Showing posts with label 1764 Common Marbled Carpet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1764 Common Marbled Carpet. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

19th May 2009

A good night with 32 moths of 17 species including two new for the year.

Epiblema cynosbatella:

Evergestis forficalis (Garden Pebble):

This Common Marbled Carpet was a more normal form than yesterday's:

The second Pale Tussock of the year put on this fierce pose:

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

18th May 2009

Four more new species brings the total for the garden so far this year up to 100. A belated first Brindled Pug flew before I could take a decent picture but a beautiful Common Marbled Carpet posed very nicely for me:


Two Large Nutmegs were very different from each other:


Finally the first of the minors turned up. Almost certainly this is a Marbled Minor but will have to be go into the records as 'agg' without dissection.


Best of the rest (15w Actinic)

Red Twin-spot Carpet - 1
Eyed Hawkmoth - 1
Pale Mottled Willow - 1