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Can someone ID this insect

p.e.s. · 2014-05-26 22:10:22

I think its a moth , it has crimson red wings with black stripes and a Black angular shaped head. I got some video of it , ill try to upload it later . I have never seen a moth like it before , I might be wrong , it could be something else. Thanks

26-05-2014 10:10pm

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I think its a moth , it has crimson red wings with black stripes and a Black angular shaped head. I got some video of it , ill try to upload it later . I have never seen a moth like it before , I might be wrong , it could be something else.

Thanks

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#2 26-05-2014 10:13pm

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Sounds like a cinnabar moth.

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#3 26-05-2014 10:21pm

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Hi, Here is a photo of the moth , Where are they from , I have never seen one before

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#4 26-05-2014 10:41pm

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p.e.s. wrote: »

Hi, Here is a photo of the moth , Where are they from , I have never seen one before

There native to Ireland, I think there mostly found around the coasts.

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#5 27-05-2014 12:09am

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The Cinnabar tyria jacobaeae

Flies May-July usual during night,
widespread and common on meadows and coast

Its orange and black stripe larva feed mainly on ragwort

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#6 27-05-2014 9:46am

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Yeh, caterpillar is fairly distinctive, photo from last year I think! Dave

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