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TANSY PLUME

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 12:00 am
by Kevin
Is this a Tansy Plume.
Trapped in my Handbridge Garden, with no Tansy's around.

Re: TANSY PLUME

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:13 am
by Greg
Hi Kevin,

Looks good to me, Tansy Plume. That's a nice find.

Regards
Greg

Re: TANSY PLUME

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:42 pm
by JulianB
Hi Kevin,

I had a similar plume to this yesterday and looked up the differences between Tansy Plume and Yarrow Plume (these are the two confusion species here I think). A photo of my moth is attached (also photo'd on an old leaf, as this provides minimal contrast to help see the pattern in the wings!).

I think both our plumes may be Yarrow Plume. Tansy and Yarrow Plumes apparently differ in the colour of their hind legs between the spurs. The section of leg shown with a red bar on my photo is a uniform colour in Yarrow, but is striped (one dark section, one light section) in Tansy. Yours looks uniform to me too.

There's a picture of a worn Tansy Plume on the forum here https://www.record-lrc.co.uk/forum/view ... ume#p11265.

I have no previous experience with either of these moths, so we might want to take further advice as Tansy Plume is quite a rare moth in Cheshire.

Thanks, Julian

Re: TANSY PLUME

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:11 am
by stevehind
Well spotted Julian
I agree, both Gillmeria pallidactyla Yarrow Plume
Regards
Steve

Re: TANSY PLUME

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:06 pm
by Kevin
Thanks JULIAN,
Lots of Yarrow around my area.