Lime Hawk-moth, Mimas tiliae |
June 7th to 14th I've had 45 moth and 3 caddisfly species visit our Littlehampton balcony and moth trap, including 2 new moths: Cherry Bark Moth and an Obscure moth.
Angle Shades, Phlogophora meticulosa |
Bee Moth, Aphomia sociella |
Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea |
Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata |
Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella |
Buff-tip, Phalera bucephala |
Burnished Brass, Diachrysia chrysitis |
unidentified caddisfly |
unidentified caddisfly |
Channel Islands Pug, Eupithecia ultimaria |
Cherry Bark Moth, Enarmonia formosana |
Common Swift, Korscheltellus lupulina |
Common Wainscot, Mythimna pallens |
Dagger, Acronicta species |
Dalmatian bellflower, Campanula portenschlagiana in a local flint wall |
Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha |
Diamond-back Moth, Plutella xylostella |
False Cacao Moth, Ephestia unicolorella |
Figure of Eighty, Tethea ocularis |
Garden Carpet, Xanthorhoe fluctuata |
Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
Green Carpet, Colostygia pectinataria |
Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana |
Lime-speck Pug, Eupithecia centaureata |
Long-horn Caddisfly, Mystacides longicornis |
Marbled Minor agg., Oligia strigilis agg. |
Marbled Minor, Oligia strigilis |
Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus |
unidentified micromoth |
Middle-barred Minor, Oligia fasciuncula |
Obscure moth, Oegoconia species |
Pale Mottled Willow, Caradrina clavipalpis |
Pale Prominent, Pterostoma palpina |
Pebble Hook-tip, Drepana falcataria |
Poplar Grey, Subacronicta megacephala |
Poplar Hawk-moth, Laothoe populi |
Riband Wave, Idaea aversata ab remutata |
Rustic Shoulder-knot, Apamea sordens |
Shuttle-shaped Dart, Agrotis puta |
Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Deilephila porcellus |
Small Square-spot, Diarsia rubi |
Swallow Prominent, Pheosia tremula |
The Shears, Hada plebeja |
Treble Lines, Charanyca trigrammica |
Vine's Rustic, Hoplodrina ambigua |
White-point, Mythimna albipuncta |
Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria |
Yellow-faced Bell, Epiblema cynosbatella |
Nice collection of moths, some quite unusual. You must be pleased at the change in the weather :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, it's gone from famine to feast, difficult keeping up with them all. Last week it was too many Shuttles, this week too many Heart & Darts. What a change!
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