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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 15:23:22 GMT
It may be difficult to read the label, but it says emerged from pupa in young ash tree, Honor Oak, which is in London 25th june 1890.
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Post by nomad on Feb 4, 2017 16:28:07 GMT
Never seen this species, yet in the Wild.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 20:18:41 GMT
They come to light in Buckinghamshire
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Post by nomad on Feb 4, 2017 21:46:11 GMT
Never seems to have been common in Wilts, never in my moth trap and I had no luck looking for them on tree trunks.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 21:52:48 GMT
It never ceases to amaze me how well these old specimens keep,127 years old and still lovely.
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Post by nomad on Feb 4, 2017 21:57:44 GMT
With proper care, there is no reason that they should not last for a very long while, they certainly outlive their owners, often several.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 22:05:04 GMT
Unfortunately a lot of these old collections are going to ruin, that's why it's nice to rescue them.
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Post by nomad on Feb 4, 2017 22:12:01 GMT
Certainly, I have viewed storeboxes recently that contain just piles of pins, dust and data labels.
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Post by nomad on Feb 4, 2017 22:16:18 GMT
When you imagine all the effort and enjoyment that went into a collection, and it is left to go to ruin, it is such a shame. Many valuable collections have been lost this way and are still being lost.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 22:20:06 GMT
We cando our bit in saving as many as we can
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Post by mothman27 on Feb 18, 2017 13:38:06 GMT
It resembles The Giant Leopard Moth, Hypercompe scribonia that are here in the US.
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