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This moth was spotted resting on a pair of boots on one of our Fundamental Bushcraft courses earlier this month. Can anyone identify it?

The first person to leave a comment with the correct answer will win a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher.

The moth, correctly identified as the Black Arches (Lymantria monacha)

 As many of you have pointed out, this moth is in fact the Black Arches moth (Lymantria monacha). Siegfried was the first to answer correctly, winning a £10.00 voucher, but well done to everyone who got it right.

Woodlore office member Harvey spotted this highly poisonous fungus on his recent Introduction to Bushcraft course. Is anyone able to identify it? The first correct answer wins a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher. Correctly identified by J. Deval.

Poisonous fungus found on our Intro course, identified as the Panther Cap (Amanita pantherina)

Field Staff member Ian Lawson (who led Harvey’s Introduction course and originally identified the Panther Cap shown above) has passed a photo onto us of a Fly Agaric which he found last year. Ian felt this would be useful to see as a handful of the comments we received had mentioned this species:

Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria)

For over a year now, we’ve been sending out Woodlore stickers with every single order from our Online Shop. Now, we’re giving you the chance to win a £10.00 Woodlore voucher, by showing us just where your sticker has ended up.

Adorned with the classic Woodlore logo designed by Ray so many years ago, these stickers have made it as far as Russia, Japan, Australia, Brazil and almost everywhere in between. If you’ve ordered from us during this time, we want to see where your sticker has made it.

E-mail us with a picture of your Woodlore sticker, and the best five entries chosen by the Woodlore Team will win a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher, which can be used against any of the camping kit in our shop, or against a Bushcraft Course of your choice.

To get the ball rolling, here’s Roger French’s entry, on the back of his 4×4, all the way from South Africa:

Roger French, South Africa

All entries must reach us by Wednesday 30th June 2010.