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We have figwort as a weed, which we suspect arrived in birdseed... It supports the Mullein moth caterpillar which is quite eye-catching https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cucullia-verbasci/larva/ so we tolerate it in some places. Also have a small brightly coloured moth where we have mint and marjor...

Spindle Ermine moth caterpillars have completely defoliated our bush, they are on their way down into the ground to pupate now:Ghost2r.jpg Caterpillars2.JPG Wow! You need some signs for the birds saying "all you can eat buffet"! I assumed that as they have the tent to protect them in the ...

If I get that and it's a website I have used regularly (i.e. I trust it) I go to "Advanced" and say that I accept the risk.

Spindle Ermine moth caterpillars have completely defoliated our bush, they are on their way down into the ground to pupate now:

my (computer) access to the account only ever shows the export and import up to 2 days earlier. If I download the half-hourly data that stops at 2am (a day and a half ago.) Screenshot 2025-05-16 at 12-24-12 My account Octopus Energy.png so the last bar on the chart is Weds 14th and the raw data is t...

Firefox and/or Avast tell me it is not secure, but don't stop me seeing it - which they do with some others.
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It has been "lovely" here, unbroken cloud today - whereas we have been having cloudy spells recently and then a short thunderstorm yesterday, sadly only a couple of mm of rain though. 23 kWh generated today, 14.2 exported.

https://kinetic-hydro.com/technology/ offers a 380W run-of-the-stream generator and claims 9kWh per day. I have no idea of the price they are asking. My son is moving to near there and has indirect contacts so I might ask what he can find out about it. If you had a stream would that be a useful litt...

I heard it had landed in the Indian Ocean...? https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/soviet-spacecraft-kosmos-482-crashes-back-to-earth-disappearing-into-indian-ocean-after-53-years-in-orbit Thankfully :) , as we we’re having an extended family BBQ and I was sort of convinced it would ...

Im guessing no thermo-nuclear generators on-board - as these use the temperature difference between the hot nuclear fuel and the cold (usually of deep space). Not much use for a venus trip - as plenty of sunshine on the way there, and temperature on the surface is probably higher than the radioacti...