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Mother Shipton or Dingy Skipper
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:08 pm
by AndyR
Hi,
Spotted what I thought was a Dingy Skipper this afternoon on the edge of Woodbury Common, East Devon, on a wooded bridleway. Got home and am now unsure?
Sorry its not a great photo!
Thanks
Andy
Re: Mother Shipton or Dingy Skipper
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:19 pm
by millerd
Definitely a moth - a Latticed Heath?
Dave
Re: Mother Shipton or Dingy Skipper
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:20 pm
by Padfield
Hi Andy,
I think that's a common heath moth (Ematurga atomaria). It's certainly not a dingy skipper or a Mother Shipton.
Guy
Re: Mother Shipton or Dingy Skipper
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:23 pm
by David M
Agreed. Mother Shipton's have a defined 'witch's nose' pattern on their forewing, whilst Dingy Skippers have robust bodies and very markedly clubbed antennae.
Re: Mother Shipton or Dingy Skipper
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:32 pm
by Padfield
(Yorkshire, some time in the 16th century)
(Switzerland, this morning)
Guy
Re: Mother Shipton or Dingy Skipper
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:39 pm
by AndyR
Thanks folks thats really helpful, now got a copy of the Townsend and Waring book so should be better equipped on the moth front.
Andy