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Forgelle (15th May 2025)

Dusky Marbled Brown (Gluphisia crenata). A very rare, vagrant moth in the UK but a fairly common moth on the Continent. My first record of this species. The larva feeds on poplar.
Dusky Marbled Brown (Gluphisia crenata). A very rare, vagrant moth in the UK but a fairly common moth on the Continent. My first record of this species. The larva feeds on poplar.

Forgelle (13th May 2025)

The second Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) recorded out here in France but definitely a different individual that the first given the differences in wing patterns. As the name suggests, the larvae feed mainly on lime trees but also feeds on elm, birch, hazel and alder when available.
The second Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) recorded out here in France but definitely a different individual that the first given the differences in wing patterns. As the name suggests, the larvae feed mainly on lime trees but also feeds on elm, birch, hazel and alder when available.

Forgelle (13th May 2025)

Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana). Not a species I've had the pleasure of encountering in the UK but so getting a second while out here in France was a treat. Apparently the iridescent silver lines may help confuse predators by disrupting the moth's outline in moonlight.
Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana). Not a species I've had the pleasure of encountering in the UK but so getting a second while out here in France was a treat. Apparently the iridescent silver lines may help confuse predators by disrupting the moth's outline in moonlight.

Forgelle (11th May 2025)

Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis). The first I've recorded in 2025
Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis). The first I've recorded in 2025