Thursday, 3 July 2014

2 micro queries

I would like help with a couple of small silvery micros, found in my Cookham garden trap. The first has a forewing of 9mm, and originally had its wings tightly wrapped to its body. But later it rested with its wings flat, so here are 2 pictures showing both positions.


The second micro has a forewing of 8mm and again I include 2 photos, one from the side and one from above.

Help much appreciated, Steve Trigg, Cookham

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3 comments:

  1. Nigel3 July 2014 at 11:47

    Hi Steve, the first one is a macro, Oak Nycteoline. The second is very worn, Ephestia sp. is my best guess.

    Nigel

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  2. Steve Trigg3 July 2014 at 16:16

    Thanks Nigel. I can see now that the first one is Oak Nycteoline. No wonder I couldn't find it in the micro guide!

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  3. Nigel3 July 2014 at 17:13

    Hi Steve, it's burned into my memory as I jumped to the same conclusion as you when I saw my first one. We're probably not the first to make this mistake and almost certainly not the last!

    Nigel

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