Saw the first Scarlet Tiger flying around the garden yesterday afternoon and one in the trap (maybe the same one), this morning.
The first two I think might be just slightly different examples of familiar species, Riband Wave and Willow Beauty?
The next two photos of the same individual I'm thinking Coleophora sp? but equally a micro caddis
The next two photos I think is Coleophora sp. but however good a shot I manage it will need a chop?
The final one is Scoparia ambigualis?
Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford
First two are correct.
ReplyDelete3 & 4 are caddis - antennae too long for Coleophora
5 & 6 may also be caddis, but not sure
7 I'll leave for someone else
Hi Mark, 5 and 6 do look to me like a Coleophorid but your comment is correct - very few of this family can be ID'd safely on sight! The scoparid at the end I would say was ambigualis.
ReplyDeletethanks both - the Coleophorid is currently queued for the chop.
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