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Willpar
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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.
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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 :(
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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.
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:eek: :bolt: :jawdrop: May the lord preserve us from macro moths !!
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Summerwatch extra.

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Good to see the intriguing cuckoopint again :nod:, 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 :yes: .
Macro moth again :dogrun: :butterfly:, and a dragonfly, which must have been a great find.
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Another belter Willpar :nod: :clap:
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. :)
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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.
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Natures Bounty.

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