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Sunday, 17 May 2020

Nutmeg / Large Nutmeg?

Still slow here at the moment, first Heart & Dart last night, plus this moth. I thought at first Rustic Shoulder-knot but there is no black streak. So Nutmeg or Large Nutmeg?

Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford.



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4 comments:

  1. Steve Lockey17 May 2020 at 15:01

    Had my first last night just over the road from you. I'm sure it's Large. I think I've only had Nutmeg a few times to the best of my knowledge.

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  2. Marc Botham18 May 2020 at 10:36

    Large Nutmeg

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  3. Dave Wilton18 May 2020 at 12:53

    Hello Mark,
    As already said above by Steve and Marc, that's Large Nutmeg. Nutmeg is a smaller, flimsier moth and the basic ground colour is usually greyish with a much more pronounced 'W' marking in the outermost band (its hairy eyes, common to others in the Hadeninae and visible with a hand lens, are also a give-away).

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  4. Mark Griffiths18 May 2020 at 13:32

    thanks both!

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