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Recording Doncaster wildlife since 1880

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Moth – Notodontidae (Phalerinae)

Order Lepidoptera – butterflies & moths
   Superfamily Noctuoidea  
      Family Notodontidae (Phalerinae)
         Genera – Phalera

Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip - Kirk Smeaton
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip - Kirk Smeaton
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip - Kirk Smeaton
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip - Kirk Smeaton
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tipped moth (caterpillars), Cusworth Hall and Park
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip (mating), Intake, Doncaster.

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

Goldilocks
Lily-of-the-valley
Common Hemp Nettle
Calliteara pudibunda - Pale Tussock, (males surrounding a single female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Diaphora mendica - Muslin Moth male - Kirk Smeaton
Ochlodes venata - Large Skipper
Pararge aegeria - Speckled Wood, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Epirrhoe rivata - Wood Carpet, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Satyrium w-album - White-letter Hairstreak, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Epione repandaria - Bordered Beauty, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.

Gallery

Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea), Bishop Middleham Quarry Dark Red Helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens), Bishop Middleham Quarry, County Durham. Dark Red Helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens), Bishop Middleham Quarry, County Durham. Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), Anston Stones Wood.

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