Seen today when watering the garden. At about 200 metres altitude in the Alpes-Maritimes. Quite big, about the size of a Red Admiral.
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Moth ID please
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Hi Coin. That's a female oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus. See:
http://ukmoths.org.uk/species/lasiocamp ... us/female/
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http://ukmoths.org.uk/species/lasiocamp ... us/female/
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Thanks a lot Guy, that's great. There's a photo in Tristan Lafranchis's book "Papillons de France" but I didn't recognize it, as mine was much paler (a female?)
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Yes, she's a female. The antennae give that away immediately.
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Re: Moth ID please
Thanks Guy for the link and information.
I saw one Oak Eggar female (on the ground also) at Whiteford Burrows on Saturday 5th September and until I read this thread, I had mistaken it with the Fox Moth...
Also, I've just read that the Fox moth is around in May June whereas the Eggar Moth is out later until late September....
Sylvie
I saw one Oak Eggar female (on the ground also) at Whiteford Burrows on Saturday 5th September and until I read this thread, I had mistaken it with the Fox Moth...
Also, I've just read that the Fox moth is around in May June whereas the Eggar Moth is out later until late September....
Sylvie