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I was up at Gaits Barrow yesterday and took a couple of Pic's of these moths, I think one is a Silver Line but the other one has me stumped sorry if the pic's are not too good but they kept moving a lot Goldie

Hi Goldie,

The first one looks like anania funebris - White Spotted Sable moth. This is not at all common.

Hi Goldie, the first one is Anania funebris: http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1381

Correct on the second: Brown Silver-lines.

Nigel

I'll 3rd Anania funebris.
Tiny moth isn't it with a habit of flying under the leaves?

ScottD wrote:I'll 3rd Anania funebris.
Tiny moth isn't it with a habit of flying under the leaves?

Sure is. I saw a handful at Glasdrum Wood a few days back and we get them on Crymlyn Burrows in Swansea too.

ScottD wrote: with a habit of flying under the leaves?

I'll rephrase that for better clarity - it has a habit of landing on the undersides of leaves.

Thanks every body, it was very tiny and I saw it whilst looking for the Dukes, first time I've seen one but it seems they've been seen at GB before, thanks Nigel for your posting about that.

Thanks again every one Goldie