Penguin Droppings

By gen2

Really! It's a Moth?

Although this looks very like a butterfly by the way it has settled, it is in fact a latticed heath moth, Chiasmia clathrata.

I also saw two other moths looking like butterflies. One was very good - a silver-ground carpet, Xanthorhoe montanata.
The other was a chimney sweeper, Odezia atrata.

My extra shows a collage. Clockwise from top-left:
latticed heath moth, Chiasmia clathrata
silver-ground carpet, Xanthorhoe montanata (underside)
silver-ground carpet, Xanthorhoe montanata (topside)
chimney sweeper, Odezia atrata

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE for your comments, stars and hearts on yesterday's blip. You have  elevated my common blue to (currently) page 4 of 'Popular'.

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