Brutkey

hastingsmothman
@hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

Today's #MothOfTheDay might be a bit déja-vu. I showcased this a while back from a first brood but it was a fading specimen, and this second brood specimen is much brighter, and needed showing to the world!

CAMPION
Sideridis rivularis

Larvae feed on, yes, you guessed it, Campion

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #pink #purple

Overhead shot of a 1.5cm triangular moth on a finger. It has very busy markings. Primarily dark chestnut and flecks of white with bright pink or light purple suffusion coming through in vague wavy lines. There are two dark teeth-shaped mark on the wings either side of the abdomen and just below these, nearer the outer edges is a mirror image stigmata which is made of two rectangles of chestnut edged in white. They are joined at one corner so it resembles an angled L, (i.e. the horizontal is straight but the vertical is angled at 45 degrees). It has two thin, wiry antannae