Tansy Over Yarrow - _TNY_8014S2 (In Explore 29/7 2024)
Here is a nice two-exposure focus stack of a plume moth known as the tansy plume (Gillmeria ochrodactyla) on a red clover (Trifolium pratense L.).
There is a very similar species known as the yarrow plume (G. pallidactyla), but that one would have the part of the hind legs between the two spurs in uniform brown which this one doesn't so it has to be the tansy one instead.
This was taken at 1:1 magnification, but the moth stayed put so I got at least one more shot of it coming up at greater magnification.
Tansy Over Yarrow - _TNY_8014S2 (In Explore 29/7 2024)
Here is a nice two-exposure focus stack of a plume moth known as the tansy plume (Gillmeria ochrodactyla) on a red clover (Trifolium pratense L.).
There is a very similar species known as the yarrow plume (G. pallidactyla), but that one would have the part of the hind legs between the two spurs in uniform brown which this one doesn't so it has to be the tansy one instead.
This was taken at 1:1 magnification, but the moth stayed put so I got at least one more shot of it coming up at greater magnification.