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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
Name the Shieldbug species and the instar
This is a Green Shieldbug, third instar.
​To see more photos of adults and instars for this species follow the link
Go to Green Shieldbug photo page
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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
What links these butterflies?
Answer - they are all Hairstreaks.
Top left Green Hairstreak
Top right Black Hairstreak
Bottom left Purple Hairstreak
​Bottom right White-letter Hairstreak
Go to butterfly species photo page
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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 wildflower species
​Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
For more photos of this plant follow the link
Go to Common Stork's-bill photo page
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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
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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
What's the birdie?
Great Tit Parus major
For more photos follow the link
Go to Great Tit photo page
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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 19/8/19
Name the wildflower species
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica
For more photos follow the link
Go to Sneezewort photo page
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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 wildflower species
Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis
For more photos of Lungwort follow the link
Go to Lungwort photo page
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Twitter photo quiz 18/8/19
Name the butterfly species
Duke of Burgundy
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Twitter photo quiz 15/8/19
Butterfly underwings
Top left Gatekeeper
Top right Wall Brown
Bottom left Common Blue
Bottom right Painted Lady
For more photos of these butterflies follow the link
Go to butterfly photos

Use the search box to find more photos of species featured in these answers.

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Twitter photo quiz 15/8/19
Copper butterflies
Top left Scarce Copper
Top right Large Copper
Bottom left Purple-edged Copper
Bottom right Purple-shot Copper
For more photos follow the link
Go to Butterflies of Europe page
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Twitter photo quiz 15/8/19
Name the butterfly on the fence
Peacock Aglais io
For more photos of this species follow the link
Go to Peacock photos page
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Twitter photo quiz 15/8/19
Name the four moth species
Top left Scarce Footman
Top right Four-spotted Footman
Bottom left Dingy Footman
Bottom right Common Footman
​To see more follow the link
Go to Erebidae moths page
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Twitter photo quiz 15/8/19
'What's the birdie?'
​Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
For more photos follow the link
Go to common snipe photo page
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Twitter photo quiz 14/8/19
Name the plant species
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
For more photos follow the link
Go to Water Mint photo page
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Twitter photo quiz 14/8/19
Name the moth species
​Mother-of-Pearl​ Pleuroptya ruralis
Go to Mother-of-pearl photo page
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Twitter photo quiz 14/8/19
Four white butterflies
Top left Small White
Top right Green-veined White
Bottom left Large White
Bottom right Orange-tip (female)
​To see more photos of butterflies follow the link
Go to British butterflies page
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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 migrant moth species
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma
Named after the silver Y marking on the wings
Follow the link for more photos
Go to Silver Y page
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Twitter photo quiz 13/8/19
Name the species
It is a species of Sawfly called Pamphilius varius
Follow the link for a few more photos
Go to Pamphilius varius page
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Twitter photo quiz 13/8/19
Name the butterfly species
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Follow link to see more photos 
Go to Ringlet page
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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
​Answers
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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
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