A couple more migrants, a first Scarce Bordered Straw for the year and a second Pearly Underwing. My apples my be riddled given the number of postvittana I'm catching. Other than that just one more micro moth and 287 macro moths, ( 148 Setaceous Hebrew Characters) but only 22 Species.
Scarce Bordered Straw, a scarce immigrant, but one that has featured strongly here previously, I trapped 163 in the invasion of 2006.
From this view it is difficult to see one of the best features of a Pearly underwing that can bee been without opening up the wing.
Pearly Underwings have a really striking "Punk" hairstyle, still fashionable in some continental football teams!
A Dark Chestnut, showing the slightly hook shaped wing, on the left side. Unfortunately there's a bit of damage on the right side.
| Code | Taxon | Vernacular | Individuals |
| 998 | Epiphyas postvittana | Light Brown Apple Moth | 46 |
| 1398 | Nomophila noctuella | Rush Veneer | 1 |
| 1745 | Larentia clavaria | Mallow | 1 |
| 1764 | Chloroclysta truncata | Common Marbled Carpet | 2 |
| 1961 | Campaea margaritata | Light Emerald | 1 |
| 2026 | Orgyia antiqua | Vapourer | 1 |
| 2092 | Agrotis puta | Shuttle-shaped Dart | 1 |
| 2107 | Noctua pronuba | Large Yellow Underwing | 54 |
| 2109 | Noctua comes | Lesser Yellow Underwing | 17 |
| 2110 | Noctua fimbriata | Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | 1 |
| 2111 | Noctua janthe | Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | 1 |
| 2119 | Peridroma saucia | Pearly Underwing | 1 |
| 2126 | Xestia c-nigrum | Setaceous Hebrew Character | 148 |
| 2134 | Xestia xanthographa | Square-spot Rustic | 2 |
| 2232 | Aporophyla nigra | Black Rustic | 4 |
| 2255 | Polymixis lichenea | Feathered Ranunculus | 9 |
| 2259 | Conistra ligula | Dark Chestnut | 1 |
| 2267 | Agrochola lychnidis | Beaded Chestnut | 14 |
| 2270 | Omphaloscelis lunosa | Lunar Underwing | 14 |
| 2272 | Xanthia aurago | Barred Sallow | 4 |
| 2297 | Amphipyra pyramidea | Copper Underwing | 1 |
| 2306 | Phlogophora meticulosa | Angle Shades | 1 |
| 2384 | Hoplodrina ambigua | Vine's Rustic | 7 |
| 2400 | Helicoverpa armigera | Scarce Bordered Straw | 1 |
I've heard the hairstyle described before but a picture paints a thousand words, hope you don't mind me ripping off your picture, I'd like to put it alongside a similar shot of a Turnip Moth. Cheers Tony
ReplyDeleteSure Trent, that's fine, a link and a credit would be good (:
DeleteCheers Tony, I've added the pics to my last blog post 4th oct, quite a good comparison. Turnip doesn't have the elongated hairdo at the back.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to have the chance to compare in the field (garden) as I haven't recorded P.U'wing but may have overlooked it before