David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Moths 37 – Burnished Brass Moths
BURNISHED
BRASS MOTH Diachrysia chrysitis f. aurea
BURNISHED BRASS MOTH Diachrysia chrysitis f. aurea
BURNISHED BRASS MOTH Diachrysia chrysitis f. aurea
BURNISHED BRASS MOTH Diachrysia chrysitis f. aurea
BURNISHED BRASS MOTH Diachrysia chrysitis f. aurea
BURNISHED
BRASS MOTH Diachrysia chrysitis
f. aurea
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The metallic reflections of the appropriately named Burnished Brass Moth Diachrysia chrysitis (Noctuidae, Plusiinae) are best observed in sunlight on the occasions
when this attractive species flies during the day. Most of the above photographs
illustrate a freshly emerged and pristine example of the form aurea (this has two separated brassy bands on each
forewing) feeding on Field
Scabious Knautia arvenesis. It cannot have been particularly windy as this
flower is supported by a slender stem that would have responded to the slightest
breeze, making it difficult to obtain any photographs. In some of the
photographs the forewings were being vibrated, hence the blurring. In form juncta, shown in the final photograph (scanned from an old
transparency) the brassy bands are partially connected.
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