Category Archives: Moths

Eyed Hawk-moth

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Big, Fat and Beautiful Saturday 18 June, Spurn. Not in a moth trap but emerged from pupa stage in long grass. Its body was particularly fat. Is this a female then, similar to the different body shapes of the different sexes of Poplar Hawk Moths? Oh- and how do you spell … Continue reading →

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Pebble Prominent

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Just because it look great! From my Moth Trap at Spurn sometime last summer. Just because its looks great! It’s a Pebble Prominent Moth Notodonta ziczac. Apparently common across Britain and it’s on the wing now.  

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