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Cambridgeshire Moth please !!

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:41 pm
by Charles Nicol
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this was on a window a few days ago ( about 9pm ).

any suggestions would be very welcome :)

thanks in advance

Charles

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Re: Cambridgeshire Moth please !!

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:47 pm
by Trev Sawyer
Hey Charles,
If you had guessed a name, might you have said a Winter Moth? Operophtera brumata.

Trev

Re: Cambridgeshire Moth please !!

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:50 pm
by bugboy
My best guess would be a male Winter Moth but difficult to say with any certainty from the underside alone.

Re: Cambridgeshire Moth please !!

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:59 pm
by Charles Nicol
bugboy wrote:My best guess would be a male Winter Moth but difficult to say with any certainty from the underside alone.
thanks for that accurate ID... it was a bit nippy to go outside !! :oops:

Charles

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Re: Cambridgeshire Moth please !!

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:00 pm
by Charles Nicol
Trev Sawyer wrote:Hey Charles,
If you had guessed a name, might you have said a Winter Moth? Operophtera brumata.

Trev
Thanks for your help Trev !! There were 3 of these little chaps on the French Windows.

Charles

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