Friday 10 July 2015

Burnished Brasses

Two Burnished Brass in the trap this morning. Usefully, one of each form. I picture them below in plan view and side elevation. (I have an engineering background)

                                                                             f. juncta


 



                                                                            
                                                                              f.aurea
 
 

 

4 comments:

  1. From one engineer to another, I like your presentation and attention to detail. From a mothing point of view there are people who think that these two forms are really separate species so may be a good idea to keep a record of the different forms when you get them.

    Tony

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  2. Colin Plant is working on it. If I'm correct, the 2 burnished areas have to be not only joined, but joined with a thick cross part to be a candidate for the second species. So I record in comment something along the lines of "No H", or thin "H" or thick "H". Last time I spoke to Colin about it, he was convinced of two species. To make things harder, the respective genitalia are just about identical.

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  3. Peter, i will follow your example. Would you call mine a thin H or thick H please?
    I thought these sort of things were all sorted out by DNA these days, and splitters and lumpers were a thing of the past.
    When I am consorting with the opposition, I use DNA testing to sort out Whiskered and Brandt's bats from droppings. Now Alcathoe's bats have been thrown into the mix.to further complicate things.

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  4. To be thick it has to be 3mm+. I'll e-mail you Colin's paper off group. If anyone else would like it, let me know.

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