Sharp-angled carpet? (1 Viewer)

[Frenchy]

Hi everyone

I reckon the first one is a sharp-angled carpet, but it seems to be a bit rare here in Lincs, so i'd like confirmation (or not..!) of the ID please. Also not too sure about the 2nd one at all.
Any ideas?

thanks,

 

[Surreybirder]

both look correct to me

 

[Frenchy]

both look correct to me

Thanks Surreybirder, but what did you make of the 2nd one?

 

[Surreybirder]

Well, I'm not confident but I would call that a middle-barred minor.
Have a look at http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/species.asp?item=6438 and see what you think.
Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

I think it's a Marbled Minor agg. (Oliga strigilis/versicolor/latruncula). At least I've never come across a variant of M-b Minor like this anyway but I'd be interested to hear other opinions.

 

[Frenchy]

I was struggling between these two as well. I've caught over 200 marbled minor agg this year, and a few middle-barred minor, but this was like neither really. Still, i guess theres so much variation within strigilis/versicolor/latruncular that it should be one of them.
thanks for the help guys.