Having got that rant off my chest, I can think of happier things such as moths, butterflies and dragonflies...
Shaded broad bar, 18th July
Brown China mark, 18th July
Emerald damselfly, 18th July, my first sighting of the year.
A male Southern hawker, 18th July, again my first sighting of the year.
Help please in identifying this poor photo of what appears to be some form of carpet moth, 20th July.
(Help No1)
A very battered emperor which I watched for 20 minutes before it settled for me to photograph, 22nd July.
Is this a Crambus perlella? 30th July, (Help No2)
Help No3
Another carpet moth, Help No4
As always, corrections and identifications gratefully received.
1. Blue-bordered Carpet
ReplyDelete2. looks more like Agriphila straminella
3. Agriphila straminella
4. Common Carpet
Thank you for the info, Barry. I appear to be getting worse at identification rather than better as I couldn't even get the common carpet right!!
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