נמפית השקד; נמפית הסרפד

English translation: Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

08:34 Sep 12, 2010
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Hebrew term or phrase: נמפית השקד; נמפית הסרפד
איני יודעת אם מדובר בצמח או בציפור - יודעת שיש נימפית מצוייצת שזהו סוג של תוכי. הקשר: גננות
JeSsRockiT
Local time: 00:01
English translation:Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Explanation:
אלה סוגי פרפרים. נמפית הסרפד היא המין שנתתי את שמו. לגבי נמפית השקד, לא מצאתי, אבל יש "שבתאי השקד" ששמו המדעי
Saturnia pyri
ובאנגלית הוא מכונה
Giant Peacock Moth
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Erez Volk
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4 +1Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Erez Volk
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Nymphaea are water lillies
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)


Explanation:
אלה סוגי פרפרים. נמפית הסרפד היא המין שנתתי את שמו. לגבי נמפית השקד, לא מצאתי, אבל יש "שבתאי השקד" ששמו המדעי
Saturnia pyri
ובאנגלית הוא מכונה
Giant Peacock Moth



    Reference: http://web.macam.ac.il/achva/mamarim/parpar/index.htm#nim
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_atalanta
Erez Volk
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agree  Lingopro: This is to back up the Saturnia pyri (Great Peacock Moth): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnia_pyri
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Reference: Nymphaea are water lillies

Reference information:
I suspect these are types of water lillies. Suggest you check pictures of the Hebrew terms against pictures of these:

http://www.victoria-adventure.org/waterlilies/species_list.h...

Hope it helps.

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Note added at 29 mins (2010-09-12 09:04:01 GMT)
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Erez is probably right about them being butterflies, not lilies.

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