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Angle Shades moth, Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - East Loch Lomond
Angle Shades moth in Cashel, Loch Lomond
18 September 2016
Tawny-barred Angle moth, Speyside
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
A somewhat faded Tawny-barred Angle (Macaria liturata) moth in the family Geometridae, taken by David Palmar on the dava Way near Grantown-on-Spey. In a fresher specimen, three dark bars across the forewings would be more easily visible.
20 July 2020
Angle Shades moth
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) at Wester Moss, Fallin
13 September 2016
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
Buff Ermine moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Buff Ermine (Spilarctia luteum) is a moth from the family Erebidae. The forewings are a yellowish-buff to whitish-buff colour. The number and size of the black dots on the wings vary but a distinctive diagonal row of elongated spots running from the forewing tip to trailing edge can distinguish it from the White Ermine. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
BeautIful Brocade moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Beautiful Brocade (Lacanobia contigua) is a moth from the family Noctuidae. Distributed widely, but locally and discontinuously, over a large part of Britain. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Forest bug, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
This Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) can be identified by its distinctive red-orange legs and an orange spot on its back. They have a dark brown body during autumn and a paler, bronze-coloured body in summer. Photo taken by David Palmar at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Poplar Lutestring moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Poplar Lutestring (Tethea or) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. Characterised by its four cross-lines, or 'lutestrings' on the inner part of the forewing, this species sometimes shows a slight purplish tinge when fresh. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
