This post is a catch up of several days. One of Anne's family has had a health issue, which upset things for some time. Fortunately, everything seems to have settled down.'
So the moths I've seen from the 27th of June.
27th June;-
1 x Common OR Brindled pug. TBC It was is a difficult place to get a photo. Sorry it's so poor a shot.
1 x ID Needed (What was left of it's scales, was a bright red /ginger colour).
2 x Marbled Beauties. Grey type. (1st of the season for me).
From 29th to 30th June:-
3 x Brimstone moths
1 x Marbled Beauty (Brown type)
1 x Small Phoenix (I forgot this one, I added it to this list a few hours later(.almost 9pm.)
1 x Tachystola acroxzantha. (I spent a long time IDing this., I was put off by the small distribution maps on my moth books. I read that it was to be seen in Lancashire. We are close enough the the border, so it could be in West Yorks. I read somewhere that it was a brightly coloured moth. If a yellow band at the edge of it wings made it colourful, the writer must not have seen many brightly coloured moths. *Shrug* In the end, it was the only moth I found which looked like this one. A first for me.
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3 comments:
I can't managed the Pug i d Gordon.? Try Clepsis consimilana for the 'red one'. Good to recognise the Tachystola acroxantha - it's one of those once you find one you will probably find more in the coming days. It's quite a regular for me here mostly to the light trap in an evening though also seen it flying around in warm sunshine (not much of that these days !!!)
had a second look at the pug Gordon - looks to have touches of green on the wings and abdomen when blown up so probably a Green Pug.
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