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Saturday, 13 June 2015

Dancersend moth

I photographed this micro in the chalk pits at Dancersend Waterworks yesterday. Hoping it might be Aethes smeathmanniana to contribute towards the 4 species we need to reach 700! It was very flighty and this was the best shot I could get. Didn't manage to catch it, I'm afraid.
Mick Jones

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3 comments:

  1. Peter Hall13 June 2015 at 11:00

    I can see you are missing me Mick. I hate id'ing these from photos, but my money is on Cochylimorpha straminea. Let's see what Mister Wilton thinks when he finally wakes up.

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  2. Dave Wilton13 June 2015 at 11:46

    I'm awake, just waiting for someone else to pitch in first because I was thinking along the same lines! A.smeathmanniana normally has more positive markings and these look rather wishy-washy like straminea. Do you like my use of technical terms?

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  3. Mick Jones13 June 2015 at 12:00

    Shame! We seem to be stuck at 696 species! I'll keep trying.
    Thanks both.

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