tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7733492999519912394..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Moth portraitsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10158528395933516452019-07-28T08:52:23.346+02:002019-07-28T08:52:23.346+02:00Agreed, Ken.... but I couldn't have identified...Agreed, Ken.... but I couldn't have identified it from the first one... it needed the flash to show the colours!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77309371787577434662019-07-28T05:20:59.537+02:002019-07-28T05:20:59.537+02:00I think the two photos complement each other. I li...I think the two photos complement each other. I like both.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3584635751271007682019-07-28T01:30:24.966+02:002019-07-28T01:30:24.966+02:00Beautiful coloring on the wings, and I like the no...Beautiful coloring on the wings, and I like the non-flash picture better. I have a butterfly net, picked up ages ago at a yard sale or some such, and have had occasional success using it to get flying critters back outside -- when I remember it.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74834751503374356422019-07-27T19:12:02.523+02:002019-07-27T19:12:02.523+02:00It's just a moth. It doesn't bite or sting...It's just a moth. It doesn't bite or sting. It's a <i>papillon de nuit</i> — a "night butterfly" — in French, as you know.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36013549814760204402019-07-27T19:10:01.270+02:002019-07-27T19:10:01.270+02:00It's just a moth. It doesn't bite or sting...It's just a moth. It doesn't bite or sting.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86831919839106324792019-07-27T16:38:44.823+02:002019-07-27T16:38:44.823+02:00I would not like the moth flying into my face. No ...I would not like the moth flying into my face. No thanks. Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77865834608106213072019-07-27T15:33:57.392+02:002019-07-27T15:33:57.392+02:00So pretty!
I like it that you take photos of them ...So pretty!<br />I like it that you take photos of them rather than kill them.Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34340011199776685372019-07-27T10:43:03.977+02:002019-07-27T10:43:03.977+02:00I'm not sure if it should be phalène or Phalèn...I'm not sure if it should be phalène or Phalène. And apparently some authors use it in the masculine, un phalène...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18741897430593756472019-07-27T10:31:06.854+02:002019-07-27T10:31:06.854+02:00Thank you, Tim. I knew I could count on you to ide...Thank you, Tim. I knew I could count on you to identify this moth. Can you report it to Faune Touraine? Or can I, with a link to my photos? It's called <i>la Phalène picotée</i> in French.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60662958189379916582019-07-27T08:58:20.727+02:002019-07-27T08:58:20.727+02:00Ken...
this lovely moth is a rarely seen, dark fo...Ken... <br />this lovely moth is a rarely seen, dark form of the Common Heath (Ematurga atomaria atomaria)... <br />which is no longer common... in fact Faune Touraine has a "search" on at the moment for recordings of these... <br />the Latticed Heath is easily confused with the normally coloured Common Heath.... allegedly.... can't see it myself as the Latticed holds its wings vertically like a butterfly...<br /><br />The dark form seems to appear later [June, July & early August]... <br />than the stripey one [May & June]. <br />My book gives the forewing length as 15mm... which would give a wingspan of 3cm!!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48274587072258034702019-07-27T07:04:27.975+02:002019-07-27T07:04:27.975+02:00I wasn't quite sure that antennae were olfacto...I wasn't quite sure that antennae were olfactory devices. In fact, they are. The Net tells me some insects can smell odors miles away. Wow!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34318262161756014562019-07-27T06:32:11.001+02:002019-07-27T06:32:11.001+02:00That was my thought too.That was my thought too.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49110108568138483972019-07-27T06:14:22.020+02:002019-07-27T06:14:22.020+02:00What beautiful antennae.What beautiful antennae.Chrissouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339193014456785652noreply@blogger.com