Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #britishwildlife, aggregated by home.social.
#MothOfTheDay sounds like a Scotsman's medical complaint ... but is actually a rather nice, neat greyscale bark mimic species:
BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT
Lithophane leautieri
A recent colonist whose larvae favour cypress trees, it is now fairly widespread in the UK.
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#MothOfTheDay is similar to one from 15 August posting, Common Wainscot. This is its much larger autumnal cousin:
LARGE WAINSCOT
Rhizedra lutosa
Common species that favours reedbeds.
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