tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post8011755634349294667..comments2024-03-27T13:25:59.811+00:00Comments on Upper Thames Moths: Homefield Wood againPeter Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828069795222628270noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-32360122015841464632015-07-22T11:59:15.627+01:002015-07-22T11:59:15.627+01:00Do people go looking for it?! It surely suffers fr...Do people go looking for it?! It surely suffers from being a non-descript grass moth and maybe it's under-recorded. I've encountered it once, at Croxley Common Moor in Herts. This is open country, a bit scrubby in places and half dry-ish and half marshy. Typically, I suspect, it was a make-weight I took in 2012 and only bothered to dissect this year, in the winter!Andrew Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08473239062680971150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-24137957637711320162015-07-22T11:32:46.722+01:002015-07-22T11:32:46.722+01:00One of the reasons for getting FC permission to tr...One of the reasons for getting FC permission to trap regularly in Homefield this year was the amount of wych elm in certain areas of the wood. It has previous records for typical elm feeders such as Blomer's Rivulet, Clouded Magpie and Lesser-spotted Pinion which are quite difficult to find in Bucks these days. Clouded Magpie is obviously still doing quite well there, even if Blomer's isn't! I didn't look too closely at every one but didn't notice any significant variation at all.<br /><br />The fact that the Pediasia was caught on a ride cross-roads deep in the heart of the wood was what made me think that it needed to be checked because the books suggest that its habitat is typically open areas of dry grassland such as golf courses. However, two of the three other Bucks records (confirmed by dissection) are from the RIS trap at Burnham Beeches which is also sited in woodland. It either wanders occasionally or else people have been looking for it in the wrong places! Dave Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-51875592218506510012015-07-21T22:37:50.930+01:002015-07-21T22:37:50.930+01:0023 Clouded Magpies! The Black Arches is quite a va...23 Clouded Magpies! The Black Arches is quite a variable moth normally. My question is, did you notice much variation between the Clouded Magpies? They are closely related to Magpies, which certainly vary a lot. <br />The Pediasia is quite a rare moth, was that in woodland or on meadow-land?<br />Andy. Andrew Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08473239062680971150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-27729257041421039082015-07-21T22:05:33.194+01:002015-07-21T22:05:33.194+01:00Nice comparison shot of the two Thorns, Dave - wou...Nice comparison shot of the two Thorns, Dave - would also like to see a Clouded Magpie - is there anywhere near to Aylesbury that you've seen them?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603843537112944294noreply@blogger.com