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Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Help please
After catching little besides Lunar and Yellow underwings for what seems like the last month something different. As well as these two which are giving me problems also a Beaded Chestnut.
Hello Tom, the first is a worn Pale Mottled Willow while the second is Vine's Rustic. As you'll see in the text of the field guide, the ground colour of the latter does vary somewhat and is not always as obviously grey as in the illustration.
Hello Tom, the first is a worn Pale Mottled Willow while the second is Vine's Rustic. As you'll see in the text of the field guide, the ground colour of the latter does vary somewhat and is not always as obviously grey as in the illustration.
ReplyDeleteThought the second was a Vines but the book says Aug-Sep.
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