A fairly drab catch on Saturday night but as others have said a few more micro's including nephopterix angustella ( which I guess could actually be a migrant in some situations?) and the lovely ypsolopha sequella. The rest of the catch was dominated by Common Wainscot with five White-point a higher than normal total for here.
I am a little confused by the Noctuid below - perhaps because it is both a rather dark specimen but also by the effect of the wing damage to the right hand side. What markings are visible beneath the rather melanistic tone suggest a dart species and the 17-18mm wing length would also suggest that too. Logically it is Deep Brown Dart but it just doesn't look convincing!
Hi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteDifficult to be 100% sure from that picture but I'd go with a female Deep-brown Dart.
Thank's Dave that is helpful.It is really quite melanic so pretty hard to see anything much! Today was if anything worse with few moths and little of note other than a minute willow beauty.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, both Willow Beauty and Light Emerald seem to be producing some very small individuals in the current brood.
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