Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Tricky pugs and micros

Please can I have some help identifying these.

Firstly 2 pugs. Is the second a worn double-striped pug?



Now a few micros.

This one was tiny - no more than 5mm.

This one was just a bit bigger. Could it be a cochylis atrocapitana?

I'm fairly confident that this one - about 10mm long - is an agriphila tristella. I've had quite a few of these.

Am I right in thinking that this is a common plume?

And last of all a common marbled carpet.

All from Speen, Bucks.
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2 comments:

  1. Dave Wilton16 August 2018 at 18:04

    Hi Jacqui,

    I reckon you have the following:

    1. Tawny Speckled Pug
    2. Double-striped Pug
    3. Blastobasis adustella
    4. Cochylis atricapitana
    5. Agriphila tristella
    6. Emmelina monodactyla
    7. Ostrinia nubilalis (male)

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  2. Jacqui16 August 2018 at 20:09

    Thanks Dave. I'm pretty pleased with myself for getting most of these right. Practise is definitely improving my ability to ID more of the moths that I'm spotting.

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