On 2013-07-28 08:16:44 +0000, Malcolm said:

In article , Sacha
writes
Presently clinging to our bedroom ceiling is a very small, very pink
moth. It's not one we're familiar with and Ray's attempt to take a
photo of it is defeated by the height of the ceiling and the size of
the moth! I'm not at all sure there are any distinguishing marks on it
but the wings seem to be a slightly deeper pink towards the bottom. I
would think it's about an inch or so long. If anyone has any idea as to
what it might be we'd be grateful to hear it.

A moth an inch long is not "very small", but quite large!

Is it anything like this?

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=3580

No, not at all, I'm afraid.

Try half an inch perhaps - I'm really bad at judging such things from a
distance. It flew a little lower last night onto a sloping part of our
bedroom ceiling. It's very pink but seemed to have black spots along
the wings, which we couldn't see before. It's now disappeared so I
have no chance of seeing it again, unless it decides to visit. I've
never seen one like it. I suppose it may be a butterfly that wandered
in by accident but all its behaviour leads me to think 'moth'. Ray took
a couple of photos when it was higher up and tomorrow, I'll post them.
But they really are very unclear, so I'm not sure they'll help. It was
the overall 'pinkness' that struck me.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon