A busy night, or rather, morning, with about 90 moths in the trap, which was set by a scrubby area at one end of our garden. Nineteen species, but notable for several Carpets as below (hoping my ID is correct).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcjcW9AFmLWRSZwi52JX9fVzzF6aKOQ2y4gw8vv_ebn2satRV1QpKwGYAd5B_Az_CmSqw-C2x2Gnw9jLbHrLoDqt6nRbVTQFyh5WeO1ApxGNfLbKO4WlDvZcpT0ioxZ_G7zEsEY5nJpg/s320/5d_14707.jpg) |
Water Carpet |
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Small Phoenix |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4idnQI3-RQ3SClCMY5TeOa_h8pstM-i4fagoKPbd7OBRxoTj-bLQjgB-lY-AuGOyWxTSjn1zAcrBkWMQKvB6O-hdgOdOSJpMmqgjEZ97Wl5j8u-QeCZDA6Nunh2d-hks4tIhu8Oczl8/s320/5d_14710.jpg) |
Garden Carpet |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-PpKMUiw4B6nzKltFQ5RFZuP62k4PCoqp9BlTuPmlqDZ0HWyz126R7hZSCK4Hq1dlIq42DWiCw9AinfxCGDSc_aYtG9gJ1QP6EGfUsxqCjKtNqKx9IC-exTG_Gb-oSUlkqs89TnnZBs/s320/5d_14714.jpg) |
Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet |
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Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet |
The second, fourth and fifth are all new to me.
Also yesterday, by a
Cornus officinalis there was a small cloud of
Adela reaumurella:
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Adela reaumurella |
Impressive array of carpets Peter, and all posing nicely for the camera.
ReplyDeleteExperts have pointed out that the above photo of a Red Twin-spot Carpet is probably the red form of a Dark-barrred Twin-spot Carpet.
ReplyDeleteHow do they know?
DeleteDavid, I'm not sure of the etiquette of commenting on my own post, but a search of this blog took me, today, to a couple of posts from, I think, 2014, comparing the two species. Interesting and well worth a read, although not entirely conclusive!
ReplyDeleteDavid, there is a good description of the differences in "Waring and Townsend" involving both upper and underside of the moths.
ReplyDeleteSee also http://www.mothscount.org/text/105/guide_to_difficult_species_online.html . Even so it will be difficult to be certain with some moths, in which case there is a "Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet" which can be used for recording. Such specimen would have to be subjected to microscopic examination to separate them.