the sheep) and later in the evening found the moth illustrated below on my clothing! Yarrow is rare at Cwmllwyd; Sneezewort, rather less so. And I think this could suggest that the moth is a Yarrow Plume.
This morning (09:00) I checked our oldest ewe (16 years and blind, so dwells in her own 1/4 acre paddock) and saw two Scarlet Tiger Moths. Unfortunately, I had no net, pots, or camera with me, so there is no proper record of this.
Nice one Steve. Coincidentally, George told me yesterday that he`d had yarrow and thyme plumes at a site in Glamorgan.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't yarrow plume Ian, it was the one on Pilosella.
ReplyDeleteI had yarrow plume in North Carms last week, also on sneezewort. A lovely moth.
Ooops. My memory fails me!
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