I wonder whether it is possible to name these. I suppose most of the ones I saw were M. telmessia, but some just might have been M. megala. Two of these are the best candidates based on what little I know of the differencies. Any ideas?

Is there any point in even asking about the males?

Just how do you get a stack of living cat? I'm beyond impressed.

That it is.

I'd say the last is Apopestes spectrum. I wouldn't know otherwise, but someone ID'd my picture of the same...

Oh boy. These too look very much like P. ostrinalis. I don't really know the official differentiating factors, but the yellow band in the forewing is more or less continuous and there is yellow band (as opposed to almost exclusively red in P. purpuralis) at the outer margin of rear wing.

This one is most likely Scopula floslactata. S. ternata is another possibility.

I'd say the latter. The former is not so pure white.

I think this may actually be Pyrausta purpuralis (Common Purple and Gold). The nice underwing shot you have, shows whitish markings. Have a look here: http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1362 I think so too. Pyrausta ostrinalis would be closer than Pyrausta aurata , but I don't think it is either.

I'll second the E. monodactyla.

I tried to explain before that you DO NOT NEED ADAPTERS. They are Panasonic's expensive way of screwing more money out of people who do not understand O-level physics. For close up lens - probably not. However, those can also be used for some teleconverter setups, which can be so heavy that I would...

If you have to get a new camera, remember to check the sizes and interface. You are used to the 10D and all the other #0D models are similar (well, I'm not quite sure about the 70D). All the #00D models are much smaller and have only one control wheel. Personally I don't like their interface at all....

I would guess it is rather dark Idaea trigeminata a.k.a. Treble Brown Spot.

I'm missing a few, some of which I have never seen, but mostly because I see them belting around in the heat of the day and rarely with wings closed. Those are so useful that feel free to borrow any of my pictures for the purpose. B. aquilonaris comes to mind from this batch ... and E. maturna in a...

And the first brings to mind Melanchra pisi, though there might be others like it.

At this time of year we might have some snow, so this is not too bad.

Some of the red-nosed ones might be Rudolphs, but reindeer they aint.

Actually it's surprisingly warm at +8C. That means there's no sign of sun, though.

I would say the cat is Macrothylagia rubi, but there's a chance for some close relative I'm not familiar with.

Oh well, I might just as well add the last.

The first three are likely E. euryales, the next two E. oemes and the last E. claudina is here to tease you.

In the end, these are way easier than Pyrgus or Melitaea.

The last one didn't get any comments, so it is time to add the last of the group. 1: P. cacaliae 2: Pyrgus sp. The color and shine seems completely different from all the others. On second thought ... malvae/malvoides? I have a similar shine from one in Finnland. 3: Pyrgus sp. The angle makes this r...

Mostly Geese trying to get out while they can.

If the temperature picks up again from the current +5 C, some of the autumn moths could be seen. Epirrita, Operophtera, Erannis, Conistra etc. The butterflies are gone.