Moth on Iris (For Seaburngirl)
By Siris
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7 May, 2022
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Pic taken 6.30 this morning, whilst looking which Iris had opened today (20A16)
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It is a lovely moth but it's just too blurred for me to id, so I have asked Victoria to take a look.
7 May, 2022
Thank you SBG, the moth was a bit "furry"
7 May, 2022
It's possibly an 'early grey'. Pattern is sort of correct.
7 May, 2022
I have a small identification book on Moths & Butterflies, but all the images have their wings open. The dark band must be markings across the wings.
11 May, 2022
yes they often sit differently than in the books.
11 May, 2022
SBG, Thank you again for looking.
Btw code is 20= 2020 first flowered on A allotment, 16th different cross that year.
Now relocated to home. a couple of years ago.
11 May, 2022
Our iris are in bud and are doing much better in the front garden where it's a lot dryer and they get more sunshine. They didn't flower in the back garden near to the fence. Could be a garden carpet moth. It looks very similar in my book.
12 May, 2022
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That Moth was still on the Iris this afternoon.
7 May, 2022