Not one I had ever seen before
How many of you looking in thought this was a plant name you hadn't come across before? :)
Euplagia quadripunctaria and friends
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AndyC
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Euplagia quadripunctaria and friends
Until recently the Jersey Tiger Moth was quite scarce on mainland Britain and is still mainly found in the south west of the country.
Not one I had ever seen before
How many of you looking in thought this was a plant name you hadn't come across before? :)
Not one I had ever seen before
How many of you looking in thought this was a plant name you hadn't come across before? :)
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Re: Euplagia quadripunctaria
Bizarrely, I knew this as we had one in our garden for the first time this year as well and I had also looked it up. Those stripey markings are quite striking, and then the red underwings when it flies even more so!
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Re: Euplagia quadripunctaria
Euplagia means 'good diagonals', I thought it might be an old name for Christia obcordata.
It wasn't!
Chad
It wasn't!
Chad
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Re: Euplagia quadripunctaria and friends
A couple of new visitors to the garden in recent days
Smerinthus ocellata
you can only see its 'eyes' when it opens out it's wings
Lithosia quadra
Still not seeing many butterflies in the garden :(
Smerinthus ocellata
you can only see its 'eyes' when it opens out it's wings
Lithosia quadra
Still not seeing many butterflies in the garden :(
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