Thursday, 16 June 2016

Pammene albuginana confirmed

I've now dissected the Pammene from the Alun Valley last Friday night and it is a good match for albuginana, rather than any of the similar Pammene species. I thought this might be new for VC41 as it isn't listed on the micro list on this blog, but it turns out Mark Evans caught two on 20/6/14 at Quaker's Yard. These weren't dissected but were accepted by Dave onto the VC41 list on the basis of Mark's excellent photo (see blog post and comments here).




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5 comments:

  1. Mark Evans17 June 2016 at 08:07

    Well done George. I don't mind relinquishing the original VC41 first, in favour of this more positive identification.

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  2. GMT17 June 2016 at 09:48

    Thanks but I don't think that's necessary Mark - Dave was happy to accept your record. Most of the similar species are rarer anyway (many SE England only).

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  3. Mark Evans17 June 2016 at 16:20

    Out of interest; what is the magnification on the micro shots and how many microns does each division equal?

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  4. GMT19 June 2016 at 14:14

    The right-hand shot is x40 (each unit = 25 microns). The left-hand shot is x100 (each unit = 10 microns).

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  5. Mark Evans19 June 2016 at 21:11

    Thanks George.

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