I've just joined from over the border in N'hants, but I do also record in Bucks, mainly Linford Lakes and Little Linford Wood.
I went to Rushbeds Wood yesterday and eventually managed to see a couple of 'Orange Underwings' on the ground. The choice was try to net or photograph. Despite the former being the appropriate method of ID, I opted for a pics
The one which is fully open I can only match during a long search on the interweb to images of female Light OU.
There is plenty of Aspen there. Is that the regular species at Rushbeds?
Any comments on either pic would be welcome.
Thanks
Andy H
Hi Andy, nice pictures! As you say, the moth really needs to be netted and viewed in a pot for a positive ID because, if the antennae don't clinch it (LOU males have feathered antennae) then it is the underside of the hind-wing which provides separation. I suspect you are correct with your ID because the moth is known from Rushbeds where there is loads of aspen, but in this case it should really be recorded as the aggregate.
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