Science writer & wildlife photographer by trade; musician at heart. After 18 years with my previous choir, I’ve helped launch a new community choir called Fen Edge Voices. I'm also to be found performing with various bands or running around trying to photograph flying things #moths #butterflies #birds
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I had a very early Emperor in the garden last week. The fieldguides say flight period is April-May, but I usually put the lure out in late March and catch an outlier, but I saw 2-3 in the garden on the 17th. I will put the lure out earlier next year, as they're presumably emerging earlier these days.
https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/moth-of-the-moment-the-royal-succession.html
I don't know if I missed this paper at the time, but apparently Swallowtail larval frass (poop) contains a metabolite from the plants the larvae eat that has anti-colon cancer activity.
https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/swallowtail-frass-and-colon-cancer.html
We had a second attempt at a trip to Tenerife earlier this month (we'd both been really ill when we visited last year). This time a bigger, family affair to celebrate my entering my seventh decade.
A few wildlife snaps and scenery shots
https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/tenerife-redux.html
