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Monday, 2 October 2017

purple moths

This unusual moth turned up on the outside of the trap last night in my garden in Beaconsfield. In certain lights it had an overall purple sheen. Fw 20mm. An ideas? And does the dreaded Box Moth have a melanic form?


I also had the purple form of the Barred Sallow.

Dave Ferguson, Beaconsfield, Bucks
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2 comments:

  1. Dave Ferguson2 October 2017 at 09:51

    I have just googled Box Moth and it is the brown variety of that moth.

    Dave

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  2. Martin Albertini2 October 2017 at 11:28

    As far as I'm aware that is the first of the dark form for Bucks.

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