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Can you help???????
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:34 pm
by Patrolling
Hi all, can anybody identify this, which I have only ever seen twice!
Re: Can you help???????
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:37 pm
by Mark Colvin
Hi Patrolling,
Welcome to the forum.
This is the Jersey Tiger moth,
Euplagia quadripunctaria.
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=862
A nice find ...
Kind regards. Mark
Re: Can you help???????
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:41 pm
by MikeOxon
It's a Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria). It'd be interesting to know where you saw it. There is, apparently, a population in London.
Mike
Re: Can you help???????
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:43 pm
by Patrolling
Thats great - thanks!
Both sightings have been on the Isle of Wight
Was it known that they lived here?
Re: Can you help???????
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:44 pm
by Patrolling
Ooops, just read the link, so it was already known!
Re: Can you help???????
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:43 pm
by Patrolling
Managed to find another one of these on my lawn today, ended up picking it up and holding it right up to my eyes and had a good look!