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Orange Swift Moth (Triodia sylvina) I was in my garage the other night, gently clearing away excessive spider webs, when I was dive bombed by a reasonably sized Moth, which then seemed to disappear, despite a lengthy search on my part.<br />
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The next morning, I found this male Orange Swift at the garage window, where he stayed all day.<br />
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You can tell it&#039;s the male because males are more brightly coloured and smaller than the females.<br />
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Orange Swift Moth (Triodia sylvina)

I was in my garage the other night, gently clearing away excessive spider webs, when I was dive bombed by a reasonably sized Moth, which then seemed to disappear, despite a lengthy search on my part.

The next morning, I found this male Orange Swift at the garage window, where he stayed all day.

You can tell it's the male because males are more brightly coloured and smaller than the females.

Alas, no video to show you.

    comments (4)

  1. It's a beauty. And just for this once, we'll forgive you for not including a video ;) Posted 5 years ago
    1. Hahaha

      It was clearly sleeping. A video didn't seem any more enlightening than a photo.

      It was still in the garage last night, alive and well, but I can't find it today, which I hope is a good sign.
      Posted 5 years ago
      1. We occasionally get indoor moths as well, they seem to be terrible at escaping the house once they're in. Posted 5 years ago
        1. This is very true.

          Because the Orange Swift is a night-flying moth, I left it undisturbed during the day, and left the garage door open from dusk, until I had to close it to allow our badger family and my fox friends to access the kitchen door.
          Posted 5 years ago

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The orange swift or orange moth is a moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It was previously placed in the genus ''Hepialus''. It is distributed throughout Europe.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Philip Booker
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Uploaded Sep 2, 2020. Captured Aug 31, 2020 11:17 in 14 Barrow Cl, Brighton BN1 7FL, UK.
  • DSC-RX10M4
  • f/4.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO800
  • 177.86mm