tittletattler
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Agree with 1 and 2 could be a Bud Moth. Very variable.
Shit load of Diamond backeds around right now so I reckon you're in with a shout with that species :t:
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Agree with 1 and 2 could be a Bud Moth. Very variable.
Shit load of Diamond backeds around right now so I reckon you're in with a shout with that species :t:
The Moore-hen
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Cheers Andy, yeh Bud Moth was the closest match I could get to it. Thanks for the info on Diamond-backeds, could only have been that species. Looking at my two 'mystery' moths on post #80 I'm thinking, after another look, they might now be:
1. Uncertain / Rustic?
2. Maybe a worn Wormwood Pug (or still a worn Freyer's...)
Paul Chapman
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Not sure if 3-5 from post 79 have been done but I would favour Case-bearing Clothes Moth.
Yes to Uncertain/Rustic and Wormwood Pug.
All the best
Yes to Uncertain/Rustic and Wormwood Pug.
All the best
The Moore-hen
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Cheers Paul - no hadn't had any suggestions for 3-5, so had assumed (until now) that they were unidentifiable! Many thanks for confirming the two macros as well.
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Off on holiday early Monday, so I'll leave everyone in peace for almost two weeks...but until then I've got a fair few from the last few nights I'm still struggling to pin down 100%:
1+2. Common Footman?
3. Apple Leaf Miner?
4+5. Are these both oddly marked Brown House Moth?
1+2. Common Footman?
3. Apple Leaf Miner?
4+5. Are these both oddly marked Brown House Moth?
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Paul Chapman
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For me:-
First Post
1 & 2. Dingy Footman
3. Agreed
4. Blastobasis adustella
5. I would presume Blastobasis adustella
Second Post
1. I am best ignored on Scoparids but I would say Dipleurina lacustrata
2. Paronix sp. of which the commonest is perhaps angelicella
3. Bactra sp. - a tortrix perhaps lancealana
4. Phyllonorycter sp. - again a gendet/detailed examination required I suspect
All the best
First Post
1 & 2. Dingy Footman
3. Agreed
4. Blastobasis adustella
5. I would presume Blastobasis adustella
Second Post
1. I am best ignored on Scoparids but I would say Dipleurina lacustrata
2. Paronix sp. of which the commonest is perhaps angelicella
3. Bactra sp. - a tortrix perhaps lancealana
4. Phyllonorycter sp. - again a gendet/detailed examination required I suspect
All the best
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The Moore-hen
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Cheers Paul - I'd excluded Dingy Footman based more on habitat (damp woods and fens?) than appearance, glad I put those photos on now!
Just a couple more from late July that I think won't be identifiable to species...
1. Caloptilia elongella or betulicola?
2. Oegoconia quadripuncta or deauratella?
I'm sure you enjoyed the Community Shield...:t:
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Paul Chapman
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Not sure I can do much with these.
Not really familiar with Caloptilia elongella/betulicola but I suppose the costal blotch favours betulicola. A feature of the latter is given as a whitish hindleg. Difficult to see the hindleg colour on the photo on the handheld but if that is shown as whitish perhaps you can be reasonably confident with betulicola?
The Oecogonias again I am unfamiliar with and had always regarded as gendets. This appears to be closest to deauretella from the Sterling & Parsons comments but again that book repeats that they are really gendets.
All the best
Not really familiar with Caloptilia elongella/betulicola but I suppose the costal blotch favours betulicola. A feature of the latter is given as a whitish hindleg. Difficult to see the hindleg colour on the photo on the handheld but if that is shown as whitish perhaps you can be reasonably confident with betulicola?
The Oecogonias again I am unfamiliar with and had always regarded as gendets. This appears to be closest to deauretella from the Sterling & Parsons comments but again that book repeats that they are really gendets.
All the best
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The Moore-hen
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Thanks again, Paul - much appreciated. Looking at the photo on camera and mac the legs look pale but not exactly whitish - flight period would probably fit better with betulicola too but think I'll have to leave both those as unidentified to species.
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condliffen
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Definite tick for number 1 and a tentative one for number 2. (Tend to steer clear of tristellas!)
Paul Chapman
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I'd agree with 2 as creamy not white.
All the best
All the best
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Paul Chapman
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Happy with 1 and 2. Also happy with 3 but I struggle with those similar Argyresthias and no book to hand currently.
All the best
All the best
The Moore-hen
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Thanks again, Paul - my Sterling & Parsons has arrived from Amazon today (should help me get more micros right!) and still points to semifusca being the best fit.
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No new 'moths' for a while but a bit of garden clearance the other day found these two:
1. The Sycamore
2. Not sure moth or butterfly - but maybe from Speckled Wood?
Which leads me on to what do people generally include on a 'moth list' - does it have to be an actual moth or do caterpillars 'count' - be interested to know the consensus...
1. The Sycamore
2. Not sure moth or butterfly - but maybe from Speckled Wood?
Which leads me on to what do people generally include on a 'moth list' - does it have to be an actual moth or do caterpillars 'count' - be interested to know the consensus...
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Thanks Andy, I did think that was the case. At least now I know the caterpillars are about I'll keep an eye out for the moth!
A few I need confirmation of from the morning if anyone can help? (sorry for poor photos, had to grab them quick before work)
1. Not sure...
2. Common Marbled Carpet? (rather than Dark Marbled Carpet)
3. just a worn Yellow Shell?
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Davebutterflyman
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I would go with Flounced Rustic for the first one and agree on the other two, although checking the shape of the postmedian line on the underwings would be the only way to confirm Chloroclysta citrata
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