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2 More moths to ID please (1 Viewer)

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The first one was on the Space bar of my computer last night and the other is a little beauty. It was about one & a half inches across the wings and just arrived about 10 minutes before I did this thread at 23:45hrs.
 

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Hi Reader,
Your second specimen is a Small Magpie Moth (Pyralid)
No.1. has me a little confused, it looks like one of the 'Snout' moths but none that I know of are green. The palps are reminiscent of some of the Pyralid moths but I can't see any that fit. I'll sleep on it.

Harry
 
harry eales said:
Hi Reader,
Your second specimen is a Small Magpie Moth (Pyralid)
No.1. has me a little confused, it looks like one of the 'Snout' moths but none that I know of are green. The palps are reminiscent of some of the Pyralid moths but I can't see any that fit. I'll sleep on it.

Harry
You'll probably kick yourself Harry,

#1 is a kind of pyralid. Bee Moth.
 
Thanks you guys but I have to say that I would never have picked out No 1 as a Bee Moth. I have the UK moths CD and the Bee Moths look a bit different on that disc.
 
Reader said:
Thanks you guys but I have to say that I would never have picked out No 1 as a Bee Moth. I have the UK moths CD and the Bee Moths look a bit different on that disc.

It's time you invested in a couple of books on moth identification. lol.

Harry
 
Jasonbirder said:
What UK Moths CD?

Hi Jason

I asked Ian Kimber about quite a few Moth ID's last year and I asked him if he had a CD of Moths I could have. He said that he did have one and I paid a tenner for it.

I have attached what it looks like when I open it up.

I forgot to add. Here is a link to Ians site if you didn't already know it>

http://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk
 

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harry eales said:
It's time you invested in a couple of books on moth identification. lol.

Harry

I agree but at the moment the cost of any birding trips I do isn't leaving me with any spare cash. I have to balance seeing the birds or buying a book. No contest at the moment.
 
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