What's Buzzing or Flying near you today.... 2014

My pics were not wonderful either, I used the programmed mode with max zoom (in case I spooked the Gulls) and left it on 100 iso in poor light, should have changed to 200 or even 400. With cropping I lost definition. The slow shutter speed meant moving Ducks were not sharp,
I am still a novice with cameras and hardly ever use manual mode.

 

Saw this fella on my clematis today. Anyone know what it is?

 

No Fern but I'm sure someone will before the night's out,
Jenny

 

@Spruce ....any ideas what it is? ^^^^

 

@Fern4 @Jenny namaste


Hi Fern

Deffo this from your photo , I thought you had me with this one !!!!

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa


A highly distinctive and unusual moth, which rests with the wings folded longitudinally, looking very much like a withered autumn leaf.

The adults generally fly between May and October, in at least two generations, but can be found in any month The species is also a common migrant and can occur in large numbers at coastal locations.

It occurs throughout Britain, commonly in places, and more so in the south.

The larvae feed on a variety of herbaceous plants.

 

Hi Fern , what you going to do with it , have you any shrub land by you that you put it in


Spruce

 

Thanks for that Spruce, I thought you'd be able to identify it!

I left it on the Clematis to be honest. I quite like moths and butterflies and my garden is a wildlife garden ....I don't mind it being there.

 

Glad you did decided to keep it Fern, wont belong before it heads into the soil to turn in to a chrysalis.
cracker shot as well.
We have a lot off different hawk Moths in the UK or coming over from Europe especially in the summer

 

I'll have to keep my eye open for more then.