Please forgive the photo! This turned up at a friend's house (on the kitchen window!) the other night. We have been seeing Winter moth around here, but not the Northern version. I think this may be it, with the pale hindwing showing quite prominently below the forewing. Although the flash photo doesn't help, I'm told that the hindwing really was pale - almost white. Can someone please confirm or otherwise?
Many thanks, David Dennis
Judging from your description it looks as though it could well be Northern Winter, David, but I can't really tell for sure from that image which seems to be quite a low resolution. Are there any other pictures?
ReplyDeleteThanks for this, Dave. Sadly the only other image was worse! I'll try trapping at my friend's house when we get another mild, cloudy night and see what turns up. Hopefully the moths won't be put off by our entering Tier 4 . . . . . . .
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With luck the moth may still be around, although its peak is usually in November so it should definitely be winding down now.
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