White moth on my wall
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:52 am
I left my window open last night, and I've just discovered a rather pretty moth moth on my wall.
Unfortunately, my camera is absolutely useless for anything smaller than head sized, so I'll have to make do with a description.
It is white/light cream with little black spots and dashes scattered over it's wings, it's head and "shoulders" are covered in white fur.
It's about 2.5 cm long.
It has thin black legs, with white fur above the "knees".
It's antennae are thin and black and about 0.7 cm long. I think it's a male as it has a thin "comb" on them.
The wings are folded over the thorax, but with a bit of kneeling down and peering I can see that the thorax is also white furred and a little shorter than the wings.
It is rather well camouflaged against my magnolia coloured wall, in fact my daughter spotted it before I did.
It was spotted in south Wales, near Bridgend.
I hope someone can identify this for me, or at least point me in the right direction, sorry for the lack of proper anatomical terms, I'm much better at flowers and fish!
Unfortunately, my camera is absolutely useless for anything smaller than head sized, so I'll have to make do with a description.
It is white/light cream with little black spots and dashes scattered over it's wings, it's head and "shoulders" are covered in white fur.
It's about 2.5 cm long.
It has thin black legs, with white fur above the "knees".
It's antennae are thin and black and about 0.7 cm long. I think it's a male as it has a thin "comb" on them.
The wings are folded over the thorax, but with a bit of kneeling down and peering I can see that the thorax is also white furred and a little shorter than the wings.
It is rather well camouflaged against my magnolia coloured wall, in fact my daughter spotted it before I did.
It was spotted in south Wales, near Bridgend.
I hope someone can identify this for me, or at least point me in the right direction, sorry for the lack of proper anatomical terms, I'm much better at flowers and fish!