Éanna Ní Lamhna on Riband Wave moths, the male sparrowhawk, garden spiderlings and Foxgloves
This sparrowhawk was visiting the bird feeder at my home in Monaghan town.This is an excellent picture of a male sparrowhawk. This bird of prey species feeds mainly on small birds which it catches by surprise. This was why it was coming to the bird feeder, which it obviously considers to be the local takeaway.Spotted this black and yellow nest in the back garden. I think the flash from the camera caused a few to break rank!This is a nest of garden spiderlings.
This caterpillar has overwintered as a tiny caterpillar newly hatched from an egg laid last autumn. Since late spring it has been feasting on the leaves of the oak and perhaps other tree species too and growing rapidly. Its skin doesn’t expand so the now too–fat caterpillar bursts out of it and develops a new hairier skin. It does this four times in all with each instar state, as it is called, characterised by an increasingly hairy and brighter coloured skin that deters would-be predators.
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