tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post8303190863914990533..comments2024-03-18T10:40:00.766+00:00Comments on A Kilchoan Diary: Butterflies and MothsJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-33368480640215684252017-08-30T11:41:43.910+01:002017-08-30T11:41:43.910+01:00Several Transparent Burnet flying on upper shore a...Several Transparent Burnet flying on upper shore and walled area just to the south of Ardnamurchan Point Lighthouse on 20th June this year.Sandy McNeilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-38867665984612975692016-07-25T09:29:53.192+01:002016-07-25T09:29:53.192+01:00Many thanks for your comment, Ian. Saddened, and t...Many thanks for your comment, Ian. Saddened, and thrilled, if the dead moth is a transparent burnet. The species has been reported at Sanna but I have never seen one, either there or anywhere else on Ardnamurchan. It's most likely to have been picked up in my boot at the back of a neighbouring croft, so I need to go searching... JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-77014216295386322662016-07-24T20:54:43.752+01:002016-07-24T20:54:43.752+01:00We think that the upper image is of a Treble Bar, ...We think that the upper image is of a Treble Bar, not at lesser Treble Bar, as the Lesser Trebble Bar has a very angulated initial stripe on its forewing. The poor dead one is a Transparent Burnet. Great photos.woody135https://www.blogger.com/profile/15953774192427059226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-11823375917245340522016-07-23T21:08:43.221+01:002016-07-23T21:08:43.221+01:00I think that's just a six-spot burnet which ha...I think that's just a six-spot burnet which has rubbed off a lot of scales/hair on your sock/boot - not Transparent burnet or similarRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06746907626748250044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-74665893755409631942016-07-23T10:42:46.391+01:002016-07-23T10:42:46.391+01:00Might be a Cinnabar moth? Feeling a bit sorry for ...Might be a Cinnabar moth? Feeling a bit sorry for itself? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com