Tuesday 25 June 2019

Elegia similella?

Is this Elegia similella? Looks like Mr Wilton's.

First Elephant Hawks of the season (I had Small Elephants earlier). Also lots ofWater Veneer last night, only wings this morning.
Gad! the heat!

Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford



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  1. Dave Wilton25 June 2019 at 10:30

    Hi Mark,
    That is indeed Elegia similella and, I would suggest, a very nice garden record. Prior to Littleworth Common where I had half a dozen of them, I'd only seen it at six other locations in Bucks and always as singletons either in oak woodland (including Bernwood which isn't all that far from you) or on heathland with oaks around. Perhaps your example was a wanderer from Bernwood, Shotover or Bagley.

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  2. Mark Griffiths25 June 2019 at 12:13

    thanks Dave. I suspect Shotover is one of the sources of some of the moths here. I've also had Silver-Washed Fritillary.

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