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Image Taken on 01 Jun 2021
at 13:01 Image of day on 30 Jun 2021
Another two moments from Cinnabar Moth flights.
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Image Taken on 09 Jun 2020
at 13:07 Image of day on 12 Jul 2020
A Cinnabar Moth with a contrasting Buttercup which helps to set the scale.
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Ref: 20200712_df3_20200609_1307_081 cinnabar moth and buttercup(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Jul 2020
at 10:51 Image of day on 22 Aug 2020
While lots of insects use Ragwort nectar as fuel, the Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar normally
specialises in eating the poisonous Ragwort leaves that other insects can't eat.
Apparently they store the poisons in their bodies to protect both the Caterpillar and the
adult moth from predators. So not a Moth - YET.
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Ref: 20200822_d73_20200712_1051_028 cinnabar moth caterpillar on ragwort(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Aug 2013
at 15:48 Image of day on 25 Sep 2013
An unusual excess of Ragwort in our meadow brought with it an
unprecedented number of Cinnabar caterpillars. Ragwort is poisonous
to some mammals, but it is the only food plant of these caterpillars.
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Ref: 20130925_p10_20130805_1548_889 cinnabar moth caterpillar on ragwort (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Aug 2013
at 15:49 Image of day on 25 Sep 2013
An unusual excess of Ragwort in our meadow brought with it an
unprecedented number of Cinnabar caterpillars. Ragwort is poisonous
to some mammals, but it is the only food plant of these caterpillars.
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Ref: 20130925_p10_20130805_1549_897 cinnabar moth caterpillar on ragwort (crop 2)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Aug 2011
at 14:38 Image of day on 30 Sep 2011
This Cinabar this caterpillar was waving itself about. A
knowledgable visitor tells us they tend to do this when they are
hosting the larva of a parasitic fly.
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Ref: 20110930_db1_20110814_1438_044 cinnabar moth caterpillar on ragwort leaf waving head end about (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 17 Jul 2020
at 17:41 Image of day on 22 Aug 2020
Little and Large - Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar style.
 on unopened ragwort flower(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20200822_d73_20200717_1741_003 cinnabar moth caterpillars (large and tiny) on unopened ragwort flower(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Jul 2021
at 14:37 Image of day on 24 Aug 2021
The Ragwort has burst into life at several location, and the Cinnabar Moths have
been busy laying the eggs to make a good 'crop' of their caterpillars.
 on ragwort flower buds(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20210824_d73_20210707_1437_529 cinnabar moth caterpillars (various sizes) on ragwort flower buds(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 27 May 2022
at 12:36 Image of day on 05 Jul 2022
How you usually (don't) see Cinnabar moths - hiding behind and under leaves.
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Ref: 20220705_df3_20220527_1236_051 cinnabar moth clinging to underside of grass blade(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Jun 2021
at 13:01 Image of day on 30 Jun 2021
Photographing Cinnabar Moths has always been really difficult, but this one
after an initial period of playing dead, kindly obliged with several quite decent
flights past the camera.
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Ref: 20210630_da1_20210601_1301_106+108+1307_143_ft1 cinnabar moth in 2 flights with buttercup (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 21 May 2010
at 10:59 Image of day on 29 Jun 2010
The first Cinnabar moth we have seen here with a striking red
and black appearance that acts as a warning to birds that it
tastes horrible. This one was caught in the moth trap and
photographed against black, but it is also flies at dusk.
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Ref: 20100629_da1_20100521_1059_225_ft1 cinnabar moth in flight (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Jun 2019
at 14:21 Image of day on 13 Jul 2019
This Cinnabar Moth kept flying by us, and we couldn't resist catching it for
a few photos. You don't usually see the bright red whole wing on the resting insect.
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Ref: 20190713_da1_20190601_1421_001+1450_042_ft1 cinnabar moth in flight + foliage (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Jul 2013
at 13:20 Image of day on 17 Aug 2013
The Cinnabar Moth is a daytime flyer and quite common as a
startling red fluttering in the air. The eggs are laid on the
foliage of the poisonous ragwort plant, whose flowers are seen
here, with a vividly (warning) marked poisonous caterpillar.
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Ref: 20130817_da1_20130707_1320_065+1329_068_ft1 cinnabar moth in flight with ragwort flowers (montage 1)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 27 May 2022
at 08:58 Image of day on 05 Jul 2022
Cinnabar Moths seem to be unusually plentiful this year.
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Ref: 20220705_df3_20220527_0858_028 cinnabar moth on short grass(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Jul 2021
at 15:50 Image of day on 24 Aug 2021
The Cinnabar moth Caterpillars are taking over the Oxford Ragwort!
Wikipedia tell us that:-
Cinnabar moth from Europe was released as a biological control agent
against common ragwort in the USA (1991), Australia (2000) and New Zealand (1990)
but apparently with limited success.
Artificial introductions vary from utter failure to complete disasters (like the
Australian Cane Toad introduced in 1935 and now a 'plague').
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Ref: 20210824_d73_20210708_1550_048 cinnabar moths caterpillars on oxford ragwort(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Jun 2014
at 13:49 Image of day on 28 Aug 2014
This is a clouded border moth.
Here you see the bottom of the wing.
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Ref: 20140828_da1_20140622_1349_178+1450_320_ft1 clouded border moth in flight with hawthorn twig (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Jun 2017
at 18:02 Image of day on 02 Aug 2017
A Clouded Border Moth, long before dark, choosing this vicious looking Blackberry
stem as a convenient perch.
We photographed a Clouded Border moth in flight in 2014 as a moth-trap catch -
see
http://www.moorhen.me.uk/imgofday/arch 2014 aug.htm scrolling down
to 28th August 2014.
The Clouded Border moth has quite high reflective patches in Ultra-violet light - see
http://www.moorhen.me.uk/uv/moths_03.htm
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Ref: 20170802_df3_20170612_1802_008 clouded border moth on blackberry stem(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 21 May 2010
at 10:27 Image of day on 05 Jul 2017
We last saw a Clouded Silver moth in May 2010 in a Moth-trap catch, so it must
be on the wing both day and night (ID books don't state either way). The one
in-flight image from 2010 was only moderately good and we didn't 'publish' it at
the time, but now with a good reference image it is worth including because it
shows how the antennae are tucked underneath the body in the moths resting
position (as widely shown in ID book & WWW images) but are forward in flight.
 in flight (crop)(r+mb id@432).jpg)
Ref: 20170705_da1_20100521_1027_077_ft1 clouded silver moth (lomographa temerata) in flight (crop)(r+mb id@432).jpg
Image Taken on 16 May 2017
at 14:52 Image of day on 05 Jul 2017
This pretty Clouded Silver Moth was flying along a path in the middle of the
afternoon, landing in a patch of Cherry hedge where it stayed long enough to
photograph it.
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Ref: 20170705_df3_20170516_1452_028 clouded silver moth on cherry leaves(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 25 Aug 2019
at 09:34 Image of day on 20 Oct 2019
A Common Carpet Moth makes a couple of flights
 in flight + greater willow herb flowers (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20191020_da1_20190825_0934_156+0935_161+1126_019_ft1 common carpet moth (epirrhoe alternata) in flight + greater willow herb flowers (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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