tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939528489287886153.post3938666677106367960..comments2024-03-24T19:02:41.190+00:00Comments on Martin's Moths: Handlebar mothMartinWainwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383027708524885786noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939528489287886153.post-91209974228826966112014-06-08T06:37:20.699+01:002014-06-08T06:37:20.699+01:00Hi Ben!
Many thanks as ever. They're great l...Hi Ben!<br /><br />Many thanks as ever. They're great little things aren't they. I'm surprised, though, that the moth books say so little about their most striking feature and why they have it.<br /><br />Maybe they don't know?<br /><br />all warm wishes - good moths at the moment; we've got friends coming today with children and a Privet Hawk has obliged me by calling.<br /><br />all v best as ever and many thanks again<br /><br />MMartinWainwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383027708524885786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939528489287886153.post-75447747114893888172014-06-07T19:26:43.529+01:002014-06-07T19:26:43.529+01:00Hi Martin.
I guess I am not the only one suffering...Hi Martin.<br />I guess I am not the only one suffering from bird predation!<br /><br />Has been awful in my garden as of late.<br /><br />Your Longhorn moth, with the antennae that length and the dark semi-circle mark on the forewing, this makes it Nematopogon metaxella.<br /><br />All the best<br />BenBennyboymothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982443515789714821noreply@blogger.com