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Have noted more Tiger Moths in my South London area this year (2009) than at any other time over the years I have 'amateurishly' observed butterflies and moths. Beautiful as they are they seem rather a stupid moth since when disturbed 'they blunder-about not knowing which, what, where they should be doing or going'.
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    Continuing last post: I also distubed from my South London Garden at the same time an even more exotic flutterer which on seeing, my heart missed a beat. I could almost believe I was witnessing A Camberwell Beauty. Familiar with Admirals and Peacocks in flight it wasn't them. It was Large and could have been a Large Tortoishell. Like the Jersey Tiger it blundered about between the rear space between my house and the neighbour's. I muttered to myself as I eyed it going this-way-and-that between the houses craning my head as if I was at a tennis match "Stay!" "Settle!" "Let me have a closer look at you!" But, it sailed over the roofs and was gone. I recall clearly the maroon underwings and clear white dots of speckling along wing edges. What The Hell Was It. Another type of Tiger?
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    Help

    I have alot of bees in the garden normally but the past few months ive seen quite a few dying, whats happening?
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    My plot has had vast numbers of larvae of the cinnabar moth this year in their striped ruby jerseys. I thought they had a very specific food source (was it ragwort or groundsel?)but this year they have been on everything. Not doing any apparent damage, and I wouldn't deliberately get rid of them, but they have made weeding rather more challenging than usual!
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    I have scarlet tiger moths in my garden - last year they used my shed door to wait for several days til a mate appeared, not moving even when I opened and shut the door! The caterpillars overwintered well, and devoured all my early comfrey plants. They look very exotic in their black and red flying round in the day time!
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    I found the hindwing of a Jersey Tiger on my patio 12th Aug. adj. to my moth trap which was running a UV light the previous night. Blue and Great Tits enter the trap early am, and I presume they were responsible. I live in Woodford Green,N.E.London...It was a 'tick' for me albeit an incomplete posthumous!
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    Have recently spotted one in West Somerset. Don't know if this is unusual or not?
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    Saw my first Jersey Tiger today, in Norwood Park, London SE27.
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    Also seen in the Dordogne, France this summer
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    On holiday in Sidmouth, Devon two weeks ago our grand-daughter spotted the jersey tiger moth in the Connaught Gardens one of which we cannot ever remember seeing before. Albert & Pauline Woodward
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    ANOTHER SEEN ON THE EAST COAST OF PORTLAND DORSETLAST WEEK.
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