tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post7482147883323080145..comments2024-03-27T13:25:59.811+00:00Comments on Upper Thames Moths: Four-spotted MothPeter Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828069795222628270noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-25831214002744893452016-07-10T15:42:48.114+01:002016-07-10T15:42:48.114+01:00Hi Marc,
The possibility of a resident population ...Hi Marc,<br />The possibility of a resident population is interesting, though I trap at least once a week during the season and it's never turned up before. I certainly have plenty of bindweed at the end of the garden, and now I have an excuse to leave it alone. My location is SU5105295322, next to the Waggon & Horses at Culham traffic lights. I'll keep my eyes peeled for more examples.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995151523818526953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-71536423060290985882016-07-10T15:39:01.853+01:002016-07-10T15:39:01.853+01:00Dave, Thanks, P. roborella looks like a very good ...Dave, Thanks, P. roborella looks like a very good bet to me. It matches the distinctive feature in the Berks Micro book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995151523818526953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-19063365251652412362016-07-10T05:18:15.206+01:002016-07-10T05:18:15.206+01:00Hi Will,
I believe there have been records from Ap...Hi Will,<br />I believe there have been records from Appleford, Didcot and Cholsey of Four-spotted in the not too distant past and so your record in Culham could actually be a resident individual and is therefore a very exciting record as this species is high priority for conservation. However, given the migrant activity it could well be an immigrant individual too. Could you sne dme more details of where you caught it - I'm trying to locate it in known sites locally to report back to BC. I visited the known Didcot site with no luck earlier in year. Worth having a look during the day as it is a day active species as well as coming to light. Great record. Best wishes, Marc Marc Bothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450563399415585204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-62398294696199367602016-07-09T19:02:31.682+01:002016-07-09T19:02:31.682+01:00Hi again, thanks for sending the link and I've...Hi again, thanks for sending the link and I've cropped and added the picture above. Knowing the size makes all the difference and I'm now fairly sure that this is Phycita roborella, probably a female given that it doesn't have the noticeably thickened base to its antennae which is sported by the male.Dave Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-47480335271456892192016-07-09T18:27:48.803+01:002016-07-09T18:27:48.803+01:00Hi Dave, thanks for your suggestion, but I forgot ...Hi Dave, thanks for your suggestion, but I forgot to give an indication of size. This moth is 14mm long, so too large for the Acrobasis spp I think. I still have the moth and have a photo which shows the side more clearly than the one I posted. I don't seem to be able to copy tthe photo in this comment, so here's a link:<br />https://goo.gl/photos/t6MaL2w1R7f6tXGQ9<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995151523818526953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-73990345045369258142016-07-09T15:13:47.633+01:002016-07-09T15:13:47.633+01:00...or do you have any further pictures, taken from......or do you have any further pictures, taken from the side?Dave Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-16099746434255078982016-07-09T15:11:59.223+01:002016-07-09T15:11:59.223+01:00Hi Will, Four-spotted is an excellent catch and ad...Hi Will, Four-spotted is an excellent catch and adds to the small list of probable migrant species seen on Thursday night. There are a handful of records from the very north of Bucks where it seems once to have been resident (last seen 2004), but Bedfordshire has more recent records (up to 2009 at least).<br /><br />I'm not sure about your pyralid - it doesn't seem to look all that much like the illustrations I can find of Sciota adelphella (a species I've not seen) but is more akin to one of the Acrobasis species, marmorea perhaps. Do you still have the moth? Dave Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com