A bit cooler last night, but put the trap out for GMS and managed to get everything back indoors before the heavy rain started at approx 06:00. Not a bad little haul, 59 moths of 34 species including 3 new for the year - Antler Moth, Blomer's Rivulet (only the second time I've seen this) and Udea prunalis.
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| Antler Moth |
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| Blomer's Rivulet |
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| Udea prunalis |
The other highlight of the catch was my second Leopard Moth. Amusingly, when I took it out of the pot for a quick photo it played dead and lay on its side - but it curled its abdomen under and grabbed it with the hind legs ! Anyone else seen this?
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| Leopard Moth |
I've seen this posture adopted, but I've never noticed the legs as you've pointed out - possibly as I'm not so observant!
ReplyDeleteThis was only the second time that I have seen a Leopard Moth - the first was a couple of weeks ago, and although it adopted the curled abdomen pose I didn't see the 'leg grip'. The abdomen appeared longer on this specimen, extending quite a way beyond the wings - one off maybe?
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