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  1. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    Nothing hatched as yet but I have found a Spiny Hooktip photo from my garden from 13th September 2022 pre-dating the first current official record by over two years. (But I am aware of other apparent photos back to 2020.) That pic attached with one of the recent gendetted ones. All the best Paul
  2. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    The presumed female Spiny Hooktip is still laying periodically on Holm Oak with 87 eggs of which 65 of the older ones are now darkening up so reinforcing the view that they are fertile. All the best Paul
  3. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    The presumed female from my garden on Monday night has laid 30 eggs on Holm Oak overnight when given a choice of different Oak leaves. All the best Paul
  4. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    Gendet results back & I successfully identified 100% with 4 additional Spiny records & 2 Oak Hooktips that I identified as a control. Now fifteen gendetted records of which I am aware:- Stroud, Gloucestershire - 6th October 2023 (Seb Buckton) Cardiff, Glamorgan - 18th October 2023 (George...
  5. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    Still waiting for results on my moths but if identifying Spiny Hooktip on the basis of morphological features is confirmed, I am aware now of photos dating back to 2020 & records from the following Counties:- North Somerset - gendetted Avon - gendetted Gloucesterhire - gendetted Glamorgan -...
  6. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    I should know about my records within the next week or so but have now pulled together the following first ten gendetted records of which I am aware & reviewed the photos:- Stroud, Gloucestershire - 6th October 2023 (Seb Buckton) Cardiff, Glamorgan - 18th October 2023 (George Tordoff) Clevedon...
  7. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    I think that this is just about knowledge & experience. Spiny Hooktip is not in the mainstream literature & is generally rather pigeon-holed in descriptions. So in circumstances where gendetting has clarified that it is in fact a resident British species locally, it is about opening our eyes to...
  8. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    I have labelled up 6 Watsonalla Hooktips for delivery to our County Recorder for gendet this week. That will mean either confirmation or rewriting this thread! I think that the number of gendetted individuals now has escaped a lot of individuals who do not realise that it is around ten minimum...
  9. Paul Chapman

    Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula)

    Spiny Hooktip was recorded as new to Britain on 7th October 2023 in Gloucestershire. That autumn, I had two gendetted examples on 18th October 2023 from my garden in Clevedon & there were other gendetted examples from Bristol, Weston-super-mare & Cardiff. During this year, I am aware of other...
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