I'm really shaky on micros but is the first one Agonopterix ocellana?
The next two are of the same moth and I havent a clue! Also experimenting with getting half decent pics of the little blighters!
Also had an Early Thorn, a Twin spotted Quaker, 2 Engrailed, Hebrew Character, some Common Quaker and Clouded Drab. Will try again tonight further up in the wood.
The mystery one is a very plain form of Ypsolopha ustella - it hibernates as an adult.
ReplyDeleteYour first one looks - as you suggest - like A. ocellana to me Jane.
ReplyDeleteThankyou both.
ReplyDeleteI am also finding the micros very flighty when trying to photograph them. Both the Acleris Literana and the Oak Nycteoline from Friday 10th trap, made a bid for freedom in the kitchen. Managed to recapture the AC by using a uv torch. Photographed and released. Now for the Oak Nycteoline to turn up and it was a beauty too......
ReplyDeleteAdjustment to my comment above. I managed to recapture the AL (not AC). Even after a nights rest in the fridge doesn't settle the micros, as soon as I edge them out of tub, off they fly, with them being so small it's easy to lose sight of them.
ReplyDeleteIt's worth taking a 'record shot' photo of micros in the tube or its lid, whatever they have settled on. Sometimes they will subsequently pose on a nicer substrate, but often not.
ReplyDeletePS these micros hibernate as adults, so the cold of the fridge doesn't really mean much to them. I can't think of an alternative calming method other than Co2.
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