I thought I'd start a new thread for 2017 & THIS is a link to the previous thread. To newcomers, all are welcome & you can post your moths, identified or not, on here. Any items related to moths too & of course caterpillars (all contributions of caterpillars welcomed by Wendy who is their substitute mum!)
Here are my first of the year, one from yesterday morning on the door, White-speck,
Which encouraged me to do a trap under the garden table & the White-speck came back along with a Black-spotted Chestnut
Unfortunately they were both dead, no sign of the spider, but it may be living under the garden table. Ah well, I suppose we all have to eat! I don't think I'll be doing another one for a while, this is just 2 or 3 warm days before it gets cold again.
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
That's a smart one H with it's furry nose!
Stay warm tonight, hope it's better for you over there than me here ... Brrrrrrrr!!
Hi H ... answer from Steve re the latest two pics I forwarded for ID
""Sorry, but I wouldn't like to even make a suggestion for the French micro - very worn and several of the species have many variable forms such as Acleris rufana.
I'm also not that knowledgeable on many micro species.""
Well I had a very cold night on the reserve, it was 8°C at 8pm & 3°C at 11pm when I went to bed, woke up to zero!! Despite all that I had 16 species! These are a few of the new one's this year,
Diurnia fagella
an Early Thorn
a Dark Chestnut
a type of Chestnut that you don't get Conistra staudingeri, which is a first for me, except I've had it several times previously & misidentified it, then this time for some reason, I thought "this ain't right" looked further & found a new one for the region! I got it checked on a French forum,
a Small Quaker
& a definate new for me Acleris umbrana
The new lights are working great, i just need the weather to warm up a tad! Anything new over there?
Hazel C said:Anything new over there?
This from night before last but a cheat really 'cos he'd been living in the shed since the trap two days before! Lol
See he's lost a leg too!!
In shed today getting all Mothing bits & bobs to set up elsewhere tonight & to check on my EHM pupa when I discovered this little beauty on the wall behind EHM hatching house!
Bit fuzzy through glass but it's arms & legs look to be intact
EHM house
Star of the show
Oooh, do hope he/she emerges intact!
Within first half hour of set-up tonight I had this delightful little visitor ...
Unfortunately it had parked itself right on the blacklight tube which made for difficult pics & it nicked off before I could pot it for a better look!
There have been more too ... pics tomorrow!
Does belong on here ... honest!
Hi Wendy, I don't know how I missed this post, lovely 20-plume moth you found. They sometimes come to light but they seem to visit the house once or twice a year, really one of my favorites. So who is "Owl face"? Got any more pics?
Yes I have H ... all will be revealed!!
Could it be a Silver Cloud?
I had a Herald the other day, it came to feed on my wine/sugar rope but did a free-fall every time I turned up with the camera, so I had a poke around on the ground & found it!
Hazel C said:Could it be a Silver Cloud?
Belongs to this one ... could it be Square spot Rustic
This one in danger near roof so got my big stick out
Hebrew Character rescued & safe in egg box
Not so Beautiful right wing tip
Unknown little sweetie
Another unknown
Is this same one with LBAM female
Last trap was on 18th & that was a cool one, then weather got colder/windier/wetter & not picked up enough yet to make it worthwhile!!
Your Herald is lovely H & I want one ... of course!
Hi Wendy, good to see you've got a few arriving, your "Owl face" is a Common quaker (Orthosia cerasi) same family as the Hebrew character. The small one's are all Double-striped Pugs. It's cold & northerly wind here so haven't done much lately. Maybe after the weekend!