Firstly, is this colourful micro Rhyacionia pinicolana?
Secondly, is this Recurvaria leucatella?
The next one I think might be Gypsonoma dealbana or sociana.
Finally, this one looks like Spilonota ocellana?
Steve Trigg, Cookham
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Thursday, 21 July 2016
Some micro questions
In Tuesday night's garden trap, the micros (125 individuals) outnumbered the macros (100). Trying to identify some of them is quite challenging, but here are a few I have had a crack at.
Firstly, is this colourful micro Rhyacionia pinicolana?
Secondly, is this Recurvaria leucatella?
The next one I think might be Gypsonoma dealbana or sociana.
Finally, this one looks like Spilonota ocellana?
Steve Trigg, Cookham
Firstly, is this colourful micro Rhyacionia pinicolana?
Secondly, is this Recurvaria leucatella?
The next one I think might be Gypsonoma dealbana or sociana.
Finally, this one looks like Spilonota ocellana?
Steve Trigg, Cookham
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Full marks Steve. I think it's dealbana.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Peter.
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