Arctiid moth
When this critter was flying around it looked as though it was just plain white, but when it stopped on a flower it turned out to be extremely colourful. It took ages to identify but I am fairly certain it is ...
Moths
Another visit to Bix
We like going to Bix as it is very quiet and peaceful and there are always lots of birds. The smaller ones are usually singing loudly in the hedgerows and there is no other noise to disturb them. This time, ...
Another little Butterfly
This landed next to me while I was out and I can't make up my mind what it is. My initial thought was a Skipper of some sort and there is one with a brownish top and orange underneath whose ...
Tiny little Moth
While out today I noticed a really tiny thing flitting about and wasn't sure if it was a butterfly or moth. I managed to watch where it landed and take a few photos. I think it is an Orange Underwing ...
Chrysoteuchia culmella
A small moth shot across the room and landed on a stack of French books and I managed to grab a camera and get a quick shot. I then set about trying to identifying it, thinking that an all white ...
Butterflies down by the beach
The exceptional October weather is continuing, temperatures still in the mid to high twenties, which means there are still a lot of critters flying around in the bushes and undergrowth. Wandering down a path just behind Calahonda beach in Nerja there ...
Brown Wood Plume
This was on the garden shed the other day and, although I have seen similar insects before, I wasn't sure what it was. It is actually a Brown Wood Plume moth, Stenoptilia pterdactyla, It is part of a small family ...
Garden Carpet Moth and A N Other
There are thousands of species of moths, nearly 3,000 recorded in the UK alone, so identifying them is no easy task. The first one, however, appears to be a Garden Carpet Moth, Xanthorhoe fluctuata. This second one, though....haven't got a clue. ...
