Thursday 26 October 2017

Help with ID

I put my trap out again in my garden last night and was delighted to get my first Merveille du Jour. What a beauty!
There were a couple of moths that I am unsure of. I thought that they might be Pearly Underwing and a Dark Sword-grass, but I'm really not sure!
Photo 1

Photo 2
Thanks in advance 
Lorna Woolhouse, Checkendon, South Oxfordshire 
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6 comments:

  1. Peter Hall26 October 2017 at 16:41

    This one looks like a Turnip moth Lorna. I can just about make out the thoracic crest.

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  2. Lorna26 October 2017 at 16:49

    Thanks Peter, I didn't think of that one. Do you think they are both Turnip moths?

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  3. Dave Wilton26 October 2017 at 16:52

    Aren't they both Dark Sword-grass?

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  4. Nigel26 October 2017 at 16:56

    Dave, that's what I was thinking. Had to get the books out to double-check . .

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  5. Lorna26 October 2017 at 16:57

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds them confusing!

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  6. Peter Hall26 October 2017 at 20:10

    Apologies, my mistake

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