Prominent Moths

Longitude (deg): -1.1. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Larva. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Larva, on ground". Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Larva. Associated species: Quercus robur. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Photo summary: "Half-grown larva, close-ups, pupa". Comment: "Young larva, beaten from Oak". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: enlarged. Photo date: 1 Oct 2005. Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.

Superb broken 'dying leaf' outline when feeding under a Sallow leaf - I think this is how they are normally found in the wild - this was captive reared.

Final instar, captive bred and reared on late Sallow.

Yellownecked caterpillars (Datana ministra) cheerfully defoliating a staggerbush plant at Frenchman's Forest Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida. The adult is a brown moth with a 50mm wingspan.

Orange County, FL, April 2014. Backyard.

Longitude (deg): -1.0. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 30' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: at MV light. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.

All photos of same specimen.

All photos of same specimen.