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| Its a Mottled Grey, as I first guessed. Pays to stick with first impressions... |
A mild night with a low of 8 degrees. Calm and cloudy, the good March run continues...
Taxa
0663 Diurnea fagella 1
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 4
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 6
1775 Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria) 2 NOT Early Tooth striped as recorded. I should have stayed with my first guess...Its still new to me though...
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 2
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 2
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 43
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 16
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 3
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 63
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 3
146 of 12 species.
At first I thought the Early Tooth-striped were Mottled Greys, as I have never seen either before, but the photos seem to point to ETS. Please let me know if you think I am mistaken. The guides say they are easy to identify but not without experience of both...
[Thanks to Tom, Keith, Ben, Roger et al for their help]
Taxa
0663 Diurnea fagella 1
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 4
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 6
1775 Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria) 2 NOT Early Tooth striped as recorded. I should have stayed with my first guess...Its still new to me though...
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 2
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 2
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 43
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 16
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 3
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 63
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 3
146 of 12 species.
At first I thought the Early Tooth-striped were Mottled Greys, as I have never seen either before, but the photos seem to point to ETS. Please let me know if you think I am mistaken. The guides say they are easy to identify but not without experience of both...
[Thanks to Tom, Keith, Ben, Roger et al for their help]
Mottled Grey I reckon
ReplyDeletePiccie of ETS on http://waldridgenaturalist.blogspot.com/
Good likeness of yours on Portland site
http://www.portlandbirdobs.org.uk/mp_mottled_grey_2_160209_525.jpg
Cheers
Keith Robson
Yes it is a Mottled Grey :)
ReplyDeleteCheers chaps, the more I read the more I convinced myself it looked more like ETS! Live and Learn eh!
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