There is no science involved but I get a sense that I am seeing a lot of "small" versions of moths at the moment including a few very "least" least carpets!
A Blog for moth recorders in Bucks, Berks and Oxon
Monday, 2 July 2018
Couple of Longwick Queries
A lot of moths last night but nothing that stands out especially. Certainly a large surge in Common Footman, A new Ruby Tiger, Mother of Pearl starting to appear and my first Light Arches and Waved Black of the year. I have a couple of queries - an obvious tortrix (length 9mm) that I can't spot and a gelechid perhaps rhombella? Three Silver Y in the trap is also a reasonable number for my garden.
There is no science involved but I get a sense that I am seeing a lot of "small" versions of moths at the moment including a few very "least" least carpets!
There is no science involved but I get a sense that I am seeing a lot of "small" versions of moths at the moment including a few very "least" least carpets!
Better images would be a great help, Andrew! Have a look at Cydia fagiglandana for the first, while the second looks as though it might be a worn example of Borkhausenia fuscescens.
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