Hello Alan, the pugs look to me like Brindled and Double-striped respectively. The micro is a Pyralid and is probably something like Ephestia elutella or Ephestia unicolorella but it would need a better picture to be sure (in any case, those two species need dissection to separate safely).
For your own records there's no problem recording it like that, Alan, and it'll maybe serve as a reminder for when you come across it again, as I suspect you will. However, micro-moth aggregates are often not a lot of help to your county recorder for the National Moth Recording Scheme and I suspect are likely to be quietly put to one side and forgotten about!
Hello Alan, the pugs look to me like Brindled and Double-striped respectively. The micro is a Pyralid and is probably something like Ephestia elutella or Ephestia unicolorella but it would need a better picture to be sure (in any case, those two species need dissection to separate safely).
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For your own records there's no problem recording it like that, Alan, and it'll maybe serve as a reminder for when you come across it again, as I suspect you will. However, micro-moth aggregates are often not a lot of help to your county recorder for the National Moth Recording Scheme and I suspect are likely to be quietly put to one side and forgotten about!
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