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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

1st Oct 2012 ... Grey Pine or Spruce ?

Another clear night with a bright full moon and wind.
No traps but I switched on the 15w Blacklight and the 15w actinic on the garden shed, where 20 moths of 13 species were recorded.
The autumn carpets are about and I think the one pictured below is a Spruce Carpet, although there are very similar Grey Pine.
The set of 5 photos at the bottom of the page were taken from the net except for the top pic which is mine..... what do you think ?

1 .. 0229 .. Monopis obviella


1 .. 0647 .. Hofmannophila pseudospretella
2 .. 0648 .. Endrosis sarcitrella
1 .. 1010 .. Ditula angustiorana


1 .. 1342 .. Eudonia angustea
2 .. 1524 .. Emmelina monodactyla
1 .. 1728 .. Garden Carpet
1 .. 1768/9 ............................... Sprine Carpet


2 .. 2107 .. Large Yellow Underwing
3 .. 2109 .. Lesser Yellow Underwing
2 .. 2126 .. Setaceous Hebrew Character
1 .. 2134 .. Square-spot Rustic
3 .. 2270 .. Lunar Underwing
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From the top....
My moth... I'm fairly sure it is a Spruce
Grey Pine
Grey Pine
Spruce
Spruce

3 comments:

  1. Cheers Stuart
    Have you recovered your trap from the North Sea after the recent deluge ?
    It was last seen floating down Howick Burn.

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  2. Thats the beauty of a Robinson. Noah could have used it, its indestructible! The driest place for our moths is tucked away inside, no probs ;)

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