WINE RACE 2016 .. MATTc380 .. TRENT 353 .. BEN 347 ...... Garden species:- Macros 357, Micros 365, Total 722

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Is anyone brave enough to name these pugs ?

These are a few of the pug shots from last year PUG A
PUG B
PUG C
PUG D
PUG E
PUG F

5 comments:

  1. I would say

    A. Satyr Pug
    B. Currant Pug
    C. Oak-tree Pug
    D. not sure but could be Brindled Pug
    E. Satyr Pug again
    F. Brindled Pug

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  2. Hi Trent,

    I like a challenge so I'll put my neck on the block for everyone to chop my id to bits...

    Pug A - Common
    Pug B - Wormwood/Currant
    Pug C - almost certainly Oak-tree, cos of the pale patch beyond the black wing mark
    Pug D - the black dashes radiating from the black forewing mark make this a Mottled
    Pug E - could be Common again or one of the more difficult (Yarrow? Plain?)
    Pug F - another Wormwood/Currant

    Anyone else got any offers?

    Steve T

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  3. Yes looking again, agree F Wormwood with narrower wings B is most certainly Currant.

    D yep how did I not get that! Mottled

    Still think A could be Satyr as Common does not have the chequered veins, although this would depnd on what habitat you found this one. Satyr is extremely local in boggy areas.

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  4. Had a quick squint, I reckon:
    A=Common, B=Currant, C=Grey, D=Mottled, E=Common, F=Common

    Disclaimer - naming pugs from photos with no indications of size, date, habitat, and viewed at an odd angle is fraught with identification hazards!

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  5. Thanks Guys ! There is no full answer to the quiz I'm afraid. B is definitely Wormwood Pug, they are quite common in my garden, C is Oak-tree Pug and D has been ID'd as Mottled.
    Of the rest, ( some were sent to our macro recorder ) No definite ID received but A,E,& F were probably Common Pug.
    Thank you for your participation, all disclaimers accepted, and considering the lack of info, a damn good effort.
    I thought it might "tune " you in to the forthcoming onrush that is the pug minefield, where we squint at every angle and stare at PC screen photos until our eyes blur ! (:0)) Good luck this year

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