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Post  tigerburnie on Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:43 pm



Found wandering on the road in front of our house(luckily it's a cul-de-sac) at 5 o'clock in the evening.So I picked her up(think it was a she,well they're all MRS Tiggiewinkle aren't they)put her on the front lawn,we both then turned over slates and rocks to find some slugs,which she ate quite heartily and then vanished into our Montbreechia(or what ever they're called these days).

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Post  Laikipia on Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:16 am

I love you Wonderful that you've rescued Mrs Tiggywinkle (and of course she must be a Mrs T) and great that you were able to help find her some food. I do hope she'll be alright. So pleased you had your camera to hand TB.

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Post  littlewid on Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:54 pm

Mrs Tiggiewinkle is beautiful TB I love you and good on you for rescuing her. 5pm is a bit early for these litttle animals to be out. They can roam miles in a night but not usually at that time of the evening, especially as it would still have been light. I wonder if she had been disturbed so was on the move. It would be great to know if she was a she or a he. Whatever sex, you have saved Mrs Tiggiewinkle, even cul-de-sacs can be dangerous places for little creatures, so well done you and Mandy cheers

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Post  whitestarling on Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:30 pm

Well done both of you, apart from rescuing Mrs Tiggywinkels, it was very thoughtful to turn of the slate, and rocks, she proberbly had expended a lot of energy to gat where she was, and by turning them over to let her get food without using as much energy could have ben a life saver for her
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Post  Safari Maiden on Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:07 am

Excellent TB and great you had your camera to hand.

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Post  Doogs on Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:39 pm

Ooooh she's very cute Like a Star @ heaven I love you Like a Star @ heaven Well done TB & Mrs TB for rescuing her. Sounds like she had a good feed (with your help) before going on her merry way hedgehog

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Re: Find funny things after a shower of rain

Post  tigerburnie on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:12 pm


Taken on a heather clad Grouse moor near the forest of Alyth.

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Post  Safari Maiden on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:19 pm

OK thats a cricket/grasshopper, but what kind?

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Re: Find funny things after a shower of rain

Post  Doogs on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:47 pm

How did you manage to see that and get a photo of it without standing on it first scratch Question (by mistake of course !)

I've googled it and think it may be a (female) Meadow Grasshopper - the males don't seem to have any green on them

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Re: Find funny things after a shower of rain

Post  Laikipia on Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:02 am

Great photo TB and good comment Doogs What a Face I probably would have squashed it as well (by mistake) i'm always looking up at the sky Laughing

Thanks for naming it also Doogs, always fun to know what we're looking at.

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Re: Find funny things after a shower of rain

Post  tigerburnie on Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:23 pm


Another little "critter" that I've no clue as to what it is......

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Post  littlewid on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:15 pm

Over to our newly appointed INSECT INSPECTOR.....Doogs brilliant you were able to let us know about the grasshopper Doogs......now whats this little one I wonder scratch

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Re: Find funny things after a shower of rain

Post  Doogs on Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:49 pm

No pressure then LW !!!

At least I had a clue as to what I could google the last time, this one is a bit more scratch I'm not great with bugs but to me that looks like some kind of Beetle Question Right away to Google and see what I can come up with . . . . . . .


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Post  Doogs on Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:21 pm

Okay, I've had a good look and found a couple of Beetles that are similar but just not identical scratch Head Banger

Does anyone think it may be something other than a Beetle ???

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Re: Find funny things after a shower of rain

Post  Laikipia on Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:39 am

I need Pete's book - which is at home. Looks very beetle like to me though scratch

Will get back to this at lunchtime.

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