Moth or Butterfly?

anyone tell me what make and model this is please?

http://community.dcmag.co.uk/photos/.../original.aspx

ooo easy one for a change lol Its a gipsy moth tugmistress :D

Thanks Count :)
it's only easy if you know the answer though lol

yes thats true tugmistress lol the observers book series has a lot to answer for :lol:

Check seabird's post "Moth," looks like a slightly tatty Magpie moth of which there are thousands about at the moment,

Is gypsy moth another name for magpie moth, as I thought this one was a Magpie moth.

Bumper year this year. They were even fluttering onto the boat I was aboard on in the middle of the Pentland Firth last week.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/wild...magpiemoth.asp

oops see its so easy to mispell things lol its a magpie moth, my most humble appologies :D i knew what i meant but was talking to someone and put my brain into neutral lol :lol: