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What is under the bush in the garden?
Anneke van Heel would like to know what was visible under a bush in her garden. Very coincidentally I know this fruit. The name is Schijnaugurk (Akebia Quinata). Schijnaugurken originally grew in China, Japan and Korea. By the way, they are known under several names, such as Klimaugurk, Chocolate Sank and Klimbes. In our country the Schijnaugurk feels good at home on sandy soils, but then there must be a good drainage. The flowers of the Schijnaugurk spread a chocolate odor and grow in bunches.
Later the fruits come out, which look like a kind of sausage. In Japan, these ‘sausages’ are eaten as a seasonal delicacy. The skin, with a slightly bitter taste, is used as a vegetable. Filled with minced meat and then fried. The tenders are traditionally used for baskets.
Why the names Spanish flag and the name Slakkrups?
Theo Zelen wonders how some animal species get their name, such as the Spanish flag and the snail caterpillar. First the Spanish flag. The moth is officially called Spanish flag Euplagia quadripunctaria. This is the scientific name and it is completely correct, because that scientific name means: beautiful sloping stripes and four dots/points on the wings.
That name really indicates what the moth looks like, but you can’t mention a butterfly in Dutch. The name then becomes too long, so in Dutch people choose something that is not too long and yet stands out. At this moth the name was based on the color combination on the four wings. It is striking: the colors are black, white and orange and are somewhat reminiscent of the Spanish flag.
The moth Snakrups has the scientific name Apoda Limacodes. This literally means typical legs/no legs. It has been decided not to base the name on the appearance of the moth, because many moths look like this.
The name choice is based on the special caterpillar of this moth. That caterpillar has a special shape. If you look at it, the caterpillar looks like a snail. In addition, this moth caterpillar also moves differently than caterpillars of butterflies. The movement of the snail caterpillar looks really like moving a snail, because the snail caterpillar caterpillar slips just like one as a snail over the plants, hence the name.
We also call people who organize organisms, animals and micro-organisms, and put these organisms in groups, we call taxonoms.
What beast does the green meat fly have?
Roy Otten saw an insect grab a moped. He is curious what insect it was. On the photo you see a normal robbery fly injecting a green meat fly. The Flight of Ordinary Roof Fly belongs to the large family of robbery flies, of which 7100 species have now been described all over the world.
All these robbery flies are characterized because they have three additions. These additions are between their two facet eyes. In addition, their strong spider -like legs and brushnor stand out very much. Finally, all these robbery flies have a short strong sucking stitch with which they stab their prey, in this case a green meat fly, and at the same time inject a paralyzing substance (enzymes). After a while, the entrails of that green meat fly become liquid and the normal robbery flies suck the victim. For people, ordinary robbery flies are harmless.
Ordinary robbery flies mainly occur on sandy soil areas and can then be found along the sun’s forest edges, on heaths and on open spaces in the forest. In those places they wait in an ambush for their prey, which they catch during the flight.
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In the section beautiful photos this time a photo taken by Theo van de Rijk. However, he wonders what he has photographed. On the photo is the mycelium of an unknown funeral. A mycelium is in fact the start of a fungus. It is a network of thin, horrible fungal threads (hyfs) that form the vegetative part of a fungus. Later, fruiting bodies (mushrooms / hats) can grow on this network. So it is exciting to wait and see what comes from this.
Natural tip
On Saturday 11 October you can participate in a bicycle excursion through the beautiful outskirts of Roosendaal and Zundert from ten in the morning until one o’clock in the afternoon.
Cycle through the landscape where nature and history come together, and discover this beautiful area from a different side. During this bike ride, the two guides tell in a few places about the landscape that you cycle through. You don’t have to pay attention to the route and you can therefore look around.
You drive past historic estates, old forests and fields. We start on the Visdonk estate and pass the nature reserves Rucphense Heide, Pannehoef, De Moeren and the Oude Buisse Heide estate.
More information:
· Registration is mandatory and Can go through this link.
· Participation costs ten euros, members of Natuurmonumenten pay seven euros.
· The starting point is Brasserie/Lodge Visdonk at De Rozenvendreef 2 in Roosendaal.
· A good bike is needed.
· Note: cycling is used at a pace. Because of this pace and the distance, this excursion is intended for the experienced cyclist.
· We stop on the way The strawberry terraceconsumption at your own expense.
· Dogs can’t come along.
· After the bike ride you can have a drink and eat at Brasserie T-house or Lodge Visdonk.
· Depending on the circumstances, the excursion and half an hour can last shorter or longer.