Saturday, 1 September 2018

Common swift, Pale oak beauty and micro

Female common swift with smaller male orange swift
(latter "playing" dead; flew off fine)


Judging by tip of forewing underside, suggest Pale oak beauty?

Grateful for help with this Crambidea?

Alan Diver
Tackley
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  1. Dave Wilton1 September 2018 at 18:05

    Hello Alan, I would have said that the Swifts are both Orange and that the geometer is Engrailed rather than a Pale Oak Beauty (although the angle from which your photo of it is taken doesn't help). The crambid is Agriphila tristella.

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    1. Alan Diver2 September 2018 at 11:02

      Thanks Dave.
      I've produced a new blog with 2 more photos which may help with ID.

      Not sure about swift but inclined to agree with engrailed. I was going by W&T pic of underside forewing tip for pale oak beauty but there is no comparable pic for Engrailed. Angle it's holding wings looks more like engrailed.

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