Wednesday 23 March 2011

Down to 5 degrees last night but a good catch was had -

Taxa
0663 Diurnea fagella 2
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 11
0705 Agonopterix umbellana 1 NFY only my second.
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 7
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 1
2139 Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa) 3
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 7
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 3
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 42
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 25
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 2 NFY
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 40
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1
2256 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 2

148 moths of 15 species.

7 Pine Beauty is a good number for a single catch here.

Agonopterix umbellana

Twin spotted Quaker

Small Quaker

2 comments:

  1. Nice A.umbellana! slight similarities to Parsnip moth, but you can see the difference as well.

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  2. Hi Ben, it is a bit smaller than Parsnip, I think. I only caught one umbellana last year only a few days apart from this one, so they dont seem too common here...

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