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
This is my "one of a life-time" moth, new for mainland France & only seen once on Corsica, a beauty too, latin name "Pyroderces klimeschi "
It came on a night when there was too much moon, too windy & I spent most of the time looking for anything different that arrived, I knew it was new for me & was thrilled to bits when I found out what it was the next day .
My bird photos HERE
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Not as much cause for celebration as Hazel's find. :-)
Orange Tip (m)
Small Heath
Tried for literally hours to post this today, just come back from a walk and bingo, here it is, you can't see it properly I know, will go back and find another slightly better. This is just because I have changed to Windows 10 and need to find my way around:-)
What a palaver!!! bring back Windows Live Photo Gallery. Anyway I don't know whether this is a moth or butterfly, taken a week ago and I thought it interesting as it sat still for about five mins while I fraffed around trying to get it on macro, and failed.
Don't worry if noo -one can id it, as I am only practising posting really.
Lot to learn
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Regards, Hazel