Sunday, 22 April 2018

Species List for 21/04/2018

I think last night marks a turnig point in this spell of extra warm weather. At Midnight it was still 16 deg C, but by 4 pm today it had dropped to 12 deg and felt much colder. However last night produced three new moths for the year including the long overdue Powdered Quaker.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
Agonopterix sp. Agonopterix species 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla Common Plume 1
1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Brindled Pug 1 NFY
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 10
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1 NFY
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker 13
2186 Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker 1 NFY
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 65
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 5
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 6

 Powdered Quaker

 Muslin Moth, male

 Muslin Moth, underside

 Brindled Pug

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