I suspect that it's one of the Elachistidae. Distinctive markings can be seen with a strong hand lens but my photography is not up to providing a good enough image to show them. It'll have to go down as Elachista sp.
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Friday 19 April 2019
Mini Micro at Maenol
Two traps out last night, Skinner MV and large Heath-type actinic, but together they attracted nothing like the numbers that Steve's did, I could muster only 74 individuals, 20 species. The only FFYs were Brindled Pug and a very small micro which I almost overlooked on the base of the trap:
I suspect that it's one of the Elachistidae. Distinctive markings can be seen with a strong hand lens but my photography is not up to providing a good enough image to show them. It'll have to go down as Elachista sp.
I suspect that it's one of the Elachistidae. Distinctive markings can be seen with a strong hand lens but my photography is not up to providing a good enough image to show them. It'll have to go down as Elachista sp.
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