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    Tortrix of the week

    Yes, uncannily so. I’ll review Sterling & Parsons. Bit of a mystery where the nearest Scots Pine may be, but I guess there must be plenty out there. Anyway, thanks for solving the mystery and making it look easy to boot 👍
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    Tortrix of the week

    Hello patient moth fans. This week's bird poo tortrix conundrum from the Sussex coast could be -- depending on how I look at the reference pics and whether I squint -- Epiblema scutulana, Eudemis profundana (unlikely in a garden?), Orthotaenia undulana, Celypha striana (too white?), a worn...
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    Tricksy Tortrix

    Thank you — it was on my shortlist and there are plenty of cherry trees nearby. But it’s not one I’m familiar with and I couldn’t find any feature that seemed to nail the ID. Any tips?
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    Tricksy Tortrix

    The Committee for Struggling To ID Obscurely Marked Olethreutinae wondered if this poorly photographed specimen might ring any bells with anyone. Another week, another one that looks like at least half the moths in Sterling & Parsons, depending on how you look at them. As ever, all help greatly...
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    Is this a Bud Moth?

    See when I put that into Google images I get a million images that are the very spitting image of my moth. And yet the guide book image, showing a fresh specimen I guess, looks no more like mine than any number of grey-and-white tortrix moths. These things will be the death of me. Thanks so...
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    Sandy noctuid, SE England

    Thanks all, PMW was my best guess too so good to know I'm not completely off-piste. (Have had Clancy's here in the past, only once though).
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    Is this a Bud Moth?

    I can say that we don't have too many larch trees in the area, which tends to suggest ocellana is more likely, but I do struggle with some of these birdpoo tortrices and can't be entirely confident I've got it to genus.
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    Sandy noctuid, SE England

    I feel I should know this one, but I can't quite make it be any of the usual suspects. All advice welcome.
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    Is this a Bud Moth?

    Came to actinic in central Sussex coast last night. If I'd remembered I could have photographed it face-on, but alas this is all I have. Anyone feel confident? Thanks for looking!
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    Moth, probably

    Thank you! You are 100% right, of course, though I'm not sure there are any ash trees for miles around. (I think I knew this wasn't a caddis but I had the unfamiliar Leptocerus tineiformis this morning, which had me staring at Coleophora pics till my brain went mad. After that it wouldn't have...
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    Moth, probably

    This guy looks familiar but after tearing my hair out all morning to finally identify what turned out to be a caddisfly, I'm just about mothed out. Anyone put me out of my misery?
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    Confirmation and ID’s NELondon

    Can C. betulicola be ruled out?
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    Brain glitch: what's this?

    Ohhhh that's him, isn't it. Thank you! Never seen the adult before -- better looking in real life than pics.
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    Brain glitch: what's this?

    Is it just an oversized, early marbled green? A leucistic and massively early MDJ? It looks completely familiar, yet it's been so long since I had anything in the trap I'm getting a bit rusty. Sussex coast, last night, came to light but stayed on the wall (as the marbled greens do). But it...
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    Funny-looking diamondback?

    Look, no diamonds. But I can't find anything else it could be. Anyone else confirm?
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    Moth or butterfly?

    Fair enough too — I think they have Vanessa cardui there too, so just chiming in for clarity’s sake.
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    Too small for BHM?

    That’s the fella isn’t it? Thank you!
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    Bishop Middleham - 2 Waders (01/SEP)

    Ruff and a dunlin?
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    Hampshire Moth

    Pyrausta aurata (mint moth)
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    Unknown from Kutini-Payamu, Cape York, Australia

    Amazing-looking creature. Not a clue, but @honeym might at least know what kind of beast it is.
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    Moth or butterfly?

    Hi Barbie I'd have put this down as an American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis (more here: American Lady Butterfly) From the state of the hindwing, it looks like it had a run-in with something or other.
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    Too small for BHM?

    I'm not sure I can make this be anything other than brown house moth, but it's flippin' tiny. FL 5mm. Before I send in my GMS form, is there anything else it could be? Thanks for your consideration.
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    Small, brown and mothy

    Thanks Rosaria. Not the first time I've been caught out by this one. But Googling around, that terminal fold and 'flat winged' appearance seem omnipresent, so hopefully I've got this species down now.
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    Small, brown and mothy

    This wee tortrix is doing my head in. I swear he even looks blurry in a 10x hand lens. He's about half a centimetre long, obscurely marked in grey-brown on brown-grey, and came to actinic light in Sussex last night. I can't even get to genus. Anyone? Please?
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    Pellet contents

    Does anyone think they might be rabbit bones? Dropped by a buzzard?
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