I have been lucky enough to have the Jersey Tiger Moth in my garden. This is a day flying spectacular moth. Although I have only ever seen one at a time, I have seen them over the last three years.
Wings closed, not my photo.
A poor photo (it’s a nightmare to photograph against glass as the camera doesn’t know where to focus), but here is one in my living room.
More information on this species that seems to be expanding in North Kent and South London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euplagia_quadripunctaria
Not to be confused with the Garden Tiger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_tiger_moth
Different wing patterns and spotting on the Garden Tiger.
Lovely (says she with moth phobia, who can still appreciate the beauty..)! A good friend had one in his garden in E.Dulwich last year, which I was loathe to believe until I saw the photographic ‘evidence’, and yes it surely was a Jersey Tiger. However, we haven’t got to the bottom of what he describes as a powder blue moth in his bathroom last month?? He swears it was definitely a moth, not a butterfly, and def a pale blue, not green or off-white. Any ideas?
Oh, and he didn’t manage to get a photo of it, unfortunately.
Just had one in my house in North Road Dartford such a beautiful creature going to be looking for more
Had a visit from one three times this summer in my office in the Broadway, Bexleyheath