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Thursday, 31 May 2018
Headington micromoth help
Can anyone help me out with names for these three micromoths, caught on a damp night this week?
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Thank you!
Good night at the museum
A near-perfect night for trapping at the museum, gave me a box full of moths to sort through during the day.
Lots of new for year included White Ermine, Flame, Small Magpie, Common White Wave, Common Wave, Scorched Wing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lime Hawk-moth, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Light Brocade, Spectacle, Common Swift, Grass Rivulet, Vines Rustic, Udea olivalis, Small Fan-foot, Pine Hawk-moth, Peach Blossom, Middle-barred Minor, Purple Clay and White Point.
There were a bunch of micros as well...these are the ones I'm struggling with, if anyone can help? I have managed to retain a few of them.
Dave Morris, Chalfont St Giles
Lots of new for year included White Ermine, Flame, Small Magpie, Common White Wave, Common Wave, Scorched Wing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lime Hawk-moth, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Light Brocade, Spectacle, Common Swift, Grass Rivulet, Vines Rustic, Udea olivalis, Small Fan-foot, Pine Hawk-moth, Peach Blossom, Middle-barred Minor, Purple Clay and White Point.
There were a bunch of micros as well...these are the ones I'm struggling with, if anyone can help? I have managed to retain a few of them.
Dave Morris, Chalfont St Giles
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
IDs & Confirmations please
hi, I think I have
Foxglove Pug
Grass Rivulet
Hedya pruniana
Middle-barred Minor
Pyrausta aurata
Clepsis sp. ?
Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford
Foxglove Pug
Grass Rivulet
Hedya pruniana
Middle-barred Minor
Pyrausta aurata
Clepsis sp. ?
Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford
Small elephant hawk-moth and others
Small elephant hawk moth
Tatty specimen. Could it be Little thorn?
Carpet?
Grateful for any help with ID
Alan Diver
Tackley
Toadflax Pug? and others
Possibly two very different looking Mottled Rustic and a Large Nutmeg?
Confirmation or correction would be much appreciated.
Garden Moths
21 species in my garden last night; new for the year were Light-brown Apple Moth, Treble Brown-spot, Ingrailed Clay, Codling Moth, Brown Silver-lines, Buff-tip, Straw Dot and one of the Cnephasia species.
Plus, I think this is Incurvaria oehlmanniella?:
Also, this, if anyone can suggest an id for me?
Dave Morris. Seer Green
Plus, I think this is Incurvaria oehlmanniella?:
Also, this, if anyone can suggest an id for me?
Dave Morris. Seer Green
Monday, 28 May 2018
Grass Rivulet, and 2 micro queries
Just under 100 moths in the garden trap last night, comprising 41 species. New for the year included Lime Hawk-moth, Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Maiden's Blush, Light Emerald, Straw Dot, Cinnabar, Archips podana, Agapeta hamana and Udea olivalis. However, the highlight for me was a Grass Rivulet which I have not seen before.
Below are a couple of micros I am not sure about. The first has a forewing length of just 3mm, and I thought it may be a worn Phyllonorycter harrisella?
The second micro has a forewing length of 9mm. Unfortunately, it is deceased so it may not appear in this picture in it's natural resting position. Any suggestions welcome.
Steve Trigg, Cookham
Below are a couple of micros I am not sure about. The first has a forewing length of just 3mm, and I thought it may be a worn Phyllonorycter harrisella?
The second micro has a forewing length of 9mm. Unfortunately, it is deceased so it may not appear in this picture in it's natural resting position. Any suggestions welcome.
Steve Trigg, Cookham
Sunday, 27 May 2018
oh no! first Large Yellow Underwing
First one of the year in the trap this morning. On the plus side there was also a Privet Hawk.
Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford.
Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford.
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Toadflax Brocade
Another Toadflax Brocade here last night (apologies for the poor photo), the third so far this year, the others being on 09 May and 23 May.
In previous years I've had singletons here on 05 June 2011, 11 June 2015 and 12 June 2017 so maybe this is becoming a more frequent visitor.
Richard Ellis
Chorleywood
Another Dancersend day-flying micro
Given my poor performance on micro IDs recently, I'd like to check this one out. I think it is a female Cauchas rufimitrella. It was in a wet woodland ride with Cuckooflower nearby.
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Friday, 25 May 2018
Micro numbers improving
I had thirteen micro species to the garden trap last night which is the best total to date this year. They included Elachista argentella and Cataclysta lemnata/Small China-mark which were new for the year list (along with Scalloped Hook-tip, Grass Rivulet, Tawny-barred Angle, Willow Beauty, Pale-shouldered Brocade & Silver Y). Earlier in the day I'd disturbed two further year-list additions while mowing the lawn, the first being Cauchas rufimitrella while the second was Pseudatemelia flavifrontella. Although not the prettiest of moths, the latter is a Nationally Scarce species which has been recorded in the garden once previously, two years ago (dissected to confirm). This one would seem to be flying early enough to rule out josephinae which I've never had here, but I'll get it checked anyway.
Away from the garden, at nearby Woodham, Bucks where I released the previous night's garden moth catch I inspected a large patch of colt's-foot looking for Epiblema sticticana but none was yet flying there. Instead there were four examples of the plume Platyptilia gonodactyla and another of that smart yellow and dark blue tortrix Commophila aeneana.
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
Away from the garden, at nearby Woodham, Bucks where I released the previous night's garden moth catch I inspected a large patch of colt's-foot looking for Epiblema sticticana but none was yet flying there. Instead there were four examples of the plume Platyptilia gonodactyla and another of that smart yellow and dark blue tortrix Commophila aeneana.
Pseudatemelia flavifrontella, Westcott 24th May |
Platyptilia gonodactyla, Woodham 24th May |
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
Elachista argentella?
This small micro was flying around the garden yesterday afternoon. The forewing length is 6mm. I wondered if it was Elachista argentella?
Steve Trigg, Cookham
Steve Trigg, Cookham
Dancersend micros?
Some micros photograped yesterday during the day at Dancersend. I'm reasonably happy with my id of the first two as Epinotia demarniana, but the third one had me beaten for a while despite having such clear markings. Then I thought - not a micro. Is it a Marbled White Spot?
Mick Jones
Mick Jones