tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post2496092780905383410..comments2024-03-18T10:40:00.766+00:00Comments on A Kilchoan Diary: Up In the AirJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-75310145162088491292015-01-06T11:04:43.680+00:002015-01-06T11:04:43.680+00:00Many thanks to both of you, and for the identifica...Many thanks to both of you, and for the identification, Derryck. I still find it quite amazing that a moth should find some advantage in being active in winter, and being out and about on what was a rather windy and wet night.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-51436016209581608412015-01-05T20:22:05.836+00:002015-01-05T20:22:05.836+00:00Your moth is Operophtera brumata, the Winter Moth....Your moth is Operophtera brumata, the Winter Moth. I believe the bluish colouration in your picture is an artefact of the flash photography and the surface should be a pale brown. They are variable in colour but the wing veination and markings together with the light fringe make it almost certainly to be so. It is a male as the females have very short, stubby wings and do not fly. I see a few in my headlights here in Devon now that the frosts have gone and consequently the bats have come out too.Derryck Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00351680886475749476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-5937270492587898882015-01-05T17:45:22.370+00:002015-01-05T17:45:22.370+00:00Jon,
Not sure what sort your moth is, but it may ...Jon,<br /><br />Not sure what sort your moth is, but it may not be so unusual, as there are moths called November, December and Winter Moths, amongst others, which are often found on mild still nights throughout the winter.<br /><br />Not sure what <br />Dave K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com