WINE RACE 2016 .. MATTc380 .. TRENT 353 .. BEN 347 ...... Garden species:- Macros 357, Micros 365, Total 722

Saturday, 1 October 2011

Garden Update

August in October...can't be bad.
Overnight temps around 12 deg min for the last few nights.
Highlights were... 28th, Buttoned Snout and a garden first Deep-brown Dart.

DEEP-BROWN DART

BUTTONED SNOUT


29th, Sallow and Mallow, 30th Angle Shades, Large Ranunculus and Lesser Yellow Underwing feeding on the Ivy flowers, Dark Chestnut, Spruce Carpet and Satellite.

DARK CHESTNUT
SPRUCE CARPET
SATELLITE
Also an interesting micro from last night which I think is Agonopterix nervosa

AGONOPTERIX NERVOSA
Thanks Matt & Ben for backing up the ID.

3 comments:

  1. A. Nervosa- look at the tops of the legs, should be a reddish purple in colour.............

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  2. Thank you guys...I've put up a pic showing the underside

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