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03-06-2009, 07:15 PM
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| | | Is this a Blood-vein
Hi all.
Took this photo today, and the nearest I can get to an ID is a Blood-vein moth. However the Blood-veins in the Gallery seem to have a pronounced coloured edge to the wings where this one hasn't but I can't find anything else that it could be.
Can anyone confirm the ID please  |
03-06-2009, 07:16 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Blood-vein
You're spot on- Blood Vein, an attractive moth! |
03-06-2009, 07:21 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Blood-vein
Quote:
Originally Posted by aeshna5  You're spot on- Blood Vein, an attractive moth! | Many thanks for the swift reply and ID aeshna, much appreciated |
04-09-2011, 01:26 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Blood-vein
Could it be a small blood vein? (Scopula imitaria) it looks very similar but the colour is less pink (according to a website about moths in the UK) the wingspan is 26-29cm although it says the wingspan of the blood vein is 23-28cm which doesn't make sense saying the small blood vein is bigger than the blood vein!
I am interested in your post because i saw my first blood vein last night and i managed to get a photo, like you i noticed the red line was not as red as i have seen in other photos, although mine does have a noticeable pink fringe on the edge of its wings so i think what i saw is a blood vein but i discovered about the small blood vein today trying to find a photo of a blood vein with similar colour "vein" as the one i saw.
The other thing that interests me is in your photo there seems to be a very small notch cut out of the left hind wing, my moth has exactly the same feature in almost the same place, is that just a coincidence?
here is my moth for comparison  |
04-09-2011, 01:34 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Blood-vein
That's a heck of a commute! I would have of thought too far, but I know nowt, but both of these are beauties!
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04-09-2011, 01:46 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a Blood-vein
Vipera- your moth is also a Blood-vein. |
05-09-2011, 11:52 AM
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| | | Re: Is this a Blood-vein
LOL, i just realized i said the wingspan can be up to 29cm, slight mistake, i meant 29mm! Thanks for confirming the identity of my moth for future reference how to i distinguish a blood vein with rather drab red line from a small blood vein? | | |
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