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Ian Pratt
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I attach a photo from a friend in France. Can anyone please identify it? Also a UK moth.
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Neil Freeman
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Hi Ian.

Your first photo is a moth, possibly a Yellow shell.

Your second photo is a Pale Tussock Moth.

Cheers,

Neil.
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Neil Freeman wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 7:58 am Hi Ian.

Your first photo is a moth, possibly a Yellow shell.

Your second photo is a Pale Tussock Moth.

Cheers,

Neil.
Many thanks.
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Re: French butterfly

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is it sitting on a snake ?

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Charles Nicol wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 10:09 pm is it sitting on a snake ?

:shock:
I think it is a hosepipe!
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