Identify this moth / butterfly

[studiot]

Never seen one like this before.

Can anyone idnetify it please ?

It is dark brown with yellow bands on the wing edges and tips.

 

[mistermack]

Oak Eggar ??       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiocampa_quercus

[studiot]

1 hour ago, mistermack said:

Oak Eggar ??       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiocampa_quercus

Thank you I think you have found it.  +1

The  male Oak Eggar on Wiki looks very much like it, including the two small wingspots

Edited July 30, 2022 by studiot

[joigus]

It seems we have a winner. I'm looking from independent confirmation.

[geordief]

Where did you see it ?(it looks a bit worse for wear now😉

[studiot]

4 hours ago, geordief said:

?(it looks a bit worse for wear now😉

If you think mothy looks bad, you should see the other guy.

 

I picked him up whilst walking along a lane in very rural Herefordshire a few days ago.

Had a great holiday tramping the Malverns and visiting the oldest rocks in England.

We have had noticeably fewer insects here in Somerset these last few years, but they still have plenty in Herefordshire.

[geordief]

26 minutes ago, studiot said:

If you think mothy looks bad, you should see the other guy.

 

I picked him up whilst walking along a lane in very rural Herefordshire a few days ago.

Had a great holiday tramping the Malverns and visiting the oldest rocks in England.

We have had noticeably fewer insects here in Somerset these last few years, but they still have plenty in Herefordshire.

Have noticed fewer moths this year in the garden or inside the  house.Even the cabbage whites I have hardly seen.

Hundreds upon thousands of flying ants and a bare minimum of ladybirds 

 

No shortage of dragon flies ,young ones around this time-or young frogs in the weeds.

(We got none of that heatwave around here ,if that would  account for anything)

 

Edited July 30, 2022 by geordief

[Peterkin]

26 minutes ago, geordief said:

Have noticed fewer moths this year in the garden or inside the  house.Even the cabbage whites I have hardly seen.

Hundreds upon thousands of flying ants and a bare minimum of ladybirds 

It's serious everywhere.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52399373

[mistermack]

On 7/30/2022 at 7:55 PM, Peterkin said:

It's serious everywhere.

It seems to be a weakness of moths and butterflies that they tend to specialise to exploit specific niches. Not a problem, till humans come along with our industial scale mono cultures in the fields. Evolution hasn't prepared them for that. 

The wiki article on the Oak Eggar is interesting. It looks like people must have been nicknaming acorns as "oak eggs" and the cocoons look like acorns, hence the name. I did wonder how it got such an odd name.