.......And they've started earlier than usual. Yet another warm night early on, but a surprising dip in temp to just 3°C. Numbers were down on previous nights even though I had 2 traps out again.
This little critter was 1 of 2 pretty much identical moths found last night. When I caught it, I immediately thought it was Oak-tree due to the compact size (barely bigger than Double-striped) and pale patches beside the central black dots. However the strong white line along the trailing edge also made me think of Common.
I will leave it up to the jury of bloggers far more experienced than me to decide.
Oak-tree Pug
Thanks for ID confirmation from Mark & Andy.
Muslin Moth
The Teddy Bear of moths- always nice to see.
The result- 12 of 8 species-
- Hebrew Character- 2
- Oak-tree Pug- 2 - Year tick
- Clouded Drab- 2
- Brindled Beauty- 1
- Nut-tree Tussock- 1
- Muslin Moth- 1- Year tick
- Powdered Quaker- 1
Oak-tree for me. Could do with a Nut-tree Tussock up here - would be a VC55 first!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Mark-I was more or less sure, so 2 Oak-tree Pugs in a night- I could well have overlooked these in the past.
ReplyDeleteIt staggers me that N-t Tussock is so rare just over an hours drive from where I live...I wonder why that could be....
It's baffling when you see the national distribution.
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