Saturday, 2 May 2020

Cuckoo-flower moth

This afternoon's dog walk to the Westcott Venture Park entrance and back produced my first sighting this year of the little long-horn micro Cauchas rufimitrella.  The cuckoo-flowers in the damp field I walk through have been in flower for a while and have been inspected regularly but today was the first occasion that I'd found the moth, just the one sat in typical position on the edge of one of the flowers.

Cauchas rufimitrella, Westcott 2nd May

Nothing else was seen moth-wise, although honorary micros Dingy & Grizzled Skipper were active in the same field (always nice to see).  Perhaps the most impressive sighting wasn't even a moth!  Sat minding its own business on the same young birch which produced leaf-mines of Eriocrania sangii a week or so ago was a magnificent Birch Saw-fly Cimbex femoratus. 

Cimbex femoratus, Westcott 2nd May

Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
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2 comments:

  1. Steve Trigg2 May 2020 at 21:50

    Dave, most people's dogs chase balls or carry sticks, but yours is clearly trained to patiently wait while it's owner pots up moths and other interesting insects!

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  2. Dave Wilton3 May 2020 at 12:13

    I do get the beady-eyed stare sometimes, suggesting he's running out of patience with me, but for the most part he seems happy to do his own thing while I spend a few minutes entomologolising!

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