Micro Moths?

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:58 pm

Anyone Know any good books that deal with the smaller moths such as micro moths, leaf-miners and prylids etc...? Is there any with photos or just colour drawings or prints?

I know UKMoths is a good resource, but I would rather have a book straight away. I have been looking for a while, but if anyone knows a book, let me know.

Robin · Post by **Robin** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:41 pm

Dave,

I have just purchased British Pyralid Moths by Barry Goater published by Harley Books ISBN 0 946589 08 9. It has coluour photos of set specimens plus some drawings.
Robin

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:31 pm

I found that one, might just get it when I get some money, looks good. Prylid moths always have intrested me for the past few years.

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:06 pm

To learn more about leaf-miners and related groups, most information about the adults you can find it in the series of Heath/Emmets MBGBI. It is truly sad that this books are very expensive. Fortunate you can always photograph some unknown species and put it on this forum, mail groups or you can send me it by mail. Most species in the UK are already known through a highly percentage of microlepidopterologists that is representing the UK, and most information about this species has already been published. In my case, when you're living on the mainland (Netherlands) you have to deal with lots of different species which aren't easily to identify. In countries like Belgium, parts of Germany as France, the checklists are still growing all the time. Every time you are going further to the east, it will become harder to find the right determination works.

Anyway, I'm hoping more people will start looking for micros, certainly when you're owning a light trap of something like that it will become very easy to see lots of stunning species.

Cheers
TM

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:53 pm

Thats what I planned to do this year. I found a row of Snowberry plants that had loads of things flying out of them in June or so this year, so got to check that. Now I know how to take pics of them, should find some intresting things out there.

I saw Heath/Emmets MBGBI, but they do cost a lot. The few problems I usually had was in books. You'd see the moth with its wings outstreached in plates, but this may not help unless you see it in its resting position as some micros look very similar.

Just got to see what this year brings