15th April 2011....Was Knot Was + Pug Quiz

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:-

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