August Twitter quiz answers page
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Twitter photo quiz 30/8/19
North American bird species Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nutalli |
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Twitter photo quiz 29/8/19
Name the North American animal Racoon Procyon lotor |
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Twitter photo quiz 29/8/19
What's the birdie? Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros |
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Twitter photo quiz 29/8/19
Name the North American bird species Surfbird Aphriza virgata |
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Twitter photo quiz 29/8/19
Name the North American bird species Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
Name the insect species Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa |
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Twitter photo quiz
Name the bird species Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
Name the bird species Black Kite Milvus migrans |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
What's the birdie? Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
European 'what's the birdie?' Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
Name the pollinators Top left Sericomyia lappona hoverfly Top right Five-spot Burnet moth Bottom left Red-tailed Bumblebee Bottom right Orange-tip butterfly |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
Name the butterfly species Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
Name the fly species Tachina Fera |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
Name the butterfly species Common Blue Polyommatus icarus |
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Twitter photo quiz 27/8/19
Name the butterfly species In Cuba it is known as Mexican Sailor Dynamine postverta. Oddly it is known as Four-spotted Sailor in Mexico |
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Twitter photo quiz 27/8/19
Name the migrant moth species Silver Y Autographa gamma |
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Twitter photo quiz 27/8/19
Name the shieldbug species Hairy Shieldbug, also known as Sloe Bug. |
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Twitter photo quiz 27/08/19
Name the butterfly species Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus |
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Twitter photo quiz 26/8/19
North American 'what's the birdie?' Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus |
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Twitter photo quiz 26/8/19
North American 'what's the birdie?' Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis |
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Twitter photo quiz 26/8/19
What's the birdie? Greenfinch Carduelis chloris |
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Twitter photo quiz 26/8/19
Name the butterfly species Zebra Heliconian Heliconius charithonia |
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Twitter photo quiz 26/8/19
Name the moth species Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria |
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Twitter photo quiz 26/8/19
Name the moth species Gold Spot Plusia festucae |
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Twitter photo quiz 26/8/19
Name the moth species Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria |
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Twitter photo quiz 25/8/19
Name the Shieldbug species Heather Shieldbug Rhacognathus punctatus |
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Twitter photo quiz 25/8/19
Name the moth species For a change let's have the scientific name first Triodia sylvina (Orange Swift) |
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Twitter photo quiz 25/8/19
Name the bird species in the part photo Chaffinch (male) |
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Twitter photo quiz 25/8/19
Name the Cuban butterfly species Left Bush Sulphur, right Gray Cracker |
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Twitter photo quiz 25/8/19
Which is the Hornet? Left Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Right Hornet Vespa crabro |
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Twitter photo quiz 25/8/19
Name the species Left Small White Right Large White |
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Twitter photo quiz 24/8/19
What's the birdie? Kestrel Falco tinnunculus |
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Twitter photo quiz 24/8/19
Name the butterfly species Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus |
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Twitter photo quiz 24/8/19
Name the butterfly species Wall Brown Lasiommata megera |
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Twitter photo quiz 28/8/19
Name the butterfly species Grayling Hipparchia semele |
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Twitter photo quiz 24/8/19
Name the butterfly species Peacock Aglais io |
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Twitter photo quiz 23/8/19
Name the hoverfly species Syritta pipiens |
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Twitter photo quiz 23/8/19
Name the hoverfly species Eristalis nemorum |
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Twitter photo quiz 23/8/19
Name the flower species Fox-and-Cubs Pilosella aurantiaca |
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Twitter photo quiz 23/8/19
What are these black marks on Sycamore leaves? Tar Spot Fungus Rhytisma acerinum |
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Twitter photo quiz 23/8/19
What's the birdie? Female Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the butterfly species Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the butterfly species Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the moth species Argent and Sable Rheumaptera hastata |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the caterpillar species Cinnabar Moth caterpillar |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the moth species Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the Shieldbug species Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the Damselfly species Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the Ladybird species This is another colour form of the Two-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the Ladybird species Two-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
Name the wildflower species White Deadnettle Lamium album |
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Twitter photo quiz 22/8/19
