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12-08-2010, 11:29 PM
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| | | marbled beauty?
i found it in a shop window today! |
13-08-2010, 04:27 AM
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| | | Re: marbled beauty?
It certainly is one- nice find, if slightly unusual location. It is a pretty common species. |
13-08-2010, 05:03 PM
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| | | Re: marbled beauty?
its a busy main shopping street but i think there are houses near by with gardens, maybe it went out on a little night trip and got lost? |
13-08-2010, 05:18 PM
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| | | Re: marbled beauty?
Posted a picyure of the same moth a few weeks ago I found mine in the house on my curtains pretty moth. |
13-08-2010, 05:29 PM
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| | | Re: marbled beauty?
they are lovely, they seem to be pretty calm so you can have a good look at them, i actually thought it was dead ; i was going to take it home and mount it so i got a box out of my bag and put it in, then it started to fly about
so i just let it go in a more suitable place undercover of darkness |
13-08-2010, 05:50 PM
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| | | Re: marbled beauty?
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Originally Posted by whaleomeloette  its a busy main shopping street but i think there are houses near by with gardens, maybe it went out on a little night trip and got lost? | The caterpillar of this species feeds on lichens, so they can often be found in towns on the lichens growing on roofs and buildings. It's a nice moth, I've yet to see one!
Guy |
13-08-2010, 06:18 PM
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| | | Re: marbled beauty?
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Originally Posted by GuyF The caterpillar of this species feeds on lichens, so they can often be found in towns on the lichens growing on roofs and buildings. It's a nice moth, I've yet to see one!
Guy | its patterning looks abit like certain lichens actually, makes sence!
are they rareish then or just illusive? im holding out hope of finding a dead one to mount 
fat chance i think haha |
13-08-2010, 06:48 PM
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| | | Re: marbled beauty?
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Originally Posted by whaleomeloette its patterning looks abit like certain lichens actually, makes sence!
are they rareish then or just illusive? im holding out hope of finding a dead one to mount
fat chance i think haha | Overall they are quite common, but in my area there don't seem to be many. It's probably one of the moths that is more common in urban areas as there are more suitable places to breed.
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