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Friday, 16 March 2018

Water carpet etc

These moths came to light 14/15 March with others.

I think I have idea of ID but more than happy to be corrected.


Water carpet


Ypsolopha mucronella



Northern drab


Sparkly caterpillar

Alan Diver Tackley




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5 comments:

  1. Mark Griffiths16 March 2018 at 10:25

    Alan, I think the caterpillar is a Scarlet Tiger.

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  2. Alan Diver16 March 2018 at 11:20

    Thanks Mark, Somebody else came up with same ID and, looking it up it does seem to be the Scarlet Tiger.

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  3. Dave Wilton16 March 2018 at 17:52

    Hi Alan, yes to Water Carpet and Ypsolopha mucronella but your Northern Drab looks more like a Common Quaker to me. I don't know about Oxon but in Bucks Northern Drab is very uncommon and restricted to chalk downland. As Mark suggests, the caterpillar is Scarlet Tiger.

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  4. Alan Diver16 March 2018 at 19:36

    Thanks Dave,

    Alan

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  5. Martin Townsend22 March 2018 at 06:30

    I agree with the above. It is too early for Northern Drab especially when the weather has been cold. Can I also ask that you take photos at a less acute angle and avoid placing the specimen on bark as this causes glare. With the Ypsolopha, part of the moth is obscured by the container, so the only way to be sure it isn't a very similar form of Y. ustella (with shorter forewing) is the length of the palps.

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