I don't know if anyone has any theories about the stout-hearted little chap below, perhaps a Dusky Thorn? Did he suffer in the pupa or on emergence? Or was he the rather astonishing survivor of a bird or bat attack? At all events, he nimbly stepped from eggbox to eggbox and bristled his antennae. I can't imagine that he could fly, but he got into the trap somehow (and there was no evidence of attack inside).
Moths continue to be numerous but predictable. New ones recently include a Hummingbird Hawk and this morning a Large Ranunculus. Martin Wainwright, Thrupp, Oxon
Looks a bit like the work of Hornets or wasps Martin.
ReplyDeleteI would have suggested wasp damage too, with the culprit probably escaping before you went through the trap. By the way, did you record the micro visible in the first image? Looks to me like Cameraria ohridella!
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