For the last two or three weeks, I have been seeing a very striking and attractive butterfly (or moth - what's the difference?) in my garden.
In flight it is scarlet and flutters. When at rest, the wings are held flat against the body and it appears black with red mangins down the edge of the wings (bottom pair of wings are red?). The body is jet black and fury.
I have never seen anything like it before. I live in the midlands between Coventry and Nuneaton. The environment is suburban, near rural farmland.
Scarlet in flight, black with red wing margins at rest ???
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Could be a burnet, but I suspect that this is less-like the description you gave. See http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=241
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Re: Scarlet in flight, black with red wing margins at rest ?
Seen exactly the same, it is a butterfly but nobody seems to know what it is. It is not a Cinnabar moth. So frustrating
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Re: Scarlet in flight, black with red wing margins at rest ?
Please try and take a photo.
Even something distant and fuzzy on a mobile phone will be useful.
Even something distant and fuzzy on a mobile phone will be useful.
Cheers
Roger
Roger