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A black, long-winged moth perched on the tip of the authors finger, vertically. It has an almost navy sheen to it and black horizontal squiggly lines across its wings. Their is a yellow apostrophe shaped mark halfway down the wing.

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A black, long-winged moth perched on the tip of the authors finger, vertically. It has an almost navy sheen to it and black horizontal squiggly lines across its wings. Their is a yellow apostrophe shaped mark halfway down the wing.
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Joe Harkness (joeharkness@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 10:22:11 UTC Joe Harkness

Today’s moth on my finger is the Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra). Flying in September and October, I always view their arrival in the moth trap as a signal that autumn is incoming. Their velvety black colourations may appear drab, but they’re actually deep and lustrous, as this image shows.
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