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Confirmation Please - Dark Arches, UK (1 Viewer)

ChrisLuv

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Sorry about the picture quality. This is the first moth I've trapped, I potted it last night after finding it at the porch light. Looking in my guide I think its a Dark Arches, but I need an expert opinion please as it looks like a lot of things.

Any tips on photography too, its wing tips were fluttering a lot and it was hard to get the shutter fast enough. Perhaps it wasn't settled enough? I did have some trouble getting it off the egg box and had to tap it a few times onto a leaf. I got a few photos, of which this is the best, before it fluttered off into the bottom of a nearby plant and I didn't want to disturb it again.

Many thanks,
Chris
 

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When the wings shiver it is generating energy to fly. Warming the muscles up basically.
If you can catch it in a small pot or jar, then you can pop it in a fridge overnight, which will slow it down. Photograph it in the morning, and then release it at dusk.

I think it's a Dark Arches too, but I am a rank beginner.

Jonathan
 
Sorry about the picture quality. This is the first moth I've trapped, I potted it last night after finding it at the porch light. Looking in my guide I think its a Dark Arches, but I need an expert opinion please as it looks like a lot of things.

Any tips on photography too, its wing tips were fluttering a lot and it was hard to get the shutter fast enough. Perhaps it wasn't settled enough? I did have some trouble getting it off the egg box and had to tap it a few times onto a leaf. I got a few photos, of which this is the best, before it fluttered off into the bottom of a nearby plant and I didn't want to disturb it again.

Many thanks,
Chris

You had an egg box by the porch light??
It's always worth taking a pic of the moth on the egg box before disturbing it, especially if it is primarily for ID purposes.
Ken
 
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