Trois French moths anyone?

wildscenes · Post by **wildscenes** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:17 pm

I'm rubbish at moths as well as butterflies

Any ideas on these three?

Matsukaze · Post by **Matsukaze** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:47 pm

The first two are burnet moths of some sort - I have tried looking on this link to identify them:

http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesP ... eFilip.htm

The second picture looks like Zygaena fausta.

The third picture looks like a species of forester moth.

wildscenes · Post by **wildscenes** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:34 am

Matsukaze wrote:The first two are burnet moths of some sort - I have tried looking on this link to identify them:

http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesP ... eFilip.htm

The second picture looks like Zygaena fausta.

The third picture looks like a species of forester moth.

Thanks for the info. I thought the same as you i.e two burnets and a forrester. Having followed up links from your info I think the first is a 5 spot burnet and the second, as you kindly pointed out, is Zygaena-fausta. Still looking for an id on the forrester.

regards

John

IAC · Post by **IAC** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:27 pm

Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon) UK MOTHS..These photos are incredible!!!
And by the way I only took about 2 minutes of my time to research this answer so ...who knows.. just an idea.

wildscenes · Post by **wildscenes** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:38 pm

IAC wrote:Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon) UK MOTHS..These photos are incredible!!!
And by the way I only took about 2 minutes of my time to research this answer so ...who knows.. just an idea.

Thanks IAC - cistus forrester it is. I should have had a look at UK moths - never knew we got them in the UK - a new species for me. Thanks for the kind words on the images too.