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Title: Vapourer moth
Post by: Georgie on August 13, 2006, 17:10:45

Spotted this on my corkscrew willow today - I think it's a vapourer moth. Only the one so I left it to its own devices.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Vapourer.jpg)

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Title: Re: Vapourer moth
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on August 13, 2006, 18:31:51

Vapourer is correct; you can't mistake these.

Title: Re: Vapourer moth
Post by: Georgie on August 13, 2006, 19:27:54

Thanks for the confirmation Robert. Attractive little things I think although in numbers, I know they can be a pest.

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