Just returned from another trip out to local Woodland, cooler than expected tonight after a balmy 20c recorded in the daytime, the temperature dropped to 7c under clear skies (met office said cloudy!! no fair!)
A brilliant catch with a good amount of new species recorded for the site, including Early Thorn, Engrailed, Purple Thorn, Brindled Pug & Oak Nycteoline.
But the best Moths of the night were 3 examples of Frosted Green and 2 examples of the very pretty Micro Moth Eriocrania subpurpurella f.fastuosella both species completely new for meb and this particular form is apparently scarcer and prettier!
Pictures
Frosted Green
Eriocrania subpurpurella f.fastuosella
Brindled Pug
Purple Thorn
Catch Report - Friday 09th April 2010 - Parndon Wood - 160w Robinson Trap + 40w Hanging Actinic w/White hanging sheet & ground sheets
Macro Moths
3x Frosted Green [NFY]
9x Brindled Pug [NFY]
1x Purple Thorn [NFY]
1x Engrailed [NFY]
1x Oak Nycteoline [NFY]
30x Small Quaker
9x Chestnut
28x Common Quaker
3x Hebrew Character
1x Shoulder-stripe
1x Early Thorn
3x Clouded Drab
1x Satellite
Micro Moths
2x Eriocrania subpurpurella f.fastuosella [NFY]
1x Acleris notana/ferrugana
19x Diurnea fagella
11th December
23 hours ago
Hi Ben, your eriocrania is the "fastuosella" form of E.subpurpurella - a little scarcer than the normal variations. There's a photo of one on the home page of my blog in cop.
ReplyDeleteHi Charlie
ReplyDeleteThat's brilliant thankyou! yes I see the resemblance to your picture.