Showing posts with label Marbled Coronet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marbled Coronet. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 May 2011

MC'ing...

Marbled Coronet

Shuttle shaped Dart

Milder last night, 5 degrees at dawn, after the thick white frost the day before.

Taxa
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 4
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1 NFY
2171 Marbled Coronet (Hadena confusa) 1 NFY
2186 Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) 2
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 10

22 Moths of 9 sp.

A welcome return for Marbled Coronet, one of last years favourites. This record equals the earliest ever in Northumberland. Still plenty of Orthosia action too...

Monday, 20 December 2010

No 4...

Marbled Coronet.


Three of these chequered beauties graced my garden this year. They look like a monochrome Mervielle du Jour. Although there were 10 caught in Northumberland in 2010, only 1 in 09, 2 in 08 and none in 07 shows what a scarce species they are. In Northumberland they seem to be a coastal species...