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Butterfly Ident Help

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:25 am
by elizium
Cant figure out what this butterfly is. It was found lying on its side near the coast in Dorset. It`s body was yellow with black dots along it. Sorry the pic is a bit blurry.

Re: Butterfly Ident Help

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:48 am
by m_galathea
It's a Magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata).

Alexander

Re: Butterfly Ident Help

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:27 pm
by elizium
Thanks for the info. I should have checked moths as well.