Egyptian Specimen

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Charles Nicol
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Egyptian Specimen

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this was seen yesterday in Egypt:
egyptmoth.png
can you suggest an identity please ?

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Grass Webworm, Herpetogramma licarcisalis.

There were a couple of English records recently amongst many other migrants. I believe one record prior to these.
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A Grass Webworm was trapped at Dungeness obs; on 30th of September this year ,i saw it when it was boxed ......as Aeshna says ,a very rare moth ...............at least in the UK . Theres a good photo on the observatory website for the 30th Sept ..........a few pages back.
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aeshna5 wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:48 am Grass Webworm, Herpetogramma licarcisalis.

There were a couple of English records recently amongst many other migrants. I believe one record prior to these.
thank you so much aeshna ! i shall let my brother know right away :D

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My pleasure.
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