Again into the local woods for the month of march and after all the Dotted Borders at the beginning of the month,late March was the turn of Diurnea flagella to take the stage. The peak was on the 29th march with 185 seen with 35 pairs in cop located, I only found one female that was not melanic and about 50 melanics.Other species seen were ------
| 461 | Ypsolopha ustella 1 | |
| 663 | Diurnea flagella 481 | |
| 688 | Agonopterix heracliana 12 | |
| 1663 x | March Moth 4 | |
| 1852x | Brindled Pug 2 | |
| 1926x | Pale Brindled Beauty 1 | |
| 1932x | Spring Usher 3 | |
| 1934 | Dotted Border 91 | |
| 1934 | Dotted Border (melanic ab. fuscata) | 4 |
| 2182x | Small Quaker 3 | |
| 2187x | Common Quaker 3 | |
| 2256x | Satellite 1 | |
| 2258 x | Chestnut 4 |
3 comments:
thanks for posting pics Winston..
Lovely pictures Andy. Not many people get to see the largely flightless females let alone a pair in cop.
I found a female on a large stone gate post in the middle of a field during the day yesterday.??
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