Placido wrote:Aaahhaaahh, just have thought of this first ....... after your explanation, Greg, I had a dip into my grandad's old dictionary and there it is ~ lustring - a species of glossy silk.
Derives from the noun "lustre". Nothing to do with the mediaeval stringed instrument so I would hazard that the correct name of the moff under discussion is "Common Lustring". I like that .
No! The name is Common lutestring ! ( there's also a Poplar lutestring, a Satin lutestring and an Oak lutestring (moff))
Where's that sofa .....................
Dictionary
lutestring
noun lute·string \ˈlüt-(ˌ)striŋ\
Definition of LUTESTRING
: a plain glossy silk formerly much used for women's dresses and ribbons
I've just read that Greg is off on a fambly sojourn - just in time to miss ..... mothnight.info !!!
We've all got to get out there at dead of night and start counting, armed with treacle, sugar and beer/wine (they're not fussy).
The main migrant moth to be found is the Convulvulus Hawkmoth which is as big as a hand and has a proboscis to match.
I have found this year to be a particularly bumper year for Moth numbers. We've had more in the house this year than at any time I can remember in the past. Big ones,small ones though,sadly, nothing very exotic. Is this a local thing for me or are others experiencing something similar?
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I've borrowed it !!
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Good one, Placi 
