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Roger Thomason	#1 Posted on 13-01-2009 02:55
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08	Photographed in my garden during summer (seems a long time ago). Wandered around on this Geranium plant for ages, but never opened its wings, so never got a proper dorsal shot showing wing pattern. Anyone put a name to it...or Family, so I can trawl through Moth sites . Regards Roger Roger Thomason attached the following image: [95.95Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 13-01-2009 02:58


Rui Andrade	#2 Posted on 13-01-2009 03:17
Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07	Geometridae, I think.


lagura	#3 Posted on 13-01-2009 03:29
Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08	UK Moths is a good site to look for moths. I use it a lot. And Crambidae could be the family.


Roger Thomason	#4 Posted on 13-01-2009 03:44
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08	Thanks Rui and Lars, that gives me a starting point. Yes Lars I use UK Moths too, but unless you have a family to start you off, you could be in there for days...or maybe it just feels like days. Or to paraphrase (badly) "I am just going to UK Moths and may be some time"...That's probably where Capt. Oates went, and is still there. Regards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 13-01-2009 04:50


lagura	#5 Posted on 13-01-2009 13:34
Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08	Hmm, you're not using the Systematic lists, are you? I did that at first it was really time consuming. So I tried the thumbnails (link at bottom of pages) and that was a lost faster. I still helps though to have a family to go on.


Philippe moniotte	#6 Posted on 13-01-2009 14:01
Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 860 Joined: 14.10.05	Most probably a geometridae, perhaps a Chloroclysta? But without a picture of the recto!...??? Philippe


Roger Thomason	#7 Posted on 15-01-2009 05:39
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08	Hi again Lars and Phillippe,thanks for the input. I use the Thumbnails to view and cross off the Bradley & Fletcher No's on my Checklist as I go. I spotted a couple of ones that were sort of close, Chloroclysta and Xanthorhoe species but nothing positive, so it will remain an unknown. Might spot one again this summer. Sorry no close ups on the old recto....Didn't have a Macro Lense on camera. Regards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 15-01-2009 07:39


Tony Irwin	#8 Posted on 15-01-2009 22:39
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04	Point of clarification - Recto in this sense refers to the upperside of the wings, as opposed to verso (underside) [You should have kept up with the Latin, Roger! ] Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


Roger Thomason	#9 Posted on 16-01-2009 00:13
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08	I knew someone would bite..I don't know any Latin (not a lot of call for it up here) so I looked up recto on the Web. I knew what Phillippe meant but made a play on words which would appear to have backfired as rect.... tend to do . Regards from the extremely windy North (weatherwise) Roger. Sorry Tony Edited by Roger Thomason on 16-01-2009 00:22


Tony Irwin	#10 Posted on 16-01-2009 01:57
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04	That's not fair - an old pedant like me couldn't possibly resist! Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


Roger Thomason	#11 Posted on 16-01-2009 02:20
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08	Yeah Tony You're a slightly older pedant than me, couldn't resist it. Wrecked 'im, Nearly killed 'im. Regards Roger You'll know better next time.