Like a fool I pressed for the magic hundred by adding a few micro moths and hit a wall at 97. I have some photos of a few that would give me my century if anyone can help.
P.porrectella...I think.
I should remember this tortrix but I don't. 13mm long
Is this a tortrix? 9mm long
Tortrix ? 11mm long
Another tortrix? 10mm long
No idea what family this tiny moth belongs to, Gracillariidae? About 5mm long
And finally, an unusual macro - 17mm. I assume a melanistic form of something fem Brown Rustic ?
Nice crop of micros wish, I could help you!
ReplyDeleteI might be able to help slightly by suggesting that the brown tortricids photos 3&4 are very probably Bactra lancealana, a very common grassland moth around here, photo 5 might well be the same species, they are very variable. Plutella porrectella seems a good guess for photo 1, my suggestion for the bird-dropping tortrix 2 would be Epiblema cirsiana/scutulana.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, I was coming to the same conclusion about lancealana duplication. I caught a number of other micros that I have not even begun to question. 15 years without any serious trapping makes you realise how much you can forget. Anyhow, I found a Red necked footman just emerged down the bottom of the garden on the 7th, so happily contented with my 100 for the day. I might sleep easy tonight but will probably have my traps running instead.
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