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Diluain, 05/Jul/2010
Identifying a Moth with the Islay Natural History Trust
Just over two weeks ago I went on a walk along the east coast of The Oa, from Kilnaughton Bay to Rubha nan Leacan, the most southerly point on Islay. During that walk, at Port an Eas and some other point I can't remember exactly, I spotted a moth I couldn't remember having seen before. Meaning I had no idea what it was. This is how it looked:
Quite interesting looking fella, isn't it? Not the easiest to photograph as it was quite ‘jumpy’, but I managed to take a few decent shots I think. Here's another one:
So how did the Islay Natural History Trust help to identify it? Well, the next day during a quiet day at the cottage I asked Ian and Margaret what it might have been, describing it as best as I could (I didn't have the pictures with me). Ian took me to his computer and pulled up the Six-Spot Burnet Moth entry on the Islay Natural History Trust blog which had been posted just that day. Now I knew what it was:
That was my first encounter with a Six-Spot Burnet Moth on Islay and how I identified it with the help of a very nice bunch of people. I hope you enjoyed the story and the pictures.
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