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European Cup Final Moths!! (1 Viewer)

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black52bird

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Is anyone else amazed by the moths at the European Cup Final between France and Portugal???!!!
One even landed on Ronaldo's face when he was down injured.
And in the slow motion clips you could see them in flight!!
They are constant, everywhere around the players and trainers
and staff!!
IMHO they are Silver Y moths.....
I'm writing this at half-time.

Best wishes

David
 
Yes, I saw a close up photo on Twitter, and they look like silver y moths. I'll be looking out for a Nightjar if it goes to extra time!
 
Yes. Silver Y landed on Ronaldo's face based on the TV coverage and they seem to be the majority but there appeared to be another more uniform light brown noctuid at one point.

All the best
 
Jos Stratford said:
Impressed that someone from Portugal is wondering about the moth when it is fluttering around the face of their injured key player
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It seems I can't switch off the naturalist in me... ;) And it helps taking my mind off that bit of a catastrophe...! The team is holding well though.
 
I recall an instance reported many years ago when a football match (I seem to recall in Spain) had to be abandoned because it was too dark to play - migrating moths attracted to the floodlights had cut out so much light.

Now why can't that happen every match!

Martin
 
Since it was Portugal, shouldn’t they have been Silva Ys ?

But, after their marvellous victory, this should be ‘upgraded’ to Golden Y.
 
paul Robinson said:
Were there bats too? - thought I saw some flitting close across the screen a few times (not at pitch level)
Paul
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Not unlikely, Paul, with so many moths around....however, I think I know what you mean - seen especially from the centre-line camera, which was set back from the pitch - but I think they were actually just moths, too, seen in a different silhouetted way.

Best

David
 
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