A Six-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Dear Readers, everyone did brilliantly this week – Claire got 9 out of 12, Anne got 11 out of 12 and we have joint winners – Fran and Bobby Freelove and Mike at Alittlebitoutoffocus both with 12/12. Well everybody! Let’s see what I’ve got in store for Saturday 🙂
1)d) Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)
2) e) Red-belted Clearwing (Synanthedon_culiciformis)
3)i) Peach Blossom (Thyatira batis)
4) j) Number Eighty (Tethea ocularis)
5) b) Large Emerald (Geometra papilionaria)
6) k) Bloodvein (Timandra comae)
7) h) Argent and Sable (Rheumaptera hastata)
8) l) Scorched Wing (Plagodis dolabraria)
9) f) Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)
10) a) Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
11) c) Gothic (Naenia typica)
12) g) Double Line Moth (Mythimna turca)
Photo Credits
Title Photo by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo One By Rasbak – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7195872
Photo Two By Edward H. Holsten, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org – This image is Image Number 0805048 at Insect Images, a source for entomological images operated by The Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service., CC BY 3.0 us, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4065666
Photo Three By Hamon jp – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4938452
Photo Four by Les Round from https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/figure-of-eighty
Photo Five By User:Chrkl – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=220981
Photo Six By Charles J. Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38292321
Photo Seven by Iain Leach from https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/argent-sable
Photo Eight By Kulac – Self-published work by Kulac, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2041063
Photo Nine by By ©entomartIn case of publication or commercial use, Entomart wishes then to be warned (http://www.entomart.be/contact.html), but this without obligation. Thank you., Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=294710
Photo Ten by By ©entomartIn case of publication or commercial use, Entomart wishes then to be warned (http://www.entomart.be/contact.html), but this without obligation. Thank you., Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=287301
Photo Eleven by By Mick Talbot – British Moths, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9018635
Photo Twelve by Patrick Clement from West Midlands, England, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Another really interesting quiz, we love the idea of a Gothic moth. Pleased with the results, well done Mike. 😀
Yes, a great quiz. Well done everyone, but especially Fran and Bobby – and Viv of course for setting it!