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
Kind regards, Ann
Decided I couldn't leave the camera at home any longer so managed to get a couple of butterfly shots for you on our daily walk...….
Male and female Orange Tip; at one stage I thought they were going to mate, seems she was in the mood but he wasn't lol
and more orange tip butterflies along the way ….
female Orange Tip
and a male Orange Tip
and a Small Tortoiseshell
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Regards, Hazel
Unknown said:That's the resource I generally use. My problem is that I haven't figured out how to predict what family it should be in to save having to trawl through them all every time!!
I was like that a few years ago. I started with 2 really good books (links below) & now I've got the hang of it I can generally go straight to the moth.
https://www.nhbs.com/field-guide-to-the-micro-moths-of-great-britain-and-ireland-book
https://www.nhbs.com/concise-guide-to-the-moths-of-great-britain-and-ireland-book
Hazel C said: if I remember rightly, Aiki said that when the female lifts her abdomen up, it's because she's already mated & is telling the male to go away..
Oh yes, I remember Aiki saying that now you've mentioned it so thanks for the reminder. There were lots of Orange Tips around, also saw Brimstone, Peacock and two more Torties; the sunshine brought them all out.
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Only this peacock to show up today...but it did hang about for ages for me to take loads of pics!
Hazel C said:I was like that a few years ago. I started with 2 really good books (links below) & now I've got the hang of it I can generally go straight to the moth.
Thanks for those recommendations. I'll add them to the wish list alongside guides to bees and spiders. There are just too many different little critters to ID!!
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Nige Flickr
Unknown said:Wendy, That link denies access.
Do you mean the giant moth one Ann? It's the first post on 'Weekly Chat'
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr