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Clifden Nonpareil, Catocala fraxini |
Last Thursday around 11pm I checked for moths round our balcony light and was amazed to find a large moth (6x4.5cm) settled into a corner near the light. I saw a small patch of blue and hurried to the computer with photos. I soon identified it as a Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini) aka Blue Underwing. This rare and beautiful immigrant moth is the one I have long wondered about due to its fame and being Victorian collector's classic target. We now know what all the fuss was about! Also seen: Silver Y, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Square-Spot Rustic, Double-striped Pug, Lime-speck Pug.
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Clifden Nonpareil, Catocala fraxini |
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Clifden Nonpareil |
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Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata |
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Lime-speck Pug, Eupithecia centaureata |
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Square-Spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa |
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Starry Pearl, Cynaeda dentalis |
This is my best record for August. The
Starry Pearl is usually seen in East Sussex with few records from West Sussex.
other balcony moths and invertebrates seen in August:
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Cloaked Minor, Mesoligia furuncula |
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tiny Poplar Bent-wing, Phyllocnistis unipunctella |
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Small Dusty Wave, Idaea seriata |
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The Uncertain, Hoplodrina octogenaria |
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Common Plume, Emmelina monodactyla |
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Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer, Agriphila geniculea |
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Heart and Dart, Agrotis exclamationis |
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Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana |
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Marbled Beauty, Bryophila domestica |
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Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
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Small Fan-footed Wave, Idaea biselata |
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water scavenger beetle, Sphaeridium lunatum |
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Cypress Pug Eupithecia phoeniceata |
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Dark Sword-grass, Agrotis ipsilon |
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Setaceous Hebrew Character, Xestia c-nigrum |
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Skin Moth, Monopis laevigella |
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Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner, Cameraria ohridella in Sheffield |
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Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea |
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Clouded Border, Lomaspilis marginata |
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False Black Widow, Steatoda grossa |
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Beautiful Plume, Amblyptilia acanthadactyla |
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Dingy Dowd, Blastobasis adustella |
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Marbled Green, Cryphia muralis |
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Twenty-plume Moth, Alucita hexadactyla |
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Twin-spot Honey, Aphomia zelleri |
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