And so, luckily it falls to me to post something exciting in the current spell which has been poor for night time moth trapping. Last night in the Skinner trap there was just one moth which arrived early in the night 2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda. A new one for me and a quite remarkable chap! Winston
10 comments:
very nice Winston, never had one myself
not a thing up here last night
Martyn
Hi Winston
A regular but never common visitor to my garden mv at Park Rd. Very short flight period of earliest 9th May and latest around 12th June. Most peculiar looking moths. I think (I have not checked so could be wrong)the female removes hairs from her abdomen when egg laying to cover them up ?
A most unusual moth, you are right there. I gather they were once called Hop dogs as they were once common in hop fields (W&T book)
win
Hi Winston
We only had one moth last night , and you guessed it , a Pale Tussock .Cracking moth. Ours didnt go into the trap , it just parked itself on the wall by the door .
Hi Winston
Yep, they were indeed called "Hop Dogs" as they were found on hops by the hop pickers. I only ever found the larva once in Calderdale and truly spectactular they are as well.
Hi all,I added a pic of the 'Hop Dog' found by Chris last September at Cromwell Bottom.spectactular they are.
thanks Andy, great cat. Win
Andy,what is the unusual background to the cat photo?
win
I think its a glove.
lol Andy. It looks really wierd but interesting. Win
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