Mostly Moths 2019

• Noisette

  

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  • 9 Sep 2019 5:44 PM

  Just try picking it up, it'll soon get nasty! LOL You could look at the end of it's body to see if it has claspers or egg-laying hole, that's if it stops bombing around! Thay are beautiful though, haven't had one yet this year.

  Best wishes

  Hazel in the Gironde estuary, France

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• WendyBartter

  

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  • 9 Sep 2019 6:38 PM

  Will have a look when l pick it up H ... will report back if I survive the ordeal! Lol

   

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• gaynorsl

  

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  • 9 Sep 2019 9:02 PM

  Are you still with us Wendy!!!!? What a huge beast, don't think I'd like to bump into him/her in the dark,

  Lot to learn

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• Nigel O

  

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  • 9 Sep 2019 9:48 PM

  Just think what it'll be like when there are more of them and you're outnumbered. They'll be picking you up to see if you squeak!!

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  Nige   Flickr

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• WendyBartter

  

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  • 9 Sep 2019 9:58 PM

  Lol Nige ... scream more like!!

   

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• Noisette

  

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  • 25 Sep 2019 5:17 PM

  In reply to WendyBartter:

  Any news on your Deaths Head Moths Wendy? We got back from holiday a week ago & managed a couple of traps but the weather has gone belly up now. I had a day out looking for ladybirds with others & found a few & this caterpillar which I think is a moth larve but not sure. It looks similar to Gelechiidae. Any ideas?

  

  Also found this one a Dark Dagger

  

  Best wishes

  Hazel in the Gironde estuary, France
• Russell T

  

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  • 6 Dec 2019 9:39 AM

  
  As a newcomer to this thread, I'll post a few photos of what I believe is a lunar yellow underwing moth. Taken in July this year in the garden in East Dorset.

  It would be great if someone confirms my identification.

  Russ
• WendyBartter

  

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  • 6 Dec 2019 5:55 PM

  Hi Russ, first impression for me is Large Yellow Underwing but wait for Hazel as she pupated one to emerging last year & may have pics!

   

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• Russell T

  

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  • 6 Dec 2019 7:18 PM

  In reply to WendyBartter:

  Thanks Wendy
  :-)
• Noisette

  

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  • 6 Dec 2019 8:15 PM

  Hi Russ, I'd go along with Wendy, too long for the Lunar & the kidney is very dark, plus the oval mark doesn't have a white border. In fact I've never seen one, Wendy must have been thinking of the Lunar Underwing I had! LOL

  Best wishes

  Hazel in the Gironde estuary, France

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