What is the common name for this hoverfly species? The Batman Hoverfly |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the Mexican bird species Top left Roseate Spoonbill Top right White Ibis Bottom left Wood Stork Bottom right Great Blue Heron |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the species of bug Cinnamon Bug Corizus hyoscyami |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the plant species Creeping Woodsorrel Oxalis corniculata |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the beetle species Rosemary Leaf Beetle Chrysolina americana |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the butterfly species Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the flower species This is Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, not as I originally thought Water Avens Geum rivale. Thank you to everyone who put me right. |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the flower species Changing Forget-me-not Myosotis discolor |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the bird species On the left Shoveler, on the right Spoonbill |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the fly species Eriothrix rufomaculata |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
What's the birdie? Starling Sturnus vulgaris |
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Twitter photo quiz 21/8/19
Name the beetle species Wasp Nest Beetle Metoecus paradoxus A larva parasitises wasps in their nests and emerges as an adult from the nest in summer |
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Twitter photo quiz 20/8/19
Name the plant species Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus (Also known as Dungwort Bear's-foot, Ox Heel, Setterwort, Stinkwort and many more.) |
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Twitter photo quiz 19/8/19
Name the hoverfly species Eristalis intricarius (female) |
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Twitter photo quiz 18/8/19
What's the birdie? Female Mallard |
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Twitter photo quiz 18/8/19
Name the butterfly species Duke of Burgundy |
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Twitter photo quiz 13/8/19
Name the migrant moth species Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum |
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Twitter photo quiz 13/8/19
Name the damselfly species Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa |
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Twitter photo quiz 13/8/19
Name the plant species Himalayan (or Indian) Balsam and Orange Balsam |
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Twitter photo quiz 13/8/19
Leafhopper identification Evacanthus interruptus |
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Twitter photo quiz 12/8/19
Which hoverfly is male and which is female? Male is on the left, female on the right. Look at the eyes. If they are touching you have a male, if there is a gap between the eyes you have a female. Applies to most hoverflies. |
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Twitter photo quiz 12/8/19
Name the butterfly species Meadow Brown Maliola jurtina |
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Twitter photo quiz 12/8/19
Name the moth species Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis |
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Twitter bird crossword 11/8/19
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Twitter photo quiz 11/8/19
Name the moth species Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe populi |
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Twitter photo quiz 11/8/19
What causes these on the underside of Oak leaves? They are Spangle Galls, distortions to the leaves caused by the wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Its eggs are inside) |
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Twitter photo quiz 11/8/19
Name the spider Napoleon Spider |
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Twitter photo quiz 11/8/19
Name the bird species Red-knobbed (or Crested) Coot Fulica cristata |
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Twitter photo quiz 10/8/19
Name the butterfly species Wall Brown Lasiommata megera |
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Twitter photo quiz 10/8/19
Name the moth species Scorched Wing Plagodis dolabraria |
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Twitter photo quiz 10/8/19
Name the wildflower Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris |
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Twitter photo quiz 10/8/19
Name the moth species Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria |
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Twitter photo quiz 10/8/19
What is the common family name? Tortoise Beetle |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the reptile Striped Skink Trachyleis vittata |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the butterfly species Comma Polygonia c-album |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the plant species Honesty Lunaria annua |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
'What's the birdie?' Stonechat female |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the North American butterfly species American Lady or American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the North American bird species Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the European butterfly species Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the hoverfly species Narcissus Bulb Fly Merodon equestris |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the moth Blood-vein Timandra comae |
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Twitter photo quiz 9/8/19
Name the weevil Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae |
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Twitter photo quiz 8/8/19
Name the beetle Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis |
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Twitter photo quiz 8/8/19
Name the dragonfly Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata |
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Twitter photo quiz 8/8/19
Name the moth Large Emerald Geometra papilionaria |
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Twitter photo quiz 8/8/19
Name the bird Herring Gull |
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Twitter photo quiz 8/8/19
Name the bird Black-headed Gull |
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Twitter photo quiz 8/8/19
Butterflies seen in 2019 Top left Red Admiral Top right Comma Bottom left Brimstone Bottom right Large Skipper |
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Twitter photo quiz 7/8/19
Name the Shieldbug Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus |
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Twitter photo quiz 7/8/19
Four Cuban endemic birds Top left Cuban Tody Top right Cuban Vireo Bottom left Cuban Pygmy-Owl Bottom right Cuban Emerald |
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Twitter 'What's the birdie?' 7/8/19
Answer Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis |
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Twitter photo quiz 7/8/19
British bird species Stonechat Saxicola torquata |
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Twitter photo quiz 7/8/19
American wader species Killdeer Charadrius vociferus |
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Twitter quiz 7/8/19
Butterflies seen in 2019 Top left Lulworth Skipper Top right White Admiral Bottom left Green Hairstreak Bottom right Common Blue |