I saw my first identifyable moth of the year on our local station today - mottled umber. The attached pic is not the same moth... it was in our garden on 30th December.
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WEDNESDAY 24/08/201310 years ago
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Silver-washed Fritillary
Orange Tip
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Treble Lines
A beauty... still waiting for my first of 2011. Roll on the summer, eh?
ReplyDeleteNice to see some moth activity, Ken. I have just come back from Norfolk, and on one mild evening I was driving along some country lanes, and I could see alot of moths. I got out, and there were Winter moths everywhere in the headlights! They were all sitting on trees, presumably looking for females, although I could not see any.
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