Thanks for this Trevor, Heringella has just crept in to southern Yorkshire so may have reached my neck of the woods in Calderdale. The hardest part I suspect is loacating Holm Oaks as they seem very rare here!
Good morning Trevor. Its great when I learn something new, especially went its nature based, so I thank-you again for sharing your educating & entertaining tubes.
Yes it is phenomenal, the abundance of Nature can be incredible, and something at which I have always wondered. Unfortunately, humans and their domestic animals are doing all they can to prove that the wrong kind of abundance can also be catastrophic for Nature as a whole.
O' my word Trevor..how do you remember all those Scientific names?...lovely to see your platform so regularly...always a delight listening to you talk about your passion...I visit Sherwood Forest regularly hoping to see you but, alas, no luck yet...one day🙂
The evergreen oak is an interesting tree, I don't know how many deciduous oak moths and other invertebrates in the UK can use it (I guess the waxy outer layer of the evergreen oak leaves puts off many deciduous oak moth and invertebrate species). The native deciduous oak is obviously the best for wildlife but I am guessing quite a few invertebrates in the UK can still use quercus ilex considering the natural range of quercus ilex apparently goes up to temperate western France and I am guessing the UK has many of the same oak associated moth and other invertebrate species as western France.
Yes, from what I've seen and know, the evergreen Oaks are not well used by a wide range of invertebrate species. There's leaf mining moths which use it, but perhaps not as many other moths as one would expect. I'll drop a link below this, to show those invertebrates known to use it as a food source/host plant. But other insects (ladybirds and shield bugs) do use it as an overwintering site too. dbif.brc.ac.uk/hostsresults.aspx?hostid=4569
Have you chosen your spot yet in a cemetary . Hopefully not needed for many years.. I used to mow the grass in Linby churchyard and thought it a beautiful spot.
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Thanks for this Trevor, Heringella has just crept in to southern Yorkshire so may have reached my neck of the woods in Calderdale. The hardest part I suspect is loacating Holm Oaks as they seem very rare here!
You're welcome Charlie. Yes, certainly not a common tree, so perhaps time to start lurking in Yorkshire's parks and stately homes in search of them 😀
I love a cemetery, especially when it is home to lots of tiny moths!
Good morning Trevor. Its great when I learn something new, especially went its nature based, so I thank-you again for sharing your educating & entertaining tubes.
Glad you enjoyed it Steve.
Yes it is phenomenal, the abundance of Nature can be incredible, and something at which I have always wondered. Unfortunately, humans and their domestic animals are doing all they can to prove that the wrong kind of abundance can also be catastrophic for Nature as a whole.
Indeed so Anthony.
O' my word Trevor..how do you remember all those Scientific names?...lovely to see your platform so regularly...always a delight listening to you talk about your passion...I visit Sherwood Forest regularly hoping to see you but, alas, no luck yet...one day🙂
Oh, I'm very elusive, reluctant to show Lee 😂
The evergreen oak is an interesting tree, I don't know how many deciduous oak moths and other invertebrates in the UK can use it (I guess the waxy outer layer of the evergreen oak leaves puts off many deciduous oak moth and invertebrate species). The native deciduous oak is obviously the best for wildlife but I am guessing quite a few invertebrates in the UK can still use quercus ilex considering the natural range of quercus ilex apparently goes up to temperate western France and I am guessing the UK has many of the same oak associated moth and other invertebrate species as western France.
Yes, from what I've seen and know, the evergreen Oaks are not well used by a wide range of invertebrate species. There's leaf mining moths which use it, but perhaps not as many other moths as one would expect. I'll drop a link below this, to show those invertebrates known to use it as a food source/host plant. But other insects (ladybirds and shield bugs) do use it as an overwintering site too.
dbif.brc.ac.uk/hostsresults.aspx?hostid=4569
Have you chosen your spot yet in a cemetary . Hopefully not needed for many years.. I used to mow the grass in Linby churchyard and thought it a beautiful spot.
I have yes, Jenny, and I've even laid down to see what the view's like. Dilys is already in the plot, so I'll be in the best company 🙂