Is this a Tansy Plume.
Trapped in my Handbridge Garden, with no Tansy's around.
TANSY PLUME
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Hi Kevin,
Looks good to me, Tansy Plume. That's a nice find.
Regards
Greg
Looks good to me, Tansy Plume. That's a nice find.
Regards
Greg
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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
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
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Well spotted Julian
I agree, both Gillmeria pallidactyla Yarrow Plume
Regards
Steve
I agree, both Gillmeria pallidactyla Yarrow Plume
Regards
Steve
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Thanks JULIAN,
Lots of Yarrow around my area.
Lots of Yarrow around my area.