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Mother Shipton moths (52)
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It have been taken at the same afternoon as the two others I posted this week. The light was very low and warm, perfect for such pictures. And since I'm a little obsessed with blue BG's ;-) than I simply cound't miss such possibility.
These are mating moths. I saw lots of these fellows on my meadows, but they are very shy and fly away as soon as possible. I don't have any picture of a single moth. Fortunatelly I found this couple on a Sorrel plant. They were a little too busy to fly away ;-) so I could take some shots. They aren't maybe very spectacular, but I like the way they have their wings.
I guess these are Mother Shipton moths(Callistege mi).
This is a day-flying moth, preferring sunny flowering meadows. The English name refers to the forewing markings, which appear to show an old lady or witch's head. I can't really see it, but maybe some of you have enough imagination :-)
These is an ocassion to learn who Mother Shipton was.
Ursula Southeil (1488 - 1561), better known as Mother Shipton, was an English soothsayer and prophetess who is said to have made dozens of unusually accurate predictions, including the Great Plague of London, the Spanish Armada, and the Great Fire of London.
The details of her life as recorded by Head state that she was born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and was reputedly hideously ugly - supposedly because she was fathered by the Devil.
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