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I am going to Abruzzo in a few days and was wondering if anyone had any sites worth visiting in that area or any specialities to see.

Thanks

Mark

Had a great trip but could do with some help with a few ID's

Any help appreciated


Mark

I'm hesitant to proffer much when the likes of Guy Padfield are on the prowl, but I'm confident your Large Wall Brown is precisely that and your fritillaries are both Queen of Spain.

I also think your Long Tailed Blue could be Geranium Bronze.

Quick prowl before bed ...

As David says, the large wall is that, the fritillaries are Queen of Spain and the long-tailed blue is a geranium bronze. The first and second pictures are both tree grayling and the blues are all common blues. The skipper at the end is a fine female silver-spotted skipper - with a tummy full of eggs by the look of it!

Guy

Great Many Thanks for the help despite the poor photos

Mark

One more and a couple of moths
Thanks

Mark

Let's see ... 0070 is Pyralis sp. and if my memory serves me right, it is P. farinalis. The last is Cucullia sp. Those I don't know further.

Another bedtime prowl ... Have you considered autumn ringlet, neoridas, for the ringlet? From the upperside alone, I think I prefer it for that, though marbled, montana, remains a possibility. Both are autumn butterflies though neoridas flies later (montana in Switzerland is very tatty now). One thing that inclines me towards neoridas is the orange band on the hindwing, which is neatly broken by the veins.

We had something of a plague of meal moths (Pyralis farinalis) this year. I was putting them out night after night for weeks on end. They are lovely, bright little moths and always settle with the abdomen curled up, as you can see in your photo. This is one I photographed in my house:



Guy

Many Thanks for all the help

Mark

May I suggest the erebia is meolans, Piedmont Ringlet, as I think I just see a displaced forewing apical spot in s6... admittedly a bit late in the season but (???)

Hi Reverdin, neoridas can have a stray ocellus in s6 - I have a photo of one on my page. The colour looks right for neoridas, the red post-discal band and the ocelli all match up to what I would expect.

Roger