Wednesday, 19 August 2020

A couple of queries

Several fairly productive nights in my garden in Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, despite some quite heavy rain, and there have been some nice moths (Black Arches, which is always nice to see), though nothing terribly spectacular. A couple of macros which are giving me pause, and on which any help would be welcome.
I think the first is probably a White-point, as opposed to a Clay: the white dot looks pretty well-defined to me. The second seems likeliest to be a Dot Moth, but I'm not entirely convinced it isn't simply a rather strongly-marked Common Rustic: any thoughts?
Possible White-point, 15/8/20

Possible Dot Moth, 15/8/20

Possible Dot Moth, 15/8/20
Steve Goddard
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3 comments:

  1. Martin Townsend19 August 2020 at 06:07

    First one White-point second one Crescent

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  2. Dave Wilton19 August 2020 at 11:25

    Dot Moth is a definite "black and white" moth, Steve, never brown like this. In my opinion Crescent is in any case a much nicer garden record!

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  3. Steve Goddard19 August 2020 at 20:44

    Thanks, Martin and Dave -- agreed, Crescent is a nice record, and not a species I've had very often previously!

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