{"id":4065,"date":"2010-03-25T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T10:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2010-03-25T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T10:49:54","slug":"photos-of-an-amorous-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/photos-of-an-amorous-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of an Amorous Couple!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems as though the photos of the mating pair of <em>Dasystoma salicella<\/em> moths I took at the weekend have been in demand. I posted one of them on a forum and immediately had a couple of people ask if they could use it for their own personal records. Obviously I didn&#8217;t mind and sent them copies of the photos.<\/p>\n<p>Since then I&#8217;ve been in contact with Ian at <a title=\"UK Moths\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukmoths.org.uk\/\">UK Moths<\/a> who had photos of the larval stage, but not the adults of <em>Dasystoma salicella<\/em>, so the UK Moths website is now using my photo to illustrate the species. In addition, Mike from <a title=\"Hants Moths\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hantsmoths.org.uk\/\">Hants Moths<\/a> was in a similar position and requested use of the photo too.<\/p>\n<p>If only I had realised that it was such an un-photogenic species at the time, I may have spent a little more time and effort getting a few more shots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_4048\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_5400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4048\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4048 \" title=\"IMG_5400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_5400-400x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_5400-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_5400-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_5400.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amorous Couple - Dasystoma salicella<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems as though the photos of the mating pair of Dasystoma salicella moths I took at the weekend have been in demand. 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