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
Was hoping for a Hawkmoth or two H, but no show! Had a couple of teenies too, one was White-shouldered & the other hopped away too quick! Lol
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Tony
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wherryman/
Whoop whoop, we are officially allowed to start Butterfly monitoring again.
I put the moth trap out the other night - not a brilliant selection. I failed to get up at first light so they may have abandoned ship but had
Clouded Border
and a couple I'm unsure about and would be grateful for a hint in the right direction
The photo doesn't do the shiny copper gold justice
This one was very dark
Hope everyone is keeping well and safe
CinJ
Cin J
Nice pics all.... Mrs PB spotted this in the kitchen a few minutes ago... looks similar to your Cin….?
PS That's not the kitchen wall, as I went to take pic it flew outside :o)
Hi CinJ, That middle one is a beauty & not really sure what it is but could be Diarsia mendica (Ingrailed Clay). The last one is a Minor either Oligia strigilis or versicolor (cut-up job). We've had some dewy mornings & once the damp starts to come down at night the moths don't come so much, so maybe that's why they were a bit sparce.
However we've had some lovely sunny days & been out every day for the last few days doing butterfly walks
Marsh Fritillary
Pearly Heath
Meadow fritillary
Five-spot Burnet
It took us a few days but we're now making the most of our freedom!