Monday, 18 April 2011

Rhoose Point

A good catch of 21 species last night including Dark Sword-grass, 2x Ruby Tiger, Water Carpet, Treble Bar, Golden-rod Pug, Brindled Pug and Twenty-plume Moth all new for the year. Also 3 micros that I have had trouble identifying. The top one may be Cochylimorpha straminea, but seems small at 9mm. The second micro was a mere 4mm long, impossible even to tell which end the head was without a lens! The third was a more respectable 5mm. Would be grateful if anyone can help with names. Many thanks, Adam

























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  1. VC41Moths18 April 2011 at 15:18

    The bottom two are Momphas. I'm pretty sure the bottom one is Mompha epilobiella, and the other could be M. subbistrigella or the bradleyi/divisella pair.

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  2. Adam Mantell18 April 2011 at 16:57

    Thanks Dave - having looked at the pics and compared them to those on UKmoths my vote is for bradleyi/divisella!

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