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mark24374
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identify please.

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Hi saw this today and not sure what it was thxs mark.
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Trev Sawyer
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That is a Cinnabar moth Mark.

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Is this what my one is as well, please ? I got this in June 2005 in Hampshire but he looks quite similar and I've often wondered what he was !!

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Yes - that's a Cinnabar too.

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Neil Freeman
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Hi,

Later in the summer you may come across the caterpillars of these, very easy to spot on Ragwort. The photo below was taken last July in Cornwall.
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