Another micro I.D. s.o.s.

maybe a type of Eriocrania ???????????????????
It's probably subpurpurella as they vary quite a bit

This is a very common micro often seen in the house.....a Tinea species ???????..........................

After studying UK moths I'm sure it is a Case-bearing Clothes Moth

Tinea pellionella

............ another view

Looks the right shape for an Eriocrania species but different from subpurpurella ????

Washout !

Foul weather last night !
I don't know why I bothered turning on the Skinner.....Expecting zero, I was amazed to find 3 hardy souls in the trap.
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Common Quaker
Early Grey.

Found this one on the dining room floor.....

BROWN HOUSE MOTH (Hofmannophila psuedospretella) first of the year

Micro I.D.

The micros on the previous post have been identified as Argyrotaenia ljungiana (thanks goes out to Ben Sale of Essex Moths for I.D. assistance).
The bottom pic shows a much more brightly marked specimen that was on the Skinner trap recently.
This post is a reminder to myself to try to be a little more observant !

WHAT A BEAUTY !

THE TOP TWO pictures show 2 micros that made it into my shed.
It looks to me as though they could be different colour varieties of the same species as they are the same size (about 8mm long) and shape..................... Help !

.................And here is the other one.usually seen with wings rolled up this EMMELINA MONODACTYLA was showing off. Note the missing back leg.

just as your are thinking you might be starting to get to grips with macro identification......along come the PUGS !!! OK here goes........

COMMON PUG (or Brindled, or Oak Tree, or ...............)

No problem with this little beauty though..........

my very first PINE BEAUTY Results for 30th April :-

10 x S.S.Darts

4 x Early Grey

3 x Brimstone

2 x Common Quaker

1 x Powdered Quaker

1 x Small Quaker

1 x Small Waved Umber (caught at last and released far away....nightly visitor for 3 nights)

1 x Pine Beauty (garden first)

1 E. monodactyla

AND the two micros pictured above, results show a 66% drop in species on the previous 2 nights. They have obviously seen the May bank holiday weather forecast !
The two micros are Argyrotaenia ljungiana Thanks Ben !

ID dilemma

This tiny micro was on the wall near the trap a couple of nights back....any ideas ? It is a little cracker about 5mm long.....a low number on UK moths I suspect. It is very much like my previous little gold micro so I think it is probably another Eriocrania subpurpurella............??? It appears that the general concensus agrees on Eriocrania subpurpurella