Quite a nice range of species have shown up in my garden in Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, over the past week, with Wednesday-Thursday night especially productive: it's been good to see familiar species such as Ruby and Garden Tigers make an appearance. A new species for the garden was a Large Tabby (
Aglossa pingualis), assuming I've got the ID right, one of those which has you looking in both the macro- and the micro-Bible.
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| Aglossa pingualis, 17/7/19 |
Also good to note were a rather more-than-usually marked Buff Ermine, a Lunar-spotted Pinion and a Pinion-streaked Snout.
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| Buff Ermine, 14/7/19 |
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| Lunar-spotted Pinion, 17/7/19 |
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| Pinion-streaked Snout, 16/7/19 |
A couple of micros which it would be nice to have confirmed: I think these are
Phtheochroa inopiana and
Spilonota ocellana.
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| Possible Phtheochroa inopiana, 17/7/19 |
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| Possible Spilonota ocellana, 17/7/19 |
As ever, many thanks for comments or corrections.
Steve Goddard
Hi Steve,
ReplyDeleteWell you nearly got the ID of the first one correct (it is Aglossa pinguinalis!). I do agree with Phtheochroa inopiana (whatever happened to its palps?) and Spilonota ocellana.
Thanks, Dave -- damn, I'm normally pretty good on the Latin!
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