Saturday, June 27, 2015

More moths at last

Long time since I posted any moths. Weather's not been great for moths so far this year but picked up recently. Catch still rather low in number and diversity though.

Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus

Elephant Hawk-moths Deilephila elpenor

Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea

Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis

Light Emerald Campaea margaritata

The Shark Cucullia umbratica

Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria


0925 Phtheochroa rugosana 1
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana) 1
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 2
1063 Celypha striana 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 2
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 3
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 2
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1669 Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) 1
1860 Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 6
1992 Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) 1
2028 Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 1
2040 Four-dotted Footman (Cybosia mesomella) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 1
2088 Heart & Club (Agrotis clavis) 5
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 12
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 2
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1
2216 The Shark (Cucullia umbratica) 1
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 2
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 1
2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica) 1
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 4
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) f. juncta 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1
2489 The Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis) 2

Canon Powershot SX50 HS