Just shy of 80 species at Parc Slip on wednesday night with peppered moth the most abundant. A few highlights for me: a fresh
large emerald is always nice to see as are the first
burnished brass of the year. I don't catch many
phoenix either and i also had my first
barred straw, single-dotted wave, beautiful golden Y, green pug and
july highflyer of the year.
Plenty of micros about too including my first ever
marbled orchard tortrix, Hedya ochroleucana and
Notocelia rosaecolana, my 2nd ever
Zeiraphera isertana and firsts for the year of
Caloptilia stigmatella, Argyresthia brockeella, Mompha ochraceella, Gypsonoma dealbana, Perinephela lancealis, Ebulea crocealis, Eucosma cana, Phlyctaenia stachydalis, brindled plume and
bramble shoot moth.
There were also a couple I wasn't sure of:
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'Just' Mompha propinquella? |
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Platyptilia isodactyla? |
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??? |
I would say No1 is correct. Forewing tip is sharp for P. isodactyla, so prob P. gonodactyla. No3, Brown house moth?
ReplyDeleteThe markings look good for isodactylus though. Agree with Paul re No 3.
ReplyDeleteThanks both, I thought maybe brown house moth but it was particularly tatty! So are we happy to go with isodactylus??
ReplyDeleteI agree with Paul - the wings are the wrong shape for isodacylus.
ReplyDeleteOk, thanks Dave
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