Sorry to bombard you with ID queries, but may I ask if I have got these right? I make the top two Chrystroteuchia culmella and Emmelina monodactyla, the bottom two micros Celypha lacunana and Donacaula forficella and the four macros all Dwarf Cream Waves. So I have tried! Many thanks for all help. Many moths arriving at the moment, though rain gave them and the MV bulb a rest last night. Oh, and bonus points for looper caterpillar ID. Martin Wainwright, Thrupp, Oxon
Hi Martin,
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of your moths apart from Donacaula forficella. I find these large long-palped reed-feeders quite difficult to separate sometimes so I may be wrong, but I think your specimen is closer to Chilo phragmitella.
As for the caterpillar - it is a pug but to me they are just as confusing at the larval stage as they are as adults!