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Moths Page 13
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
Image Taken on 14 Jul 2013
at 14:45 Image of day on 03 Sep 2013
This White Plume Moth was caught in the daytime and shows how the
filaments on the wing struts lay over one another to make a
(admittedly weak) aerodynamic structure.
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Ref: 20130903_da1_20130714_1445_309+1229_015_ft1 white plume moth in flight with grass (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jun 2011
at 15:40 Image of day on 10 Aug 2011
This time the moth is flying right to left and banking
towards the camera.
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Ref: 20110810_da1_20110626_1540_287+1537_270_ft1 white plume moth in flight with hawthorn twig (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Jul 2013
at 14:34 Image of day on 03 Sep 2013
After release this same White Plume Moth decided it liked the
post of our conservatory gate and was still there when we went to
bed, but gone next morning.
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Ref: 20130903_p10_20130714_1434_791 white plume moth on security gate post (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Jun 2020
at 12:57 Image of day on 12 Jul 2020
It took a while to identify this caterpillar as that of the White Satin
Moth.
We met a pair of Imago (i.e. the finished moth) 7 years ago (2013) that you
can see two-thirds of the way down page
arch 2013 sep.htm.
 caterpillar (orig)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20200712_df3_20200609_1257_062 white satin moth (leucoma salicis) caterpillar (orig)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Jul 2013
at 11:03 Image of day on 08 Sep 2013
One of the two White Satin Moths obliged with a flight for us.
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Ref: 20130908_da1_20130722_1103_042+1300_255_ft1 white satin moth in flight as from grass head (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 20 Jul 2013
at 16:40 Image of day on 08 Sep 2013
This White Satin Moth was hanging like this from a grass seed head
a couple of metres from the moth trap in which we caught another.
We like the pretty black and white ringed legs.
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Ref: 20130908_a77_20130720_1640_004 white satin moth on grass head (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 21 May 2019
at 10:33 Image of day on 26 Jun 2019
We have seen lots 'Carpet Moths' here over the years, but it seems to be
the first time we have seen this 'Wood Carpet Moth'.
 on sweetheart (first sighting here) (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20190626_df5_20190521_1033_045 wood carpet moth (epirrhoe rivata) on sweetheart (first sighting here) (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Jul 2021
at 08:30 Image of day on 15 Aug 2021
A Yellow Shell moth rests on a thistle leaf in the dark of the hedge.
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Ref: 20210815_d73_20210709_0830_075 yellow shell moth(r+mb id@432).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Jun 2014
at 11:29 Image of day on 29 Aug 2014
This Yellow Shell moth is a day flying moth shown with a small
sample of Orange Hawkweed
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Ref: 20140829_da1_20140622_1129_062+1324_093_ft1 yellow shell moth in flight with orange hawkweed (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Jul 2019
at 14:50 Image of day on 20 Aug 2019
This Yellow Shell Moth has been given a green cast by sunlight shining through
the Laurel leaf above it.
We considered 'colour correcting' the image, but this is what we saw.
Checking the ID in a venerable insect ID book this species was alone on the page
as being shown on a dead leaf, so maybe this is a typical daytime hiding
place.
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Ref: 20190820_df3_20190703_1450_126 yellow shell moth just landed on dead leaf in shade of live leaf tinging the moth with green(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jun 2010
at 14:29 Image of day on 11 Aug 2010
The range of yellow underwing moths are always startling as they
change from a drab brown into a brilliant yellow-orange display
that frightens off many potential predators.
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Ref: 20100811_da1_20100627_1429_019+1522_208_ft1 yellow underwing moth in flight with hawthorn twig (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 19 Aug 2012
at 14:22 Image of day on 27 Sep 2012
This small mostly white moth is a Yellow-tail Moth - a new species for us.
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Ref: 20120927_da1_20120819_1422_245+1519_428_ft1 yellow-tail moth in flight with hedging (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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