Monday, 2 July 2012

What's the moth

With little birding and mothing on offer at the moment I thought I would publish some of my gen det moths to test your ID skills. Here is the first one. I will publish the answer soon in the comments section.

4 comments:

  1. I'll stick my neck out and say Brown Rustic Paul

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  2. Agree with that, the dashes are a give away :)

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  3. Looking at the markings along the wing fringe, I'd say Pale Mottled Willow?

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  4. It is indeed a Brown Rustic male. As Bennyboymothman says the white dots on the leading edge of the forewing are consistent with this species.

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