Sunday 27 July 2014

New moth species - Ruby Tiger

These moths are coming thick and fast now and mainly they are coming to me rather than me having to find them. The Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa) flew in to the bedroom last night and displayed an stunning electric bright red body and co-ordinating lighter red underwings with beautiful reddy/orange wings. Unfortunately the picture doesn't show the bragadoccio colouring of this moth as by then it had settled down on the lampshade but it was gorgeous.

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