Moth ID please help!

cornish-thyme · #1 (**permalink**) 15-07-2009, 07:15 PM

Nearly missed this moth hiding in the long grass/rushes, any help with id gratefully received! Thank you

wildlifesnapper · #2 (**permalink**) 15-07-2009, 07:19 PM

Hi

Silver Y moth

neil

cornish-thyme · #3 (**permalink**) 15-07-2009, 07:23 PM

Wow that was quick...thank you very much. Here's another one that i took a picture of today, again no ID. It was the double wings that took my eye and i followed it for a couple of mins until it stopped flittering around and let me get close enough to take a picture!

wildlifesnapper · #4 (**permalink**) 15-07-2009, 07:26 PM

Hi

Looks like Small Skipper butterfly

neil

cornish-thyme · #5 (**permalink**) 15-07-2009, 07:35 PM

Thank you again Neil, you've just saved me trawling through guides for ages trying to id these. I wish i'd joined this site earlier and saved myself a lot of time. I'm trying to get decent pictures of as many insects, butterflys and other beasties that can be found on our land as i can this summer and its driving me to distraction as unlike the wildflowers that i did last year they just wont sit still for their pictures!