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- Mon May 25, 2009 6:01 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Coastal species from South East Scotland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 249
Re: Coastal species from South East Scotland
Agree both ID's.
- Wed May 20, 2009 5:29 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Micro-Moth (I think)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 490
Re: Micro-Moth (I think)
Larval host plants of E. scutulanum are Carduus and Cirsium.
- Tue May 19, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Micro-Moth (I think)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 490
Re: Micro-Moth (I think)
Looks like Epiblema scutulanum.
- Fri May 15, 2009 4:29 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: moth adult and larva
- Replies: 8
- Views: 356
Re: moth adult and larva
The moth is Pyrausta nigrata. P. cingulata and P. nigrata are of same colour, but P. nigrata has a whitish spot in the middle of forewing. In addition, P. nigrata has more angled postmedian fascia.
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:47 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Moth ID help from 2007 and 2008
- Replies: 9
- Views: 453
Re: Moth ID help from 2007 and 2008
Agreed.cjs wrote:A wild guess at #7 would be in the Pterophoridae (Stenoptilia pterodactyla).
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:36 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Moth ID help from 2007 and 2008
- Replies: 9
- Views: 453
Re: Moth ID help from 2007 and 2008
2. Agonopterix arenella,
4. Blastobasis adustella.
4. Blastobasis adustella.
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:12 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Moth ID
- Replies: 1
- Views: 243
Re: Moth ID
Yes, it is a Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) male.
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:56 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Caterpillar ID please
- Replies: 1
- Views: 355
Re: Caterpillar ID please
Your guess is good, it is Spilosoma luteum. 
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:26 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Is this an Old Lady Moth
- Replies: 1
- Views: 270
Re: Is this an Old Lady Moth
Yes, it is.
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:45 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Yellow necked caterpillar moth
- Replies: 5
- Views: 561
Re: Yellow necked caterpillar moth
They burrow into the soil to pupate and overwinter as pupa.
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:13 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Yellow necked caterpillar moth
- Replies: 5
- Views: 561
Re: Yellow necked caterpillar moth
The picture in your gallery illustrates larvae of Phalera bucephala (Buff-tip).
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:27 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Mystery larva
- Replies: 3
- Views: 392
Re: Mystery larva
Drepana falcataria.
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:57 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: What's that caterpillar?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 718
Re: What's that caterpillar?
Yes, a Grey Dagger larva. It feeds on many kinds of trees and shrubs.
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:03 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Poplar hawk or Eyed hawk larva?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 351
Re: Poplar hawk or Eyed hawk larva?
Yes, Laothoe populi. In Smerinthus ocellatus horn is bluish.
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:29 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Large Moths
- Replies: 5
- Views: 432
Re: Large Moths
They certainly are a couple of C. nupta. It comes to vinegary sugar bites and more rarely to light.
- Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:54 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Ideas?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 421
Re: Ideas?
Looks like Pammene aurita to me.
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:32 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: ID please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 511
Re: ID please
It looks like Epirrhoe alternata.
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:56 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: help with a couple of identifications
- Replies: 9
- Views: 654
Re: help with a couple of identifications
1. Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata).kieran_c wrote:I would be grateful if anyone could ID the two butterflies I photgraphed in cornwall last week.
unknown 2 is not a great photo but perhaps its good enough for an ID.
Cheers,
Kieran.
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:19 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: id help from Studland please
- Replies: 14
- Views: 789
Re: id help from Studland please
The second one looks like this.
- Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:53 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Caterpillar ID please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 505
Re: Caterpillar ID please
Looks like a Chrysomelidae (leaf beetle) larva to me.