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Moth – Noctuidae (Ophiderinae)

Order Lepidoptera – butterflies & moths
   Superfamily Noctuoidea
      Family Noctuidae (Ophiderinae) 
         Genera – Alchymist, Aedia, Tyta, Lygephila, Tathorhynchus, Scoliopteryx, Phytometra, Anomis

Laspeyria flexula - Beautiful Hook-tip, Austerfield.
Laspeyria flexula - Beautiful Hook-tip, Austerfield.
Lygephila pastinum - The Blackneck, Austerfield.
Lygephila pastinum - The Blackneck, Austerfield.
Parascotia fuliginaria - Waved Black, Austerfield.
Parascotia fuliginaria - Waved Black, Austerfield.
Parascotia fuliginaria - Waved Black, Austerfield.
Scoliopteryx libatrix - The Herald, Austerfield.
Scoliopteryx libatrix - The Herald, Austerfield.
Scoliopteryx libatrix - The Herald, Cusworth Lane, Doncaster
Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald - Kirk Smeaton

Recent Posts

  • Welcome to new members, Paul & Ann Davis 14th January 2021
  • Hair Ice 7th January 2021
  • Winter Programme 2020 – 2021 Update 4th December 2020
  • Coronavirus Restrictions 9th September 2020
  • Next Meeting – Sunday 6th September 2020, Kings Wood, Bawtry 1st September 2020

Slideshow

Wadworth Wood by Caroline Barrass
Photo by Nora Boyle
Pyrochroa cocinea - Black-headed Cardinal Beetle, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Cyclophora punctaria - Maiden’s Blush, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Barn Owl (Tyto alba), female with newly hatched chick,, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Deilephila elpenor - Elephant Hawkmoth (female) - Kirk Smeaton
Dypterygia scabriuscula - Bird’s Wing, Austerfield.
Cucullia absinthii - Wormwood - Kirk Smeaton
Odontosia carmelita - Scarce Prominent, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Perizoma bilanciata - Barred Rivulet, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.

Gallery

Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), in Brodsworth Community Woodland. Hair Ice by Ian Mcdonald Hair Ice by Ian Mcdonald Fallow Deer (Dama dama), Wetlands Animal Park, Retford

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