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    Can anyone identify this butterfly I just saw and photographed in the garden. Initially my first thought this is a moth which has been disturbed but as I watched it - it was clearly feeding on flowers. Also as I can see it’s antenna are not clubbed so it must be a butterfly.
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    Last edited by cheops; 03-09-2018, 10:48 AM.

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    ‘It’s a day flying moth, can’t remember the name off hand.
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      At first I thought it was an Underwing until I clicked o the photo and realised the pinky tinge was a flower petal - not a red underwing

      Looks like a Silver Y moth to me
      Last edited by Gillykat; 03-09-2018, 12:35 PM.
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      • #4
        It's a Silver Y moth

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        • #5
          Thank you everyone. I learn something new everyday. I would never have believed there are day flying moths.

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          • #6
            According to the butterfly conservation website, the caterpillar eats:

            "A wide range of low-growing plants, including bedstraws (Galium*sp.), Clovers (Trifolium*sp.), Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) and Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)."

            Best get those peas and cabbages covered! It is a nice looking moth though, it's not just butterflies that are worth looking at.
            Mostly flowers, some fruit and veg, at the seaside in Edinburgh.

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            • #7
              I agree Babru - beauty can be found all around us. .
              Despite we are now into September I still am picking peas but I see no damage to the foliage.

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