Just a quick hello, the move went well but too much to do & too little time to do it. I did a moth trap last Friday only 2 days after we finished moving, there over 250 moths & I'm still sorting them. This is one that came to the window soon after we moved, just to whet your appetites.
It's called a Brown China-mark.
Sorry it's a quick visit, will pop in again in a few days!
P.S This is the link to my previous moth thread http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/f/13609/t/111255.aspx
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
ETA, meant to add that yes it was on a reed in the Dragonfly pond at Monkton NR!
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WendyBartter said: Away now to let them know that I know someone clever!
I knew what it was the instant I saw it, even down to the latin name.!! .........ok........I had seen your post, looked everywhere and failed to find anything remotely like it, so I gave up. A few hours later I stumbled across it entirely by accident when I was looking for something completely different.!! :-)
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Hahahaha ha PA ... 12/10 for honesty! We'll keep that confession amongst ourselves shall we??
Fantastic set of moths Paul. You'll be leaving your outside light on next & creeping around in the dark to see what you've got!!
The carpet is a fabulous Silver-ground Carpet & the last one is a Brown china mark. The Wainscot is a "Common" & the Burnet is probably a Six Spot Burnet with the bottom "lump" 2 spots joined together. But I'm not great on Burnets.
I've changed the thread to "Mostly Moths" now we've a few more people posting. It's really great to see your moths so keep them coming.
Thank for the ID's Hazel, much appreciated. I do have one more that I can't find a lookalike for in my book. Any help in identifying it would also be very much appreciated. Quite a small one this time.
I think it's a micro moth "Timothy Tortrix" Aphelie paleana. However it has a twin sibling called Aphelia unitana & the 2 can only be distguished by disection of it's genitalia. It's what I commonly call a b***s job!
Ha ha, norty, norty!!!
Is this a Burnished Brass Moth?? Not my pic but seen on NR as I arrived but didn't hang around for me!!
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Looks good to me Wendy, I saw my first one this year & they are all sorts of colours depending on the light, really Brassy as the name suggests.
Paul A said: Another option would be Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet (Zygaena lonicerae) but in all honesty I don't know, and I don't think I would be able to tell the difference.
Two slightly blurry images (plus one finger!)
I felt overjoyed at IDing it!!