studiot Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Never seen one like this before. Can anyone idnetify it please ? It is dark brown with yellow bands on the wing edges and tips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermack Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Oak Eggar ?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiocampa_quercus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, mistermack said: Oak Eggar ?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiocampa_quercus Thank you I think you have found it. +1 The male Oak Eggar on Wiki looks very much like it, including the two small wingspots Edited July 30, 2022 by studiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joigus Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 It seems we have a winner. I'm looking from independent confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordief Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Where did you see it ?(it looks a bit worse for wear now😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 4 hours ago, geordief said: ?(it looks a bit worse for wear now😉 If you think mothy looks bad, you should see the other guy. I picked him up whilst walking along a lane in very rural Herefordshire a few days ago. Had a great holiday tramping the Malverns and visiting the oldest rocks in England. We have had noticeably fewer insects here in Somerset these last few years, but they still have plenty in Herefordshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordief Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, studiot said: If you think mothy looks bad, you should see the other guy. I picked him up whilst walking along a lane in very rural Herefordshire a few days ago. Had a great holiday tramping the Malverns and visiting the oldest rocks in England. We have had noticeably fewer insects here in Somerset these last few years, but they still have plenty in Herefordshire. Have noticed fewer moths this year in the garden or inside the house.Even the cabbage whites I have hardly seen. Hundreds upon thousands of flying ants and a bare minimum of ladybirds No shortage of dragon flies ,young ones around this time-or young frogs in the weeds. (We got none of that heatwave around here ,if that would account for anything) Edited July 30, 2022 by geordief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkin Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, geordief said: Have noticed fewer moths this year in the garden or inside the house.Even the cabbage whites I have hardly seen. Hundreds upon thousands of flying ants and a bare minimum of ladybirds It's serious everywhere. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52399373 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermack Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/30/2022 at 7:55 PM, Peterkin said: It's serious everywhere. It seems to be a weakness of moths and butterflies that they tend to specialise to exploit specific niches. Not a problem, till humans come along with our industial scale mono cultures in the fields. Evolution hasn't prepared them for that. The wiki article on the Oak Eggar is interesting. It looks like people must have been nicknaming acorns as "oak eggs" and the cocoons look like acorns, hence the name. I did wonder how it got such an odd name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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