Hi All, I took an executive decision & decided to amalgamate the Butterfly & Moth threads which may make it easier to find if it's used more!
These are the old threads from 2019 Beautiful butterflies https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/200195/beautiful-butterflies-2019#pifragment-4285=1
& Mostly Moths https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/198118/mostly-moths-2019/1273216#pifragment-4285=1
To start us off here are a few from the recent traps & wine rope,
this is a lovely Satelite from the 8th january
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Lot to learn
Cin J
Some fabulous photos all.
I've no photos, but yesterdays active sightings as follows:
Orange Tip
Common Blue
Peacock (exc the one in the garage; see text below)
Tortoiseshell.
We did have a peacock that got into the garage, so I left the door open in hope it would fly out. After a short while, no obvious movement, I carefully scooped it up and placed it in a sunny part of the garden to warm it up, and hopefully it would fly off. We also gave it some sugary water, just in case it needed some sustenance.
After a short while, it started to exercise its wings, getting them higher and things were looking good for it to fly off. It didn't, getting instead it found a dark corner and hid in there, and later inspection, it was on its side.
Whether I damaged it scooping it up, or it was too weak, or as many creatures do, the garage provided a quiet place to lie down and die, I don't know, but we tried and one can't do more.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Latest visitors. Chuffed to bits to find Angle Shades and Swallow Prominent
Common Wave
Garden Carpet
Angle Shades
Swallow Prominent
I think this is yet another Quaker - I will get the hang of this very variable moth
and a 'no idea' It made me think of an Ash key
CinJ
Great finds Caroline, H will know for sure about your last moth pic, one of the longhorns maybe?
Nah, think it could be Caddisfly