Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Unusual moth in Wightman Road garden
This fellow was sitting on a stinging nettle by my fence. It seems that it is a Jersey Tiger moth. In flight it was more spectacular still but I couldn't get it to open its wings on camera.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Yes, they're quite a sight in flight, quite large too and, as your photo shows, often active well before dusk. Recently I'd say I've been seeing one in the garden on most days About 5 years ago they were rare.
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Permalink Reply by KTwok on
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I possiy saw the same one on Saturday afternoon. It's wings in flight caught me attention, then seeing it land realised it was one of the daytime moths. Didn't stop to take a picture but did search for what I'd seen and I has decided it was a Jersey Tiger Moth too. Quite a striking sight both in flight and sat still. Great photo!
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Permalink Reply by David Lea on
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I've been monitoring moths in our ladder garden for a few years, and Jersey Tiger is a regular. My instinct is that they've spread from an accidental introduction/escape somewhere south of the Thames about ten years ago, but it's possible that they've colonised naturally, migrant individuals used to be recorded on the south coast most years. Oddly, a definitely human-introduced moth, the Box-Tree Moth, which was ubiquitous last year and the year before, has been totally absent this year.
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That's really interesting. It just caught my eye, and I found it was one of the daytime moths, but had no idea that they were likely human introduced.
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Permalink Reply by Madeline on
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Last year I had a mini plague of them. In the hot weather I had my kitchen window open and almost every night I would go round and shoo them back outside before I shut the window.
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Tiger Moth becoming quite common in SE England....the caterpillar is quite distinctive too with striking markings.
Re Box Tree Caterpillar I thought this as well...until this weeek when I noticed they'd started to munch on my box plants.
So protective measures have been taken against the latter...
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