Can anyone identify this?

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Leon R

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96 months

Tuesday 8th June 2021
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Aunty Pasty

614 posts

38 months

Tuesday 8th June 2021
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It's 2 moths mating.

Leon R

Original Poster:

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96 months

Tuesday 8th June 2021
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Oh really? Wow that was not something I even considered!

Thanks!

Nightmare

5,185 posts

284 months

Tuesday 8th June 2021
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Yeah - 2 white ermine moths I think....though their front legs should be black and not massively furry like that so not definite. Cool pic!

dudleybloke

19,805 posts

186 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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Is the op the pervert for watching, or they the perverts for carrying on once they've been spotted?

APontus

1,935 posts

35 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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Lesser spotted dogging moths.

Equus

16,852 posts

101 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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Nightmare said:
Yeah - 2 white ermine moths I think....though their front legs should be black and not massively furry like that so not definite.
Not Ermine Moths (which have spots on their wings).

They are a pair of puss moths (Cerura vinula).

Smoggy XJR

550 posts

70 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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Equus said:
Nightmare said:
Yeah - 2 white ermine moths I think....though their front legs should be black and not massively furry like that so not definite.
Not Ermine Moths (which have spots on their wings).

They are a pair of puss moths (Cerura vinula).
Are they actually CATerpillars?

Aunty Pasty

614 posts

38 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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I must admit until I clicked on the pictures and had a close look I thought it looked like some sort of sea slug, except it's obviously not in the sea!

Bacon Is Proof

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231 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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Aunty Pasty said:
I must admit until I clicked on the pictures and had a close look I thought it looked like some sort of sea slug, except it's obviously not in the sea!
Out of place nudibranch was my first thought!

Nightmare

5,185 posts

284 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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Equus said:
Not Ermine Moths (which have spots on their wings).

They are a pair of puss moths (Cerura vinula).
thumbup nice work! I knew I should have checked biggrin

anonymous-user

54 months

Wednesday 9th June 2021
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dudleybloke said:
Is the op the pervert for watching, or they the perverts for carrying on once they've been spotted?
Moths just being moths.

OP didn’t know he was taking a photo of moths shagging al fresco.

No pervs!