Right a slightly large update with ten posts to try and clear March! It did start to slow down mid month and numbers dropped further but that said it was still good and I have probably another 2000 images yet to be ID'd so my backlog is getting ever large..... anyway on with the moths
Sphingidae Part I
Good selection of Hawks throughout the month. Here are a few of the highlights:
Daphnis moorei - the scarcer of the two Daphnis that i catch, this wa only my fourth this year
Daphnis placida - the commonest of the Daphnis species and one that turns up regularly at the light
Eupanacra splendes - a species that I only catch a couple of times a year so was very nice to catch this fresh individual
Gnathothlibus eras - this is clearly a female (swollen abdomen) so the lack of hairs on the front legs is not diagnostic as the females of neither of the two species I catch have "hairy" legs. My ID based on size and checked with a far more experienced Sphingidae collector
Gnathothlibus australiensis - this is a male (long thinner abdomen) so the lack of hairy legs is diagnostic in this case!
Sphingidae Part I
Good selection of Hawks throughout the month. Here are a few of the highlights:
Daphnis moorei - the scarcer of the two Daphnis that i catch, this wa only my fourth this year
Daphnis placida - the commonest of the Daphnis species and one that turns up regularly at the light
Eupanacra splendes - a species that I only catch a couple of times a year so was very nice to catch this fresh individual
Gnathothlibus eras - this is clearly a female (swollen abdomen) so the lack of hairs on the front legs is not diagnostic as the females of neither of the two species I catch have "hairy" legs. My ID based on size and checked with a far more experienced Sphingidae collector
Gnathothlibus australiensis - this is a male (long thinner abdomen) so the lack of hairy legs is diagnostic in this case!