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That is stunning - such rich shades of blue you wouldn’t believe if an artist had painted it.
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Found this the other night. It's a male Pale Brindled Beauty.
"The females of the Pale Brindled Beauty are completely wingless, or apterous, a feature which is often found in moths which emerge in the winter months. Males fly from January to March, searching for the females which have climbed up tree-trunks" https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phigalia-pilosaria/
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Good dredge. How did I miss this thread? Anyway your spectacular moth is the Box-tree Moth, Cydalima perspectalis, an invasive Asian that was first recorded in the UK in 2007 and is spreading rapidly from London area https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cydalima-perspectalis/