My sisters are in Worcester at the moment and have sent me these dire photos ....any suggestions please been too long since I trapped in UK so not really got much clue, I did vaguely wonder about Nutmeg but I am far from convinced. My guess is too out of focus to be certain but hopefully you will prove me wrong
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Unknown Worcester (2 Viewers)
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
I'm getting a Red Underwing vibe to the first photo?
That would make sense looking at the underside of the hindwing, it looks to be a decent sized moth as well...typical family just because you look at moths in Oz and used to in UK you must know this one....
Farnboro John
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If the second one wasn't such a terrible photo then surely it would be a Jersey Tiger?
John
John
Harrybongo
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Hi John. I was thinking the same thing, but couldn't be sure, had to be one of the tigers....... I thought?!! 🤔 🤔 Still unsure tho!
Farnboro John
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It seems to me that the pattern fits exactly, within the limits imposed by the very out of focus image - the camera has picked out the background instead - and obviously the moth being incorrectly lit..
John
Farnboro John
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Because its too pointy, hasn't got the massive antennae, hasn't got a continuous dark band mid-wing but isolated dark patches with paler borders near the leading edge, hasn't got any sort of dark band near the wingtip, has more acutely angled wingtips - and that's just the obvious non-starter differences.
John
KenM
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I don’t know what it is….as for JerseyTiger, I can’t reconcile that at all (and I get loads, not unlike a lot of other moth-ers in the London area.)
As for the obvious, JT doesn’t have a scalloped trailing edge to the hind wing as this has?
What’s more, often Gypsy moths (I get these as well) are sometimes found on the wall with their feathered antennae tucked under wings/body, in other words not visible…..over to you.
Farnboro John
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You are right as far as the second pic not being a Jersey Tiger goes - I've looked at it again and it's now obvious that the two photos are of the same thing from both sides of the window!
So photo 1 is Red Underwing topside - perfectly obvious - and photo 2 is Red Underwing underside: the black bars are the dark areas of the hindwing seen from underneath. You can even see the hint of pinkness that is all of the red that shows through to the underside of the underwing.
So I owe you thanks for making me look again.
Cheers
John
Harrybongo
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Hi. Why I was a bit uncertain about it being a Jersey, was the lack of markings/band from the leading edge to trailing edge area of the forewing, in some aspects, it did look a little bit like a Jersey though!........... Got there in the end!... Good thread!
My apologies Ken should have added in the OP that they are both the same moth
Harrybongo
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Hi. I think we realised (after a while 😂), after some investigative work by, F John! 👍....... Enjoyable thread!
