Sunday, 2 April 2023

Drabs

 


Being cautious as Lead would be a new moth but think these two from my Penn garden on 28/03/23 are Lead & Coloured Drabs left & right respectively. The rounded termen, slightly smaller size, darker colour & possibly the dashes are steering me on ID for Lead. Any thoughts?   

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  1. Dave Wilton3 April 2023 at 09:48

    Hello Alan,
    I presume you mean Lead-coloured Drab (left) and Clouded Drab (right), in which case I'd probably agree with you. However, often the easiest way to identify Lead-coloured Drab is by its antennae - as given in the field guide and as has been mentioned here many times already this year. Prodding it into life to inspect the antennae is really quite easy!

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  2. Alan R3 April 2023 at 17:46

    Thanks Dave. Will utilise that, think i'm beginning to get to grips with these two

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