Anonymoths ID parade

[CJB]

Good morning UK B'ers,

I fired up my moth trap over the weekend and sited it at the entrance of an open garage which produced the best results so far.

I have named the ones I managed to identify in my moth book and as I know you are a finely tuned collection of Lepidopterists I hoped you might be up for identifying some of the unidentified visitors to the trap:

Scorched Wing

White Ermine

Buff Ermine

Treble Lines

Now for the anonymoths:

anonymoth 1

anonymoth 2

anonymoth 3

anonymoth 4

anonymoth 5

anonymoth 6

I saw my first painted lady on Sunday, which sounds like it is ahead of the approaching 'muse' of painted ladies.

I thought a muse of painted ladies was an appropriate term!

Flutter on!

CJB

[Nigel P]

Hi, I'll pass on the first of your queries as I'm not sure at the moment, I think the others are:

2 Rustic Shoulder-knot
3 Swallow Prominent
4 Heart and Dart
5 Common Swift
6 Poplar Grey

Nigel

[CJB]

Good morning Nigel,

Thank you for your wisdom!

I hope I can get the full set.

The next time I have more anonymoths I will hope to hear from you!

Flutter on!

CJB

[bugboy]

Hi, I'm inclined to think the first anonymoth is some sort of Swift moth based on it's general shape and posture. Non are normally that dark so maybe you have a melanistic form of one? just a best guess.

[TortoiseshellJenny]

Some lovely pics there, the Scorched Wing look stunning.

[ScottD]

1 I think is a very dull Map-winged Swift