Post by timmsyrj on Aug 11, 2016 11:42:32 GMT -8
I believe these to be Mormo maura ( the Old Lady moth ), I have noticed them a number of nights this year and last in my back garden here in the midlands, U.K. There are 7 specimens in the first photo and 1 in the next all nestled up in the roof of my log burner shelter next to my pond, I noticed a peacock butterfly ( Inachus io ) roosting there yesterday and I had a look to see if it was still there tonight and found this little lot, it must be one of our largest moths after the Hawks, I must have one of it's foodplants growing nearby as I've noticed it getting commoner, especially just after dark, quite large when in flight, though rather drab looking, I would estimate the forewings are 25-30mm in length.
Rich
Rich