tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post271713620410681175..comments2024-03-27T13:25:59.811+00:00Comments on Upper Thames Moths: Rustic and micros for help Peter Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828069795222628270noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-18974045901178958432016-08-25T16:13:30.448+01:002016-08-25T16:13:30.448+01:00Thank you all. Flounced Rustic seems pretty unanim...Thank you all. Flounced Rustic seems pretty unanimous and I certainly caught several in the following nights.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141073965586965635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-3055376638711520072016-08-25T14:03:31.172+01:002016-08-25T14:03:31.172+01:00Flounced Rustic for me too. See many looking exact...Flounced Rustic for me too. See many looking exactly like that, they can be variable although the general markings are pretty consistent. Sometimes if its a female it seems to have a different resting posture etc because the wings have to fold round a much larger abdomen which can make it look more different.Marc Bothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450563399415585204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-88059969321904992862016-08-25T12:20:52.203+01:002016-08-25T12:20:52.203+01:00I have one other image of the micro which I will p...I have one other image of the micro which I will post as a new blog. (I don't know how to include an image in a reply). I don't think it will help much as micros of this size are right on the limit of what my camera can cope with. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141073965586965635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-26170934669383190602016-08-25T10:12:12.565+01:002016-08-25T10:12:12.565+01:00I also think Flounced Rustic. There's a lot of...I also think Flounced Rustic. There's a lot of images on the Moth Dissection website of adults showing variations. I hope you can get a better image of the micro, even the eyes, as it looks a bit like Acrocercops brongniardella or similar.Peter Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828069795222628270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-60993898879232623202016-08-25T08:23:19.279+01:002016-08-25T08:23:19.279+01:00Thank you for your quick response. I'll look t...Thank you for your quick response. I'll look through the images I have got again later but I think I have probably selected the best. I had wondered about a Flounced Rustic but have caught several and I definitely thought they were different to the one in the image. On the 22nd I caught fairly large numbers of both Small Square-spot and Square-spot Rustic. They both showed quite a lot of variation and I wondered if there are other similar species I should be looking out for among them.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141073965586965635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-2524166757798088552016-08-24T23:21:51.252+01:002016-08-24T23:21:51.252+01:00Not sure about your macro, Andy. I'm not conv...Not sure about your macro, Andy. I'm not convinced that it is Hedge Rustic either - not a species I see all that often but as it happens I did get one last night to remind me what it looks like. Do you have any more images? Your moth could perhaps be Flounced Rustic (which is the answer to a lot of ID queries at this time of year). The Yponomeuta isn't do-able to species, I'm afraid, while the third picture is a Gracillariid and could be a Parornix or perhaps Callisto denticulella (it would need a better image to be sure). Dave Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com