All the other creepy crawlies and animals that interact with your garden and the countryside
nuthatch
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by nuthatch Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:24 pm
Look like leopard markings
greg
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by greg Mon Aug 17, 2015 9:08 am
3 from the trap.
Dun-bar.
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Burnished brass.
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Mother of pearl.
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nuthatch
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by nuthatch Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:05 am
The Mother of Pearl's wings look lovely
and the shiny golden ones of the Burnished Brass
Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:04 pm
Great
once again Greg. I have never seen the Mother of Pearl. Very attractive.
greg
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by greg Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:25 pm
Some from this morning....
September thorn.
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Common lutestring.
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Copper underwing.
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Placido
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by Placido Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:19 pm
Well OK, I'll settle for the first and the third but where does the "lutestring", common or otherwise, fit in ??
greg
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by greg Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:42 pm
Placido wrote: Well OK, I'll settle for the first and the third but where does the "lutestring", common or otherwise, fit in ??
lustring
ˈlʌstrɪŋ/
nounhistorical
noun: lutestring
a glossy silk fabric, or a satin-weave fabric resembling it.
well that's wot Google says ............
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by Jacksparrow Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:57 pm
It'll do me Greg. Sometimes it doesn't do to take anything too literally when it come to animal names as the Victorians(and earlier) seemed to have a very vivid imagination.
nuthatch
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by nuthatch Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:01 am
They were probably on something.
Placido
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by Placido Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:01 pm
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
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once again Greg. I have never seen the Mother of Pearl. Very attractive. 
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