Well it's time to start a new thread for this year. I saw my 1st Red Admiral of the year yesterday & have had a couple of moths in the house & in the trap overnight.
The house moths come out of the firewood (I think), Ive had 3 around the computer this month, I just keep putting them back out Mompha subbistrigella
Photo taken of it in the plastic pot before I threw it out.
Then in the trap a couple of moths, Eudonia angustea, always around in the winter,
& this one which is several weeks early, not sure why, Orthosia incerta "Clouded Drab Moth"
Last years thread is here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/206393/butterflies-moths-2020 for those that want to have a bit of bedtime reading.
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
A Peacock butterfly looking a little tatty, unfortunately. It was resting at the base of one of my garden fence panels this afternoon.
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
I have been on a short break to Essex with my wife and on a walk along the River Blackwater at Bradwell-on-Sea yesterday, a beautiful sunny day, we saw our first Clouded Yellow. Being surprised at seeing one this late in the year I have looked up their life cycle and October is recorded as their second adult appearance.
Best Wishes,
Trevor
That's fabulous Trevor, and catching open winged is a real feat! I've only seen them flying or closed up like a clam lol... and now thinking.... that may even be Brimstones, not Clouded Yellows. I'll shut up now, and crawl back into my ignorance
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Regards, Hazel
So pleased to see this perfect Red Admiral in my garden at lunchtime today.
Cin J
A surprise visitor to the balcony this afternoon with a beautiful Small Tortoiseshell butterfly enjoying the end of year sunshine; it just about makes this 2021 thread. !!'