This is the time for many "first" appearances after a long period of orthosia species, especially for me as I missed April last year having slummed it for a month on Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.
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PALE PINION 2236
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KNOT GRASS 2289 was a new entry for the year
First appearance (of hundreds) of SHUTTLE-SHAPED DART 2092
CABBAGE MOTH 2154 another year debutant
Shuttle-shaped Dart, again, by mistake...can't be bothered to edit !
Four RUBY TIGER 2064 . garden first for year
AND NOW WE HAVE LAST NIGHTS PUGS.................. any ID comments appreciated, I have Pug Dislexia, but I'll have a go.....Top, wingspan 18mm ish and rather worn. my guess is Double-striped
Wingspan in excess of 20mm so I'll try....COMMON
20 mm wingspan at most.if it's a Double-striped then it's a big 'un
I'll have a crack at OAK-TREE
wingspan around 20mm again ....not sure if some of these are a larger hatch of Double-striped.....The previous ones have been quite well marked but tiny, wingspan 15/16 mm....... Thanks in advance for your expertise and help, FORTUNA FORTES CORDE (:0))
Last nights haul:-
Last nights haul:-7 x Early Grey
5 x Hebrew Character
4 x Ruby Tiger *year first
3 x Emmelina monodactyla
2 x Double-striped Pug (definites,,,not pictured)
2 x Common Quaker
1 x Garden Carpet
1 x Knot Grass *year first
1 x Endrosis sarcitrella (White-shouldered House Moth)
1 x Brimstone Moth
1 x Pale Pinion (2nd record this year)
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart *year first
1 x Cabbage Moth *year first
1 x Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth)
1 x Depressaria heraclei (Parsnip Moth)
1 x Alucita hexadactyla (Twenty-plume Moth)
1 x Pale Mottled Willow
1 x Clouded Drab
PUG SPECIES
TOTALS:-
786 moths (625 macro, 161 micro)
49/50 species (35 macro, 14/15 micro) one ID pending
