Hi Dave, Sorry - still no cigar. Lovely though they are, they're still not what I saw. Though the memory of it is fading, my beastie was more like my sketch I'd posted in an earlier reply ... though on reflection perhaps with slightly fewer spots on the wings but still more than just a handfull. Che...

Hi Dave,

Sorry, the Nine-spotted isn't even close - apart from the spots the body was bright yellow and the wings were pale yellow/cream ... and the spots were dark, smaller, and more random.

Cheers

Nope - it wasn't the Buff or White Ermine (not so "hairy"), nor was it the Leopard Moth - it had "proper" butterfly wings. I was hoping it would be called something as obvious as a Leopard Moth or the like but my own searches didn't turn up any hits on anything like that. Have I ...

Hi Dave,

Nope, that's not it either I'm afraid - I've tried to do a quick sketch (see attached) of the colouring and patternation on my critter to see if that helps any in its identification. Please don't laugh at my pathetic artistic effort - it's meant to be "representative"

Cheers

Hi maryinoxford, Nope - it was more leopard than tiger. That's what struck me ... and that's what I based my searching on of the Web trying to identify it. The contrast between the bright yellow body and the fairly plain wings, plus the leopard-like patternation was memorable to say the least. I jus...

Hi Matsukaze, Thanks for taking the time to post a reply on this but I don't think this was what I saw yesterday. The light colour on the wings of Mary's Magpie Moth was about the same but my critter had far fewer spots on its wings, they were well dispersed, and only scattered along maybe the front...

Hi, I saw a butterfly or moth (sorry, I'm no expert) on Sunday 28th June 2009 in my back garden in Dundee, Scotland that I can't identify. It was maybe 4-5cm across, bright rich-yellow body with spots, and pale yellow/cream coloured wings with spots on top of the leading halves of the wings. What st...