Hi, I reckon your moth is a Dark Marbled Carpet. This is a very variable Geometrid moth, and yours is unusually spectacularly marked. The long protrusions on the outer edge of the central cross band would suggest Dark Marbled Carpet, rather than Common Marbled Carpet. But I might be wrong! Sheila
Calton hill this afternoon 2 grayling, 2 meadow brown and 1 red admiral. Bawsinch v disappointing 1 ragged red admiral plus flyby white which zipped up in to the tree canopy.
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Spent 5 hours on and around Arthurs Seat today ..weather off and on but on enough to see some beauties..not a lot of species though. Low numbers of ringlits more so of Meadow Browns, 1 fly by Comma, 2 Red Admirals 4 Common Blues one of which was a female, probably one of my favourite uk butterflies 1 Small Heath. Fab day.