Mid-day Micros

Picked up a couple of micros at lunchtime. Plus one badly worn macro which I think will be Shaded Broad Bar when it stops flapping.

The first micro appears to be Ancylis badiana, a nicely decorated little moth (link). Seems to be a legume muncher with vetches and clovers on the menu. And peas, but I don't think we have any peas.

The second which I'm still working on, looks like this:

6th May

First chance to put the trap out after holiday, although it was taken back in when the rain started to come down (maybe I should have left it?)

Golden Rod Pug, at first misidentified by me and then correctly identified by someone who knows better. My first pug :)

I also have two micros that I haven't started to process, but they may also be identified before I revisit them. In an advanced state of agitation, I was lucky to get a blurry shot, never mind a look at them.

(update - before I finished posting Parsnip Moth has emerged as the likely candidate)

23rd April

Overcast, turning to rain at 1am, trap taken in

Common Quaker (1)
Clouded Drab (1)
Hebrew Character (1)

Intriguing Highland Moth

This moth name caught my eye on somebody's moth list, because the species epithet appeared to be based on the Turkish word yildiz ("star").

Sure enough this species seems ot have been described in 1981 by somebody Turkish. I may have to dig deeper on this one. Must be a curious story to be had.

Half the story: link

Friday 18th April

Another clear night, with much the same species list trapped -

Common Quaker (2)
Clouded Drab (1)
Hebrew Character (1)

This Clouded Drab, was spotted peeking through a hole in the 'roosting substrate'

14th April

Still night, clear skies and full moon, early frost in the morning

HOB
2 Hebrew Characters only

Slow night

Only two moths trapped last night in what proved to be a cold one - a Clouded Drab and a Hebrew Character.