This moth was visiting flowers in my garden in Northamptonshire, and then it settled down to rest in the shade of a leaf. It had a distinctive shiny orangey blob on its thorax, but I can't find anything similar on my web searches.
Can anyone help me to identify it please?
Linda
Day flying moth
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Re: Day flying moth
This is a silver-y moth: http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1134 there are a few Y moths in Britian, but this is usually the most common because of immigrants from Europe
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Re: Day flying moth
Thank you Dave
I have followed the link, and the markings are almost identical to my photos of 'my' moth with its wings closed - apart from the orange blob. Does the blob mean it is a slightly different moth, or had it got something wrong with it? You must excuse my ignorance if that is a really stupid thing to say.
Linda
I have followed the link, and the markings are almost identical to my photos of 'my' moth with its wings closed - apart from the orange blob. Does the blob mean it is a slightly different moth, or had it got something wrong with it? You must excuse my ignorance if that is a really stupid thing to say.
Linda
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Re: Day flying moth
The blob just means that the tuft of hiar around the top of its head has gone, usually happens with age, happens in a lot of moths and butterflies when they age, the hair tufts rub of leaving the red/orange head.LindaL wrote:Thank you Dave
I have followed the link, and the markings are almost identical to my photos of 'my' moth with its wings closed - apart from the orange blob. Does the blob mean it is a slightly different moth, or had it got something wrong with it? You must excuse my ignorance if that is a really stupid thing to say.
Linda
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Re: Day flying moth
Happens with some people toojust means that the tuft of hiar around the top of its head has gone, usually happens with age, happens in a lot of moths and butterflies when they age, the hair tufts rub of leaving the red/orange head.
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