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Originally Posted by helen253  definitely not the cinnebar moth...wings are too big in relation to body and the abdomen (if that is the correct term) was really thick and meaty looking on the one i saw...
the link i posted to the scotch burnet moth was absolutely the closest match so far.
i've been reading that they're rare even in scotland...and are only found on mull.... |
If you saw it anywhere other than Mull, it's much more likely to be a 5-spot Burnet, these also come in forms where there is just a single pinky red line up the forewing.
Guy