Another larva
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:05 pm
Another larva:
Hi Folks,
On my walk today I found a few species of moth (certainly more than I've been trapping in the last few weeks! Included amongst them was the larva (which is a shade under 3cms long) in the attached photo. It is on White Poplar, which in theory narrows it down to about 15 species. Alas, I can't fit it to any of them!
Amongst those I did identify: Silver-ground, Common and Flame Carpets, Ancylis badiana, Aspilapteryx tringipennella, Cydia ulicetana (succedana) and tenanted mines of Eriocrania subpurpurella. In this weirdo spring, the first Banded Demoiselles were on the wing to-day, about a week earlier than I'd normally expect to see them.
Cheers,
Steve
Hi Folks,
On my walk today I found a few species of moth (certainly more than I've been trapping in the last few weeks! Included amongst them was the larva (which is a shade under 3cms long) in the attached photo. It is on White Poplar, which in theory narrows it down to about 15 species. Alas, I can't fit it to any of them!
Amongst those I did identify: Silver-ground, Common and Flame Carpets, Ancylis badiana, Aspilapteryx tringipennella, Cydia ulicetana (succedana) and tenanted mines of Eriocrania subpurpurella. In this weirdo spring, the first Banded Demoiselles were on the wing to-day, about a week earlier than I'd normally expect to see them.
Cheers,
Steve