Monday 22 May 2017

Longhorn on cuckooflower

I have a couple of "wild" areas in my Cookham garden, and I noticed a couple of small moths landing on some cuckooflowers. Below are 2 pictures of one. Am I safe to record it as Cauchas rufimitrella, or does it need closer inspection?



I also have speedwell in my garden, so will be keeping a lookout for Cauchas fibulella (nice picture in your earlier post Dave). I did see it last year, so fingers crossed.

Steve Trigg, Cookham

2 comments:

  1. Hi Steve, yes that is Cauchas rufimitrella and there are plenty of them about on patches of cuckooflower at the moment.

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    1. Thanks Dave. I have now also seen Cauchas fibulella on my Germander Speedwell.

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