for last year incl. the photos of my Brown Argus, Long-tailed Blue and Lesser Purple Emperor: <br />http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.fr/2013/12/butterfly-count-2013.html<br /><br />We don't get nice autumn colours around here! Need beech forests, arboretums, or North America for that. :-(<br /><br />Anyhow after all that moaning thank you very much for your nice comment! :-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-54541801277217980472014-09-06T10:23:35.580+02:002014-09-06T10:23:35.580+02:00Well you are faring better than us here in Kent fo...Well you are faring better than us here in Kent for sun Mandy-we were promised 24-27deg on Friday with 'a mini-heatwave' but all we got was 19 deg and cloud. That coastal scenery does look stunning, there's something about the coast that's so appealing.<br /><br />Not seen either a Small Copper (Caps!) or an Argus Brown (or Argos Brown as I saw somebody describe it) all year but there's still a bit of time I guess. Those are lovely photos indeed of them.<br /><br />Just looking at the lake picture, I will be expecting some stunning autumn-colour photos from you later on ;-)<br /><br />JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-73151863454357989172014-09-05T19:27:03.665+02:002014-09-05T19:27:03.665+02:00Thank you CT - I think they are probably the best ...Thank you CT - I think they are probably the best photos I've got so far of Small Coppers .... or is it this fab Mac screen?!!! :-) Sept is usually a good month for butterflies so cross fingers for all of us that it stays reasonable weather with lots of sun. :-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-59088098718194352302014-09-05T14:39:13.233+02:002014-09-05T14:39:13.233+02:00That pic of the Small Copper on the Ragwort is stu...That pic of the Small Copper on the Ragwort is stunning! You must be so pleased with it. Great shots of the coast too. Glad to hear things are picking up over there. Doing OK here at the moment and I have two more surveys to run before the end of Sept xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com