I may be 400 miles from home but with the power of a new phenomenon called Internet Wiffy or 5Gees I can bring you a #MothOfTheDay from yesterday’s batch. This is
PEBBLE PROMINENT (see pebble effect on wing)
Notodonta ziczac (great #Latin)
Larvae feed on sallow and poplar. Common and widespread
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Milder last night before I head off on my hols for 10 days, and this big beast paid me a visit
POPLAR HAWK-MOTH
Laothoe populi
Common, but impressive with a 9cm wingspan in flight and the cutest of cute Muppet-like fuzzy face.
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#MothOfTheDay is a small bundle known as
TOADFLAX BROCADE
Calophasia lunula
Local to southeast and parts of central UK, often more numerous near shingle beaches, its larvae feed on toadflax.
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#MothOfTheDay - the other day, I had the chunky Great Prominent. Today, the smaller, woodchip cousin called
PALE PROMINENT
Pterostoma palpina
It was on the clematis bark stem and very blended in until my eagle eye spotted him. Very common and larvae feed on sallows
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#MothOfTheDay is a highly coloured micromoth of barely 5mm in length. Looks like a tiny grain of rice until you get close up and personal...
WOOD MARBLE
Lobesia reliquana
Larvae feed on new oak shoots. Two boarded in the moth box overnight.
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A real beauty and one of my absolute favourite moths. Introducing:
MILLER
Acronicta leporina
So named as it looks like it's been dusted in milled flour. Larvae feed on deciduous trees. Pretty common in south of UK
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#MothOfTheDay is another geometer (a flatty rather than a fatty). Pale skin with rosy cheeks, this is
MAIDEN’S BLUSH
Cyclophora punctaria
Another whose larvae feed on #oak
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#MothOfTheDay
Not the best photo. It was in a very awkward position and I only got one chance before I got a too close and it flew away.
WAVED UMBER
Menophra abruptaria
A wood mimic that can easily blend into the right background.
Larvae feed on privet and lilac (the latter is aplenty in our garden)
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A little warmer last night, but close to a full moon, so lowish expectations.
Delighted to get two:
GREAT PROMINENT
Peridea anceps
Large old beast. Larvae feed on oak.
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Still very cold nights and moths are not aplenty.
#MothOfTheDay does at least add a little colour to a dull and cloudy Tuesday.
First sighting in 2026 of
BRIMSTONE
Opisthograptis luteolata
Extremely common in the UK and larvae feed on Hawthorn and similar
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