Great photo of the Hornet Clearwing moth Doggie... Brilliant impersonation of a real hornet isn't it and most predators would steer well clear of this harmless moth. It won't have been far away from a Black Poplar tree which are pretty rare in the UK either, so well done. There is a tree outside my...
Ok, I've done some research into this and studied many images and videos. Having watched the following video I'm certain this is the species that I saw... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xls_6L7p-Nc Also this pic, the groundside which I got a really got look at. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2552/39...
Would it by any chance be a large tortoiseshell? I know some have been spotted this year in UK, but if its not that either, then idk. Also agree with Guy: Perhaps we will never know what you saw - but I'm much happier with that result than knowing what it was because you caught it and killed it, li...
Sorry, I should have posted this in 'identification' rather than sightings. :D I guess the odds of seeing a clouded yellow are much higher, but I have seen those before, this was a far more zingy orange and didn't fly like one of those. I got a good look at the underside or groundside, and it wasn't...
Well, the thing about this creature was how it attracted my attention. From some 20-30 metres away I remarked at it's bright yellowy-orange colour to my wife, who was wholly disinterested :lol: I immediately knew it was something I had never seen before however and chased after it for 5 minutes befo...
I'm happy for someone to tell me this was something different, but I'm fairly convinced this was a large copper, despite it's status. :? Anyway, to describe it - the open wings were entirely orange with no obvious pattern, with span of 4-5cm. I managed to approach it when resting, finally, and the c...