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Re: Caterpillar ID?
Peter James wrote...
> Can anyone ID the caterpillar at: > http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=44rzfv4 Pale Tussock Moth - Calliteara pudibunda. see ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1095 David |
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In article <oc6dncfV77uqfoLYnZ2dnUVZ8qadnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk >, David Lee <davidlee_malvern@dont.use.this.bit.hotmail.com> writes >Peter James wrote... >> Can anyone ID the caterpillar at: >> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=44rzfv4 > >Pale Tussock Moth - Calliteara pudibunda. >see ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1095 > Yes, a handsome beastie. Peter, even with broadband that took an appreciable time to download. 1.3 Mb is a tad large and not everyone has a fast connection. Downsizing is such a doddle, too. -- Malcolm |
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Re: Caterpillar ID?
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 at 16:48:11 in uk.rec.natural-history David Lee
wrote: >Peter James wrote... >> Can anyone ID the caterpillar at: >> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=44rzfv4 > >Pale Tussock Moth - Calliteara pudibunda. >see ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1095 > Thank you both..! I had one of these on my fence last week (nowhere near "deciduous shrubs and trees", so it had a long walk ahead of it) but I got led astray and forgot to take a pic and identify it. Excellent! -- Nogood Boyo |
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On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 17:15:15 +0100, Malcolm wrote
(in article <LZFIC9STm+HFFw2v@indaal.demon.co.uk>): > > In article <oc6dncfV77uqfoLYnZ2dnUVZ8qadnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk >, David Lee > <davidlee_malvern@dont.use.this.bit.hotmail.com> writes >> Peter James wrote... >>> Can anyone ID the caterpillar at: >>> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=44rzfv4 >> >> Pale Tussock Moth - Calliteara pudibunda. >> see ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1095 >> > Yes, a handsome beastie. > > Peter, even with broadband that took an appreciable time to download. > 1.3 Mb is a tad large and not everyone has a fast connection. Downsizing > is such a doddle, too. > > Malcolm, I am sorry. This was the first time I ever uploaded a .jpg. I totally forgot about reducing the size of it. What is the easiest way to downsize? Thanks. |
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In article <0001HW.C145CCB0000FE2E4F0407530@news.claranews.co m>, Peter James <pfjamesAT@clara.co.uk> writes >On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 17:15:15 +0100, Malcolm wrote >(in article <LZFIC9STm+HFFw2v@indaal.demon.co.uk>): > >> >> In article <oc6dncfV77uqfoLYnZ2dnUVZ8qadnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk >, David Lee >> <davidlee_malvern@dont.use.this.bit.hotmail.com> writes >>> Peter James wrote... >>>> Can anyone ID the caterpillar at: >>>> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=44rzfv4 >>> >>> Pale Tussock Moth - Calliteara pudibunda. >>> see ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1095 >>> >> Yes, a handsome beastie. >> >> Peter, even with broadband that took an appreciable time to download. >> 1.3 Mb is a tad large and not everyone has a fast connection. Downsizing >> is such a doddle, too. >> >> > >Malcolm, I am sorry. This was the first time I ever uploaded a .jpg. I >totally forgot about reducing the size of it. What is the easiest way to >downsize? Thanks. > That depends on the software you use. I'm very taken with Irfanview - which is free at www.irfanview.com Download it, install it and then open your picture. Go to Image and then Resize/resample and then reduce the dimensions you see there. My guess is that your photo was 2-3000 pixels wide and high. You can reduce these to 600-800 without significant loss, then Save (or better Save as with a new title so you don't overwrite the original). Others will doubtless instruct you in other software. It was still a great pic! -- Malcolm |
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Malcolm wrote...
>>Malcolm, I am sorry. This was the first time I ever uploaded a .jpg. I >>totally forgot about reducing the size of it. What is the easiest way to >>downsize? Thanks. >> > That depends on the software you use. I'm very taken with Irfanview - > which is free at www.irfanview.com If you are using Microsoft Office then you probably have Microsoft Photo Editor (or you may need to install it from the CD). You can change the jpeg quality when you save a file. You will probably need to experiment a bit to see what works best. The other way of reducing file size of course is to crop the picture. David |
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As regards identifying caterpillars, I found a strange caterpillar on
the road last week, which turned out also to be a pale tussock moth. I googled 'British Caterpillars" and followed the first link which took me to http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ I found it very useful, even for a complete novice like me. Well worth a visit, I'd say. Cheers for the photo, it's quite a distinctive little creature isn't it? Hg |
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Gwyddno wrote...
> As regards identifying caterpillars, I found a strange caterpillar on > the road last week, which turned out also to be a pale tussock moth. I > googled 'British Caterpillars" and followed the first link which took > me to http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ I found it very useful, > even for a complete novice like me. Well worth a visit, I'd say. > > Cheers for the photo, it's quite a distinctive little creature isn't > it? How on earth did you manage to run down the Pale Tussock from this site? It doesn't appear among the "Hairy/Spiny" thumbnails and the plates taken from the Collins Field guide are far too small to see clearly on a 15in laptop monitor - plates should be one per page without having to click on them individually and colour rendition is very bad as well in comparison with the book. I found the caterpillar in a couple of minutes from the field guide but I doubt that I could have done so from the same plates on the website. The resolution of the thumbnails is also far too poor. The site is a good try and if it had been produced by an amateur then it would be commendable. However JavaJane claims to be a professional web designer and on that basis I'm afaid I think that the execution is absolutely awful! Looking at her commercially produced sites accessibility is appalling - her trademark appears to be small text in difficult to read colours with text size control inactive - frequently with content in a small box in the middle with pointlessly wide borders! I do get terribly wound up by the apparent ineptitude of the majority of so-called web-design professionals! David |
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David Lee wrote:
> Gwyddno wrote... >> As regards identifying caterpillars, I found a strange caterpillar on >> the road last week, which turned out also to be a pale tussock moth. >> I googled 'British Caterpillars" and followed the first link which >> took me to http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ I found it very >> useful, even for a complete novice like me. Well worth a visit, I'd >> say. >> >> Cheers for the photo, it's quite a distinctive little creature isn't >> it? > > How on earth did you manage to run down the Pale Tussock from this > site? It doesn't appear among the "Hairy/Spiny" thumbnails and the > plates taken from the Collins Field guide are far too small to see > clearly on a 15in laptop monitor - plates should be one per page > without having to click on them individually and colour rendition is > very bad as well in comparison with the book. I found the > caterpillar in a couple of minutes from the field guide but I doubt > that I could have done so from the same plates on the website. > > The resolution of the thumbnails is also far too poor. The site is a > good try and if it had been produced by an amateur then it would be > commendable. However JavaJane claims to be a professional web > designer and on that basis I'm afaid I think that the execution is > absolutely awful! > > Looking at her commercially produced sites accessibility is appalling > - her trademark appears to be small text in difficult to read colours > with text size control inactive - frequently with content in a small > box in the middle with pointlessly wide borders! > > I do get terribly wound up by the apparent ineptitude of the majority > of so-called web-design professionals! > > David Hear, hear! And I do believe she is far too busy to do any site maintenance. It has been like that for yonks. -- ned http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk latest update 05.10.2006 |
