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Emerald moth - Iain H Leach

Identify a moth

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    Argent & Sable

    Rheumaptera hastata
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    Beautiful Yellow Underwing

    Anarta myrtilli
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    Belted Beauty

    Lycia zonaria
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    Bordered White

    Bupalus piniaria
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    Brown Silver-line

    Petrophora chlorosata
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    Clouded Buff

    Diacrisia sannio
  • Cocksfoot Moth - Ryszard Szczygieł

    Cocksfoot Moth

    Glyphipterix simpliciella
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    Common Carpet

    Epirrhoe alternata
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    Common Heath

    Ematurga atomaria
  • Common Plume - Peter Maton

    Common Plume

    Emmelina monodactyla
  • Feathered Gothic - Rob Blanken

    Feathered Gothic

    Tholera decimalis
  • Firethorn Leaf Miner - Patrick Clement

    Firethorn Leaf Miner

    Phyllonorycter leucographella
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    Garden Carpet

    Xanthorhoe fluctuata
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    Grass Rivulet

    Perizoma albulata
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    Green Carpet

    Colostygia pectinataria
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    Green Silver-lines

    Pseudoips prasinana
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    Heath Rivulet

    Perizoma minorata
  • Hebrew Character - Ryszard Szczygieł

    Hebrew Character

    Orthosia gothica
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    Latticed Heath

    Chiasmia clathrata
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    Little Thorn

    Cepphis advenaria
  • Pine Beauty - Iain Leach

    Pine Beauty

    Panolis flammea
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    Pretty Pinion

    Perizoma blandiata
  • Red Twin-spot Carpet - Koen Thonissen

    Red Twin-spot Carpet

    Xanthorhoe spadicearia
  • Scorched Wing - Iain Leach

    Scorched Wing

    Plagodis dolabraria
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    Silver Barred

    Deltote bankiana
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    Silver Hook

    Deltote uncula
  • Small Argent & Sable - Ryszard Szczygieł

    Small Argent & Sable

    Epirrhoe tristata
  • Small White Wave - Patrick Clement

    Small White Wave

    Asthena albulata
  • The Vestal - Samantha Batty

    The Vestal

    Rhodometra sacraria
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