Blogger has for some reason been refusing me access for the past couple of days but has relented this morning. Trap was out in the garden night of 6/7May. Some moths in, some outside on the ground which were 3 Hebrew Character, 3 Early Thorn and a female Emperor. The Emperor was a little dishevelled and wet with dew. I dried her in the sun and she became very active. I wanted a pic so 'cooled' her, when I took her from the fridge to photograph - you can see the result
so now the problem was what to do with a set of Emperor eggs! They are nestling in a blackthorn bush still on the lid - so any advice is welcome!
There was a nice Herald in the trap
plus 3 Water Carpet, 12 Hebrew Character, 2 Red Chestnut, 2 Early Grey and 2 Common Quaker.
This pretty Plume also. Is it a Common? I wasn't able to pin it down from the Micro book
This rather tatty grey was in as well - I gave up. Any ideas?
Ian HW
Some nice catches Ian, far better than I'm doing it's been my worst start to a season. Always difficult from photos but my guess would be the bottom one is another tho darker early grey and I would go for common plume but I'm still learning lots about micros! Other opinions welcomed of course. My only moth last night was a white shouldered house moth!
ReplyDeleteNice one Ian! It is certainly the worst spring I have ever had on Bardsey for moths, and I'm still not catching any!! The Emperor looks like a beauty. I would go for Emmelina monodactyla for the plume, although I am not sure what its common name is.
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