It's been very slow going here in central Oxford. In fact I'd even stopped bothering to put the trap out during the rain and high winds. Last night was a bit better than of late with my first Pale Prominent of the year, a Bright-line Brown-eye, a Yellow-barred Brindle and an unknown micro that was large (for a micro) but remarkably featureless so any ID pointers would be most welcome. I've also got a couple of those wretched Pugs from a couple of weeks ago that I'd appreciate confirmation on.
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| Pale Prominent - a very curious looking beast |
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| Featureless large micro - any ID hints would be most welcome |
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Brindled or Oak-tree (caught a couple of weeks ago),
I'd probably go for the former given that it looks quite long-winged |
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| Common Pug? |
Hello Adam, your micro is Prays ruficeps which until a year or two ago was confused with the dark form of Prays fraxinella. The yellow-ish head is what differentiates ruficeps from fraxinella (both seem to be quite common locally wherever there are ash trees).
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