id please might be a moth

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bigbadbutt
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id please might be a moth

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Spotted this in shade all day books and online have come to naught approx 40mm tip to tip.
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JohnR
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Re: id please might be a moth

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I'd say a Riband Wave http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=4170. The red of the door may well make the colour stronger than the moth actually is, though they are variable in colour. There is a form without the dark band.
bigbadbutt
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Re: id please might be a moth

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Thanks JohnR online search confirms.
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