2 Year Records and Pics from France (1 Viewer)

[Fuchsia]

Afternoon,
I've been here 2 years as of mid July and thought I'd stick my records on for anyone who's interested. These pics are what I use to see if I've had a moth before - saves a lot of time ID'ing. I only started running a trap at the beginning of this year so the first year's were moths that landed on the window at night.
Please excuse some of the pictures and if you see any mistakes, let me know.
Most moths are ID'd by your good selves and many thanks again for the help :flowers:
Files with only one or two moths so far are....

Alucitidae - Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla)
Cossidae - Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)
Glyphipterigidae - Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella)
Gracillariidae - Caloptilia robustella
Hepialidae - Gold Swift (Phymatopus hecta), Orange Swift (Triodia sylvina)
Limacodidae - Festoon (Apoda limacodes)
Saturniidae - Emperor (Saturnia pavonia)
Sesiidae - Fiery Clearwing (Pyropteron chrysidiformis), Chamaesphecia aerifrons
Zygaenidae - Five-spot Burnet (Zygaena trifolii), Forester (Adscita statices)

Happy moffing
Jen :bounce:


Arctiidae, top left should of course be Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) - soz!
Under that should be Dingy Footman - thanks Brian :flowers:

 

[Fuchsia]

Pyralids and Torts....

 

[Fuchsia]

Geo 1.....

 

[Fuchsia]

Geo 2 and others.........

 

[Fuchsia]

Noctuid 1............

 

[Fuchsia]

Noc 2 - that's it folks!

 

[Steve Lister]

Looks like a stamp collection!

Some of the labels are illegible on my screen but thanks for posting them all anyway Jen.

Steve

 

[Fuchsia]

Yep - my puter makes the larger ones screen size after they've loaded and I don't know how to stop it. Ah well - if anyone is interested enough they can copy them and look on Adobe or whatever.

 

[Surreybirder]

As Steve said, a fine stamp collection!
Sorry to pick nits but you've got some in the wrong families.... eg. copper underwing is a Noctuid.
Guernsey underwing, too.
Ken

 

[Fuchsia]

Oops - thanks Ken - I only did those this morning and have added them to Notodontidae instead of starting a new Noctuid page. I blame it on the 2am rush outside in a thunder storm to save the (so far uncovered) moth trap and washing!
That and the fact that I'm a bit daft!
Ken, can you see any of the names cos I might delete the thread if no-one can see them.

Jen :-}

 

[Surreybirder]

Oops - thanks Ken - I only did those this morning and have added them to Notodontidae instead of starting a new Noctuid page. I blame it on the 2am rush outside in a thunder storm to save the (so far uncovered) moth trap and washing!
That and the fact that I'm a bit daft!
Ken, can you see any of the names cos I might delete the thread if no-one can see them.

Jen :-}

I can see them, no problem. In Internet Explorer the pix expand/shrink to fill the screen but I have a zoom option that just appears--I assumed that was normal for IE.
Ken

 

[Nerine]

Hey Jen

I can see them fine! Please don't delete the thread - I'm enjoying looking at these - I'm looking for a certain little moth that I've found sitting on the ceiling last night - I think it's a pyralid. Going to have a look through yours to see if it's there. I never know where to start when I look up moths in Waring and Townsend (my only moth book).
Nerine

 

[Fuchsia]

Hello Nerine and Ken - that's good
Re IDs - I always start with Leps.it. Most of the moths I get here are shared with the Channel Islands and the South of the UK. Then I usually give up and ask the experts here!

Jen

 

[Steve Lister]

Hi Jen
I have worked out how to see them at full size; my computer does the same as your's but then if you click on View and then Full Screen a little symbol appears at the bottom of the photos and clicking on that does the job.

Thanks again for giving us all another reference!

Steve

 

[Fuchsia]

Thanks Steve - still not big enough for my liking but a deff improvement!

 

[Cuckoo-shrike]

Thanks Jen - excellent stuff!

 

[mothman]

They are great Jen!!

The Passanger Is considered a "lifer"over here as is C fraxini,and your H aulica is giving me "Arctiidae envy". :clap:

Colin.

 

[Fuchsia]

Cheers Andy and Colin,
The Passenger was one of the first I saw here - that and an Emperor made me start recording last year and took me away from the birds a lot tho I still try and get to the reserves once a month. The Blue Underwing clinched it and was the last straw with 'window trapping' making me want a proper trap and an end to taking photos with a torch in one hand!

Brian,
here's the Bee Hawk-moth - awful pics I'm afraid. You're absolutley right (again!) it is Broad-bordered. I saw another this year but it was off before I could even say camera!
Thanks again for looking into these.

Jen :flowers:

 

[Brian Stone]

it is Broad-bordered. I saw another this year but it was off before I could even say camera!
Thanks again for looking into these.

Jen :flowers:

They make a great collection and like the others I have been drooling over things like The Passenger.

The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth I saw in Spain recently just didn't hang around either so I am impressed with those pictures of your's even if you are not. :clap: