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    -{{:news:2025:20250719-152454-5882-1080x810.jpg?400 |Jersey Tiger moth (//Euplagia quadripunctaria//)}} 
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     ====== 19 Jul 2025: Tiger Moths! ====== ====== 19 Jul 2025: Tiger Moths! ======
        
     +[{{:news:2025:20250719-152454-5882-1080x810.jpg?400  |Jersey Tiger moth (//Euplagia quadripunctaria//)}}]
     +[{{:news:2025:1000012674-cropped.jpg?400|Ruby Tiger moth (//Phragmatobia fuliginosa//)}}]
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     A brightly coloured moth flew past one of our members,  A brightly coloured moth flew past one of our members, 
     showing dark wings with cream markings on the forewings and red on the hindwings,  showing dark wings with cream markings on the forewings and red on the hindwings, 
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     The moth came to rest on holly underneath a hazel bush,  The moth came to rest on holly underneath a hazel bush, 
     and to our surprise turned out to be the closely related and similarly coloured  and to our surprise turned out to be the closely related and similarly coloured 
    -[[https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/euplagia-quadripunctaria/|Jersey Tiger moth (//Euplagia quadripunctaria//)]].  +[[https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/euplagia-quadripunctaria/|Jersey Tiger moth]] (//Euplagia quadripunctaria//).   
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     Fifty years ago this species was even more restricted than the Scarlet Tiger,  Fifty years ago this species was even more restricted than the Scarlet Tiger, 
     occurring only at one or two spots in South Devon,  occurring only at one or two spots in South Devon, 
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     Like the Scarlet Tiger, the Jersey Tiger has also become much more common recently.   Like the Scarlet Tiger, the Jersey Tiger has also become much more common recently.  
      
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    -{{ :news:2025:1000012674-cropped.jpg?400|Ruby Tiger moth (//Phragmatobia fuliginosa//)}}  
     Later the same afternoon, we spotted a different tiger-moth,  Later the same afternoon, we spotted a different tiger-moth, 
    -this time the much more subdued Ruby Tiger moth (//Phragmatobia fuliginosa//), +this time the much more subdued [[https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phragmatobia-fuliginosa/|Ruby Tiger moth]] (//Phragmatobia fuliginosa//), 
     whose caterpillars I reared as a schoolboy in Portsmouth in the 1960's.   whose caterpillars I reared as a schoolboy in Portsmouth in the 1960's.  
     The generic name (//Phragmatobia//)} implies that the moth likes damp places (it means living among reeds) --  The generic name (//Phragmatobia//)} implies that the moth likes damp places (it means living among reeds) -- 
     although there are no reeds at Bishop's Pond at present, they might well put in an appearance.   although there are no reeds at Bishop's Pond at present, they might well put in an appearance.  
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