Welcome to the weekend - and so far as the blog is concerned, to Micro Morning. The take in the trap was modest last night - about 35 moths - but they included a goodly number of the littlies, the 1627 species of micro moth to be found in the UK.
We were in Cirencester yesterday and bought some cards in a bookshop which advertised itself as 'tiny and independent'. This could be the family motto of the micros, or maybe they could share Rutland's; the smallest county in England boldly proclaims:
Multum in parvo. Check out the Light Brown Apple moth in the top picture with the acorn cup for scale to see if you agree that there's much in little..
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| Light Brown Apple moth - the trap was under an apple tree |
I have a train journey to take later today, and I will pore over my micro moth Bible then. But here's a selection from the trap, plus today's winner of the Pink Eggbox Award, a very pretty (but macro) Sallow.
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Um... Update: much pondering makes me think that this is Acleris aspersana
albeit a little late in the season |
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| Large Plume - its wings unfurl like umbrellas |
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Er... Update" Many thanks to ace Guardian Country Diarist Phil Gates in Comments
whose suggestion that this is a Nettle Tap (Anthophila fabriciana) is, I am sure, correct |
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| Ur again, with my famous acorn cup scale |
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| Pretty on pink - the Sallow |
2 comments:
Hi martin,
I wonder if 'er' is a nettle tap? - there's been a large emergence of them in our neck of the woods - they'r all over the late-flowering hogweed.
It's shaping up to be a lovely autumn here - commas on the Michaelmas daisies this morning.
kind regards,
Phil
Thanks very much Phil - I'm sure you're right. I'm trying to improve...
all warmest
Martin
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