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Moth

DateSat 2012-09-08

A garden carpet moth, Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).  This seems to be a quite variable species even having a a melanistic variant.  The above specimen came through our living room window one evening and I trapped it in a plastic tub and kept it there until the following morning when I photographed it and then released it.

Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2012-09-06.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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