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Blends in well on my Gritstone wall, but what is it ?

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Posted : 03/07/2013 1:08 pm
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Im no lepidopterist but id say its a moth.


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 1:09 pm
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EDIT: I'm talking rollocks.


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 1:10 pm
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Cheaper version of this

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Posted : 03/07/2013 1:11 pm
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I'll go with moth, but what type ?


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 1:11 pm
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A butterfly with a fur coat on?


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 1:11 pm
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[url= http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=6017 ]This?[/url]

or a mutant baby robin


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 1:13 pm
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Common swift?


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 1:14 pm
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Could you take thousands of them and make a lovely warm coat with them? Has anyone ever made a moth coat?


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 1:15 pm
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I'm fairly certain it's one of these going the other way;

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Posted : 03/07/2013 1:18 pm
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Common swift?

Ha Ha its a Swift, a Map Winged one at that 🙂


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 2:14 pm
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Told you i wasnt a lepidopterist.


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 2:17 pm
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Strangely enough, the first thing I thought when I saw it was 'I bet that's a moorland moth'

Fasthaggis has it..

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18 Map-winged Swift Hepialus fusconebulosa
(DeGeer, 1778)
Wingspan 30-35 mm.

Often associated with moorland, this species is generally distributed across Britain, but is local in some parts.


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 3:59 pm
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A European Swallow


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 4:08 pm
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It's the long lost fourth member of ZZ Top.


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 4:09 pm
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i thought there were only 3 beards in zztop?


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 5:15 pm
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Yep, three beards. Two beardies and Jeff Beard, the drummer.


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 5:36 pm
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Yep, three beards. Two beardies and [s]Jeff[/s] Frank Beard, the drummer.

No moths, mind you.


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 7:32 pm
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A European Swallow

What's it's ground speed? 😉


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 11:18 pm
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seen a few of them round that london way lately


 
Posted : 03/07/2013 11:35 pm
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A European Swallow
What's it's ground speed?

Is that laden (with Coconut) or unladen?


 
Posted : 04/07/2013 10:19 am