10th June 2009

Three new for the year including the first of the awkward Hoplodrina pair - The Rustic and The Uncertain. I'm fairly happy that I've called this correctly as The Rustic but if anyone disagrees, please let me know.

The Rustic:

Common Footman:

Calamotropha paludella:

The first male Ringed China-mark:

2nd June 2009 - micros

A warm humid night brought out lots of moths (well over 200 in two traps) and lts of mosquitos. Several micros yet to be confirmed but the highlight so far was Phlyctaenia perlucidalis, local to the Fens, but the first here since 2006:


Also not seen since 2006 was Timothy Tortrix:

Cydia pomonella:

Beautiful China-mark:

Ringed China-mark:

Cochylis hybridella:

Blastobasis lacticolella:

Finally this very unusually coloured Udea olivalis: