I ran the garden trap on 22/7 and 24/7 with spectacular results: over 80 species on each night, more than I've ever had in a trapping session before.
Here are a few I could use some help with. (Split over two posts to get around the 10 photo limit).
1. Fairly sure this is just one of the many forms of Light-brown Apple Moth, but not one I've seen before. Am I on the right track?
- 1. Light Brown Apple Moth?
2. I find wainscots pretty difficult, but have I got the Common/Smoky Wainscot pair here? First, Common:
- 2. Common Wainscot?
3. ... and next, Smoky:
- Smoky Wainscot?
4a. The woods behind my garden host thousands of native Bluebells. I've spent a lot of time over the last couple of years searching the flowers for the larval spinnings of
Eana incanana, to no avail. But I sometimes wonder if I'm missing the adults among the many
Cnephasias that come to the trap. Some of the ones I get look very much like those I see posted on various Facebook groups with an apparently confident ID of
E. incanana, though I must admit I'm sometimes sceptical. Here are a couple from 22/7. One other expired in the fridge waiting for a photo; Steve Hind, would it be OK for me to send it to you for dissection? (With the understanding that it will probably turn out to be
Cnephasia!). One individual:
- Cnephasia (or Eana?) - individual 1
4b. ...and another individual:
- Cnephasia (or Eana?) - individual 2
5. A nice
Eucosma cana - I think...
- 5. Eucosma cana?
6.
Gypsonoma sp?
- 6. Gypsonoma sp?
Cheers
Paul