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Image Taken on 30 May 2022
at 07:08 Image of day on 03 Jul 2022
2 days later only a few of the threads used by the Spindle Ermine Moth Caterpillars remain.
Here a camera flash makes them clearer.
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Ref: 20220703_d72_20220530_0708_050 spindle ermine moth caterpillars on hanging silk threads(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 30 May 2022
at 07:08 Image of day on 03 Jul 2022
This is the clump of Spindle Ermine Moth caterpillars in the middle of the above image,
but photographed with flash from the other side.
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Ref: 20220703_d72_20220530_0708_051 spindle ermine moth caterpillars on hanging silk threads(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Jun 2022
at 08:44 Image of day on 08 Jul 2022
The mass showing this year of Spindle Ermine Moth caterpillar has effected every
one of our Spindle Trees - we haven't counted, but we planted 25 about thirty years ago
and most of them 'took'. Damage varies from perhaps 30% loss of foliage
to about 10 of the trees stripped completely bare of leaves.
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Ref: 20220708_df3_20220607_0844_020 spindle ermine moth caterpillars wrapped in spindle leaves(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Jul 2015
at 14:19 Image of day on 05 Sep 2015
There are two types of Burnet Moth in the UK (5 and 6 spot) where
you count the spots on one side only. This is a 5 spot.
Should you find a similar coloured moth without all the spots
check out the Cinnabar Moth instead.
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Ref: 20150905_df3_20150702_1419_091 5 spot burnet moth feeding on thistle flower (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Sep 2010
at 09:36 Image of day on 09 Nov 2010
A really pretty little moth we think is a 'Square-spot Rustic'.
 (q) moth in flight with hawthorn twig (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20101109_da1_20100912_0936_108+0940_117_ft1 square-spot rustic (xestia xanthographa) (q) moth in flight with hawthorn twig (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 18 Aug 2009
at 09:50 Image of day on 27 Sep 2009
Continuing from yesterdays night flying moth, first a
subtle brown moth called the 'Swallow Prominent'.
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Ref: 20090927_da1_20090818_0950_195+1033_287_ft1 swallow prominent moth male in flight with rough hawks-beard flower (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Oct 2013
at 10:21 Image of day on 20 Dec 2013
We haven't recorded a T-Moth (a type of plume moth) for 3 years, and
spotted this one perched in a miniature evergreen outside the house.
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Ref: 20131220_a77_20131027_1021_012 t-moth plume moth in conifer (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Sep 2019
at 20:08 Image of day on 05 Nov 2019
2 short visits by obviously the same Tawny Owl 2 days apart.
The 1st & 3rd, and 2nd & 4th (from the left) images are uncannily almost
identical despite quite definitely being 2 days apart - notice the new damage to
the post at the top right hand edge occurring in the intervening 2 days.
 1-5 of 5 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg)
Ref: 20191105_d01_20190916_2008_087-20190918_1937_169_fb6 tawny owl short visits 2 nights apart with moth (4 of 5) 1-5 of 5 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 21 May 2010
at 11:28 Image of day on 26 Jun 2010
A stunningly beautiful White Ermine moth caught overnight in a moth trap
You don't see the orange body when it is 'at rest'.
 in flight (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20100626_da1_20100521_1128_322_ft1 white ermine moth (spilosoma lubricipeda) in flight (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 27 May 2017
at 11:30 Image of day on 20 Jul 2017
A 'frequent flier' is the White Ermine Moth, here echoing the colours
of an Oxeye Daisy flower. This is a concoction of 3 separate flights
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Ref: 20170720_da1_20170527_1130_136+1131_145+1145_185+1326_200_ft1 white ermine moth flights + oxeye daisy flower (montage 2)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Jun 2021
at 13:56 Image of day on 03 Jul 2021
A montages celebration of this beautiful White Ermine moth.
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Ref: 20210703_da1_20210601_1356_279+1358_293_ft1 white ermine moth in 5 flights (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Jun 2015
at 13:40 Image of day on 06 Aug 2015
This White Ermine moth is one of the species is one of the
species responsible for leaving 'silk' all over hedges.
These two images were separate flights montaged for effect.
 + grass seed head (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20150806_da1_20150607_1340_162+153+1315_077_ft1 white ermine moth in flight (2 flights) + grass seed head (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 18 May 2014
at 12:50 Image of day on 13 Jul 2014
This is a white Ermine moth as a view from each of 2 different flights
montaged to show top and bottom in what we think is an attractive way.
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Ref: 20140713_da1_20140518_1250_028+1248_019_ft1 white ermine moth in flight (arbitrary montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 01 May 2011
at 15:53 Image of day on 30 May 2011
This (not a new species) is the White Ermine caught the same night.
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Ref: 20110530_da1_20110501_1553_248+1602_291_ft1 white ermine moth in flight with hawthorn twig (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 29 May 2009
at 15:04 Image of day on 29 Jun 2009
Some other moths in the trap included 'Ermine' moths which
have beautiful speckled wings. The first image is of the White Ermine.
(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20090629_d01_20090529_1504_178+1556_272 ft1 white ermine moth in flight with oak leaves (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Jun 2021
at 13:58 Image of day on 03 Jul 2021
A close up of this White Ermine moth with the tip of a grass blade for scale.
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Ref: 20210703_da1_20210601_1358_293+1523_409_ft1 white ermine moth in flight with tip of grass blade (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Jun 2021
at 13:57 Image of day on 03 Jul 2021
The White Ermine Moth is an extremely attractive sight glowing in
the dark of the Moth Trap. Reluctant to leave the 'pill' box at
the start of the session, you see here the resting insect (right)
with no hint of the glorious orange body (left) while warming up the
wing muscles ready for flight.
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Ref: 20210703_da1_20210601_1357_285+1355_276_ft1 white ermine moth on box showing orange body only when flapping wings (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Jul 2021
at 15:47 Image of day on 15 Aug 2021
A White Plume Moth still flutters the wings to gain balance after landing on
this grass blade. The name Pentadactyla refers to the 5 separate wing segments
that align in the perched insect so it looks like a bit of stick.
 landing on grass stem with wings still spread(r+mb id@576).jpg)
Ref: 20210815_d73_20210708_1547_037 white plume moth (pterophorus pentadactyla) landing on grass stem with wings still spread(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 23 Jul 2019
at 16:19 Image of day on 13 Sep 2019
We startled this White Plume Moth hiding in the path and it flew off to
find another safe place. It perched upside down partly in shade under these
'weeds'.
How different the world must be to these tiny creatures.
In the Insect Flight Tunnel we often see insects flying inverted, but tend not
to show them as aberrations caused by the artificial setup, but maybe it is
quite normal.
 perched inverted on foliage(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20190913_d72_20190723_1619_027 white plume moth (pterophorus pentadactyla) perched inverted on foliage(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jun 2011
at 15:39 Image of day on 10 Aug 2011
One of our favourite moths is the plume moth. When perched
it is a white 'T' shape with the 'plumes' brought close together.
(Another Plume moth called the 'T' is brown and really does
align all the plumes)
In flight the plumes separate out to form a wing 'surface'.
Here the insect is flying away from the camera and upwards.
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Ref: 20110810_da1_20110626_1539_285_ft1 white plume moth in flight (crop)(r+mb id@432).jpg
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