Sunday 27 March 2016

Brindled Pug?

Having seen the comments on Andy's poorly marked Brindled should I change my decision on what I
have down as a Double-striped Pug?

Steve Lockey (Garsington)

6 comments:

  1. Yes, that's a Brindled Pug, Steve.

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  2. Thanks Dave-these Pugs in various shades of colours are certainly a challenge!. Are there people who have Pugs as a speciality.

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    1. If there were they'd be inundated with requests from all of us!

      A few Pugs are easily 'do-able' but they're in the minority and most are at best rather difficult. Trying to determine melanic or poorly marked specimens from a photograph is often a fool's errand! Dissection is quite often the only way to get a species ID.

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    2. Even dissecting them can be a bit tricky, too.
      Andy.

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  3. Hi Steve, totally agree with Dave, a really tricky group. I've found this site useful when comparing against other references:
    http://ukpugs.blogspot.co.uk

    Nigel

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  4. Another very useful reference source is the recently-updated "Pugs of Lancashire and Cumbria" by Brian Hancock which can be down-loaded from the Lancashire Moth Group's home page here: http://www.lancashiremoths.co.uk/

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