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23-09-2009, 12:46 AM
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| | | Moth ID
found this near my front door. bit unusual looking.  
Last edited by BrianTheSnail; 23-09-2009 at 12:52 AM.
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23-09-2009, 12:52 AM
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Good evening Brian,
It's actually a Butterfly with it's wings closed over it's back. You see the white marking on the wing's underside there? Well, it's called the Comma for that reason. Polygonia C-album in Latin.
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23-09-2009, 12:52 AM
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Possibly an old Comma with closed wings? Does look a little dark...
EDIT; See Jase beat me to it- good man  |
23-09-2009, 12:58 AM
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ah thanks for the quick reply. I guess they are prettier with the wings open! are these rare in northern england? i live in wigan.
on wikipedia it says they are more common down south. |
23-09-2009, 01:29 AM
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Due to average temperatures, etc. you do tend to get more insects down here, but equally you get some different insects ' up North' that we don't get - and of course different races of ours - Northern.
Well, this one is generally commmon, yes - but in the early 1900's they were so close to UK extinction it was claimed there was only one pair left in the country! They have mde a strong recovery though, and as said are now generally common |
23-09-2009, 02:11 PM
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thanks again for all the info. int the internet brill? |
23-09-2009, 02:17 PM
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Wow, nice pics of Comma, one of my favourites and increasing their range. We had a few in the garden this year. 
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