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Common Marbled Carpet moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata) moth, trapped in Kelvindale, Glasgow, and taken by David Palmar
16 August 2020
Common Marbled Carpet moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Common Marbled Carpet moth (Dysstroma truncata), Kelvindale, Glasgow
26 May 2020
Common Carpet moth at Hamiltonhill Claypits, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) moth at Hamiltonhill Claypits, taken by David Palmar
05 June 2022
Common Carpet Moth, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Carpet Moth (Epirrhoe alternata) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2022
Common Carpet Moth, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Carpet Moth (Epirrhoe alternata) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2022
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Common White Wave moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria) is a moth from the family Geometridae and is commonly distributed throughout Britain. Often confused with the Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata), but is generally whiter with more parallel cross-lines on the forewing. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Common Rustic agg. moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Common Rustic agg. Moth (Mesapamea sp.) trapped in Kelvindale, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. Historically these were a single species; however now they have been split into three, aggregated here. The easiest way to separate the species is by their genitalia, which has not been attempted; colour variations are not so reliable. Their caterpillars feed on grasses such as Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) and Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea).
16 August 2020
Narrow-bordered 5-Spot Burnet Moths mating, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan
Narrow-bordered 5 spot Burnet moths (Zygaena lonicerae) mating on Common (or Black) Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
