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Have had a look round jacksparrow. Could the micro moth be a small purple, that is the common name.


Or a small purple barred.

Willpar wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:22 am Have had a look round jacksparrow. Could the micro moth be a small purple, that is the common name.


Or a small purple barred.

I have looked in my Moth book and we can definitely rule out the Small Purple Barred. I can't see an image of a Small Purple

Don't have a moth book myself. Was relying on pics I found on the internet. Did not realize that there were micro and macro moths.

May the lord preserve us from macro moths !!

Summerwatch extra.

Good to see the intriguing cuckoopint again , and various fungi out and about.
I wondered whether the alstroemeria was attractive to bees so I googled it and it is, so that's a Good Thing .
Macro moth again , and a dragonfly, which must have been a great find.

Another belter Willpar
According to my moth book the black and white stripey one is a Jersey Tiger which is the largest of the Tiger Moths. They also label it a "suspected imigrant" which suggests it is a non-native species that arrives in the UK via favourable breezes.

Thanks both, placi there is even more plants of that lily where I found the first one. And yes the fungi are beginning to make a show.

Jacksparrow, I seen that the moth was a jersey tiger, so assumed that's where it came from. Ah well is a nice moth though.

Natures Bounty.

autumn the season of "Mists and mellow fruitfulness" Lovely willpar.
Plenty of grub for the winter Thrushes and others later in the year.