Sunday 14 August 2016

A Magpie of the Moth Variety

As we walked past a hedge on our early walkies this morning a moth flew out, landed briefly on Penny's back and then carried on across the lane to rest on a fence:

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This was only my second sighting of a Magpie Moth, Abraxas grossulariata. From a distance it was bending in fairly well with the wood so I doubt I would have noticed it if it hadn't flown across our path.

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  1. Even for me, a mothophobic, this is beautiful.

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    1. Weaver: You and me both. I looked up fear of moths - Mottephobia, so now I know what I suffer from. Apparently Motte is the German word for moths.

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  2. I am a little bit envious. It's a cracker.

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    1. Adrian: Said to be common, but less so in Scotland.

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