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Old Monday 15th September 2003, 21:15   #1
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Moth-er needed

I've taken a few more pix by torchlight.
Can anyone help me ID any of them, please?
First was about 1 cm wingspan on wall below light tonight (15.9)


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Old Monday 15th September 2003, 21:16   #2
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This one was only a little bigger and was resting on a rose leaf
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Old Monday 15th September 2003, 21:17   #3
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this one is, I'm pretty confident, a macro. It was on the buddleia on 14.9
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another view of the buddliea moth in case it helps.... 'cos it's hard to get exposure and focus right after dark.
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I think this one is a square-spot rustic?
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and finally... for tonight, anyway!

This one was on a rose... too big to be a micro, I think.
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Another view of the moth on the rose. (The hips, by the way, are about 1 inch across).
many thanks if you've had the patience to get this far.
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Old Tuesday 16th September 2003, 13:35   #8
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Hi,
1 - Double-striped Pug
2 - Common Marbled Carpet
3 - Large Yellow Underwing
4 - Square-spot Rustic
and your last one is a micro, a migratory Pyralid called Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella.
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Yep, I agree with all of those Tim with the exception of No.2- it could just as easily be a Dark Marbled Carpet.....
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Thanks, Tim and CJ,
I've boldly attempted to ID this one but it doesn't seem to match any of the ones in Waring and Townsend. The nearest I can find is blood-vein but it seems to be almost completely lacking the pinkish border to the trailing edge of the wings.
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Hi CJW,
I'm sure you're probably correct but I had always been under the impression that this form with the plain orangey centres to the wing only occured in Common and not at all in Dark Marbled Carpet.
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Definitely a Blood-vein Ken, looks a little faded and being so late on the wing, would suggest it's a second generation which might explain it's 'poor plumage'.
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