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| Water Carpet |
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| Small Phoenix |
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| Garden Carpet |
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| Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet |
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| Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet |
Also yesterday, by a Cornus officinalis there was a small cloud of Adela reaumurella:
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| Adela reaumurella |
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Carpet Corner
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).
The second, fourth and fifth are all new to me.
Also yesterday, by a Cornus officinalis there was a small cloud of Adela reaumurella:
Also yesterday, by a Cornus officinalis there was a small cloud of Adela reaumurella:
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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.