Butterfly ident.

[Mick Dempsey]

They're amazing aren't they?

[essential]

here's a litter one I saw in dorest , great detail yet so small.

 

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[slack ma girdle]

Sorry Mick, I can't help you with that one.

 

 

But

 

I did see this Moth in the New Forest a couple of weeks ago. Looked just like a silver birch twig. Amazing camophlage.

 

Buff tip

[Rich Rule]

Thank you.

 

From one end it looked like someone had burned a Thomas the tank style face on the bugger. My kids loved it.

[Anno]

That's a Micromoth probably Pyrausta purpuralis...

[Anno]

thats the Dorset one sorry, Buff Tips are great and yes that is Camouflage to stop predation, a severed Birch Twig!

[Anno]

Sorry, better photo.

 

Small Dusty Wave Moth...

Edited August 30, 2016 by Anno

[Mick Dempsey]

Small Dusty Wave Moth...

 

So it is! Thank you Anno.

[Mick Dempsey]

And another to challenge the lepidopterists, I managed to liberate this moth from my front door, but got a snap beforehand.

 

(Don't forget this is France but similar climate to the U.K.)

[nepia]

The Magpie Moth I'd say, which is known for its variable markings and used to be bred for that purpose apparently.

 

The caterpillars used to be regarded as a pest of gooseberries.