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:

23rd May 2009 - part two (micros)

As their is a limit to the number of labels that can be assigned to each post I've had to split last night's catch in two - first the micros.

Phtheochroa rugosana:

Udea olivalis:

Hedya pruniana (Plum Tortrix):

Clepsis consimilana:

Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House Moth):

Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth) - the second record of the year but this time a fine male, quite different from the female: