Saturday, 6 October 2018

Vestal and others

Nice to get my first Vestal of the year last night.


Along with what I assume is a fairly late Blastobasis adustella but without the chevron and a greenish tinge.

Also from a few days ago this beetle with a very distinct V mark.


Large Yellow Underwings seemed to have had a resurgence in the last two nights and Lunar Underwings seem to be increasing in number each time I put the trap out. A Small Blood-vein also appeared on Thursday night.

Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris. Oxon.
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5 comments:

  1. Dave Wilton6 October 2018 at 11:31

    Hi Andy, just a quick comment on the "beetle" which is actually a bug and probably a Mirid Bug. This site may help:
    http://britishbugs.org.uk/gallery/heteroptera/Miridae/miridae.html

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  2. Derek Brown6 October 2018 at 11:32

    Hi Andy,
    I think that your beetle may actually be a Plant/Capsid Bug. Perhaps Orthops basalis or a similar sps.

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  3. Mark Griffiths6 October 2018 at 12:20

    lovely Vestal

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  4. Andy Newbold6 October 2018 at 14:05

    Thank you for the comments. I did wonder if it was a bug but get irritated when all invertebrates are referred to as bugs. Hence the mistake. The Vestal is certainly an attractive colour.
    Thank

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  5. Martin Harvey13 October 2018 at 10:03

    Agree that the bug is in family Miridae, but I think it is genus Lygus, which contains several similar and variable species.

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