Moth ID Please (1 Viewer)

[Howard_Hopkinso]

I'm in the UK in the county of Lancashire.

I came upon this moth yesterday and try as I might I can't find anything that fits it's appearance. Any info would be very much appreciated.

 

[richardjbartlett]

I think it's the melanic form of Scalloped Hazel. It certainly looks unusual.

Richard

 

[Howard_Hopkinso]

Thanks Richard, you're spot on and the moths variability would explain why I was struggling to identify it.

Regards, Howard

 

[Andy Adcock]

I think it's the melanic form of Scalloped Hazel. It certainly looks unusual.

Richard

I get them in Nottingham Richard and sometimes they are black, we get a lot of melanism accross numerous species here.

I sometimes get black ones with very, very light body hair, weird looking.



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