12-08-2008, 02:32 AM
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First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Apr 2008
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[SOT] Identify this butterfly/moth?
Homer wrote:
This flew through my window today:
http://media.slated.org/albums/userpics/10002/00005.jpg
It's absolutely gorgeous, but I have no idea what species it is.
It certainly looks very unusual. Does anyone here know?
I'm on the NE coastline of Scotland.
TIA.
It's a Garden Tiger Moth /Arctia caja/
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=293&bf=2057
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