Dan Houghton

It's still in a pot....

Just 52:36 to MV last night. Most unexpected was Catoptria margaritella, presumably a migrant, only other migrant was a single RDP. S Hants, VC11. Agriphila geniculea and Ptocheuusa paupella nfy. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

All you need is a hand lens! Further investigation is never a good outcome for the moth in question.

Apparently the 3rd segment of the labial palps is entirely white in caradjai, mixed yellow and dark brown in quad and deauratella and black with a pale tip in novimundi. 2nd edition of micros book says this feature may be helpful as a pointer for further investigation.

The palps may also offer some clues.

139:54 to 6w actinic last night produced Plain Pug nfg. Also this presumed Oak Nycteoline, not seen this form before. Migrants consisted of 11 Diamondback and a Rusty-dot Pearl. S Hants, VC11. #teammoth

Glad the parva came Steve!

At Stubbington, Hants #teammoth

41:24 to 6w actinic last night. Common Clothes Moth was nfg. Nfy were Brown-tail, Dwarf Cream Wave, Elephant Hawk-moth, Poplar Grey and Water Veneer. The third Small Marbled in the last week, this the brightest of them and the only apparent migrant. ##teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

I reckon by Monday you'll have had one 😉

115:53 to MV in Stubbington, Hants last night included another Small Marbled and 3 Diamondback. Lots of nfy including Acrobasis marmorea, Dot Moth, Figure of 80, Mottled Beauty, Metzneria metzneriella and one of my ultimate favourites, Leopard Moth. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

A modest 27:20 to the 6w actinic last night included a Small Marbled, the only other migrant was a single Diamondback. A huge Brown House Moth threw me for a while! Stubbington, S Hants, VC11. ##teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Certainly good for a pheromone here, leaving it overnight might be key? A few are away and with the forecast rain, I don't think anyone is contemplating tonight.

65:32 in Stubbington, S Hants last night included Lilac Beauty, Four-spotted Footman and 8 Diamondbacks. FUN lure left overnight attracted 2 Grapholita tenebrosana (nfm), 10 Grapholita funebrana and a Pammene (albuginana type). #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Absolutely!

Also a couple of Pammene regiana.

Phyllonorycter geniculella mines on Sycamore.

Phyllonorycter coryli mine on Hazel.

Stigmella hybnerella mine on Hawthorn.

Stigmella plagicolella mine on Prunus.

Some common leafmines in the local cemetery this morning - Phyllonorycter geniculella on Sycamore, Phyllonorycter coryli on Hazel, Stigmella hybnerella on Hawthorn and Stigmella plagicolella on Prunus. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth

Clearly a hybrid with Bird's Wing!

Haha, you say that now.... !

Similar here! Crashed at 02:15. Up to close the garden trap down at 04:45, and up again at 8. Cheers for the heads up on Treble-bar ID, it proved to be a male Lesser.

I'll bet a pint that you get at least one Raspberry Clearwing this year! I'll be trying here too.

Well done Dave, some nice moths there. Another first for Hants, you'll be expecting one a year at this rate! 😁

When it comes to moths, almost anything is possible!...

Having been looking at many pics of this group lately, it seems that albuginana often seems very pale about the head/front of thorax, certainly more often than suspectana. Probably much overlap but perhaps a 'soft' feature?

They looked like albuginana I felt and that has pale bases to the hindwings.

Absolutely no idea!

Ok, so I tried videoing the beast while it was flapping about in the tube. Here are a few frames which just about show a paler base to the wing. I know some phones/cameras have a slow motion video capability, that may work better.

I'll let you know tomorrow... 😉

I had 2 albuginana types to FUN around the same time this evening, the first thing to a lure in the garden this year besides Nettle-tap! I'll see what I can deduce from them tomorrow but they won't be getting the chop.

We all have to start somewhere! It gets easier 🙂