insect i.d. please
Sorry, but no pic.
It looked like a large ( (4 to 5 cm long, body bit at least half a centimetre thick) fat butterfly, except mostly pink with yellowish bits. Its wings were a bit strange in so far as they were like flaps of velvet, turned and twisted as if folded over according to whatever position movement left them in. It's possible my description is insufficient, but I only got to see this creature for a few minutes. I've never seen anything like it and I'm just curious. It was next to a pond and at first I thought it was just a fallen leaf with something like peach-curl. |
insect i.d. please
Elephant Hawk Moth?
Emperor Moth? These things tricky to identify even when you have seen them! The "pink" idea suggests moth to me but I'm just looking at a book and will no doubt be proved wrong by a nexpert shortly. Sue W. -- Derby, England. Don't try to email me using "REPLY" as the email address is NoSpam. Our email address is "thewoodies2 at ntlworld dot com" "a.c." wrote in message oups.com... Sorry, but no pic. It looked like a large ( (4 to 5 cm long, body bit at least half a centimetre thick) fat butterfly, except mostly pink with yellowish bits. Its wings were a bit strange in so far as they were like flaps of velvet, turned and twisted as if folded over according to whatever position movement left them in. It's possible my description is insufficient, but I only got to see this creature for a few minutes. I've never seen anything like it and I'm just curious. It was next to a pond and at first I thought it was just a fallen leaf with something like peach-curl. |
insect i.d. please
Malcolm wrote: In article , Sue writes Elephant Hawk Moth? Emperor Moth? These things tricky to identify even when you have seen them! The "pink" idea suggests moth to me but I'm just looking at a book and will no doubt be proved wrong by a nexpert shortly. I'm not sure if I'm a "nexpert", but have a look at: http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/moth1.htm -- Malcolm Brilliant! Thank you both. What I was looking for was a sort of easy to... insect recognition guide.... a bit like one of those tree identification books that start of with, say, Is the leaf round or oval.?.. etc. What I did was put "pink butterfly" into a search engine, and no doubt you wont be toooo surprised that I got heaps of pages that had nowt to do with butterflies (or moths) |
insect i.d. please
"a.c." wrote in message Brilliant! Thank you both. What I was looking for was a sort of easy to... insect recognition guide.... a bit like one of those tree identification books that start of with, say, Is the leaf round or oval.?.. etc. What I did was put "pink butterfly" into a search engine, and no doubt you wont be toooo surprised that I got heaps of pages that had nowt to do with butterflies (or moths) http://ukmoths.org.uk/thumbnail.php try this one for future identificaitons |
insect i.d. please
Space wrote: "a.c." wrote in message Brilliant! Thank you both. What I was looking for was a sort of easy to... insect recognition guide.... a bit like one of those tree identification books that start of with, say, Is the leaf round or oval.?.. etc. What I did was put "pink butterfly" into a search engine, and no doubt you wont be toooo surprised that I got heaps of pages that had nowt to do with butterflies (or moths) http://ukmoths.org.uk/thumbnail.php try this one for future identificaitons wow, ta. Has anyone got a general id finder. I'm now in Belgium and regularly see creatures I'm at a complete loss to identify. |
insect i.d. please
Have a look at www.dk.com.
We have their rather fine photographic Guide to Butterflies and Moths of Britain and NWEurope. Sue W. -- Derby, England. Don't try to email me using "REPLY" as the email address is NoSpam. Our email address is "thewoodies2 at ntlworld dot com" a.c.wrote .. Has anyone got a general id finder. I'm now in Belgium and regularly see creatures I'm at a complete loss to identify. |
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