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Old 11-07-2009, 02:35 PM
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Re: Insect of the Day

He's a beauty Roger!

There was a moth-trapping event at Crossness last night led by Colin Plant. I can't decide whether the white satin...



...or the swallow-tailed moth...



...is my insect of the day. As the white satins started arriving before midnight they can be my IotD for yesterday and the swallow-tailed is for today.

I'm very proud of myself for not screaming like a little girl when the larger moths started arriving. I even had this poplar hawkmoth on my finger briefly...



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