Arto Maatta

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Birding, moths, and general interest in nature. A retired Cell Biologist.

Orange Swift
Old Lady moth (Mormo maura) resting on my palm.
An adult Roseate Tern standing on a rock covered with seaweed
Small Mottled Willow (also known as Beet Armyworm, which sounds much more ominous).
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing.
A yellow Labrador Retriever leaping on white sand.
Purple Bar
Snipe standing on a fence post
A yellow Labrador Retriever is having a nap on a grassy slope of Ben Vorlich
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing.
Burnished Brass - although the wide gap in the brown crossband could also fit Cryptic Burnished Brass, D.stenochrysis (see Khan et al. 2026. Syst Entomol. 51, 2 / e70043). It could be that Burnished Brass agg. will end up being the correct call for many of these moths.
An adult Turtle Dove standing of flat roof, facing left.
Scarce Silver-lines moth on a pale wooden background.
Purple Hairstreak butterfly facing right on an Oak leaf.
A yellow Labrador Retriever is resting next to a moth trap on a white ground sheet.
Grey Phalarope feeding on shallow sea water near the shore.
Blood Vein
A Booted Warbler in a tree among leaves.
Swallowtail Moth
Miller
A Colletes sp bee on an Ox-eye Daisy
Side profile of a Lunar Hornet Moth, a clearwing moth that mimics wasps and hornets.
Side profile of a Beautiful Golden Y moth (Autographa pulchrina) against pale background
Map-winged Swift moth resting on a green leaf.
Light Emerald
A side profile of a Spotted Flycatcher standing on a branch in front of some ferns.
Ghost Moth female.
Lime Hawk-moth
A juvenile Grey Wagtail on a rock on the shore of river Wharfe
Buff Ermine
A yellow flowerof a Common Rock-rose against dark, shadowy background.
Flower spike of Common Twayblade with the lowest flowers already open.
Eyed Hawk-moth
Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on a red clover flowerhead.
Yellow Wagtail on a wire fence. Its beak is open as it is calling. There are some small white out-of-focus flowers in the background.
Rudy Shelduck at a muddy edge of a small pond
Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobiae) resting on leaf of a cereal plant.
Incurvaria oehlmanniella (Purple-tinged Cutter
Female Goosander and ducklings swimming.
Dipper preening
Poplar Hawk-moth
Holly Blue butterfly feeding.
Silver-ground Carpet
Pebble Prominent
A yellow Labrador Retriever sleeping on green lawn.
Dwarf Pug
Searphim moth (Lobophora halterata) resting on a green cloth.
Side view of a Crosswort against the greenery of woodland undergrowth.
Green Longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella) resting on a leaf.
Dingy Skipper butterfly resting on a gravel ground.
Redshank in summer plumage standing on bare ground.
Grey Heron standing on shallow water. The photo is taken at sunset in shadowy river valley, so the background is almost black.
Grey Partridge standing in long grass
Common Sandpiper wading on shallow water
Marsh Harrier gliding agsinst grey sky and distant power lines
Glossy Ibis walking at the edge of water.
Dark Sword-grass