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I was moth trapping last night, and even though it was cold, I was suprised by what I got. I managed to ID 3 species I caught, but need help with these:
Based on looks, I think this may be a type of wainscot, not 100% on that though: Is this the Satellite? Might be wrong

#1: Chloroclysta citrata/truncata
#2: I'd quess on either Archanara sparganii/algae, but I could be wrong. Both are within your quess, though.
#3: This looks easy, but I don't have a clue...
#4: Xestia xanthographa most likely
#5: Another mystery for me

Hi JKT,

I think your right on first one, I did find another one, with yellowish marks and I know that species is variable. I think 4 is right,

thatnks for some of the IDs

3 and 5 could both be Lunar Underwing

Chris

So it was the same mystery. No wonder it didn't ring a bell.

I checked, it is Lunar Underwing, thanks did not think of it as an underwing at all.

I have one more moth I need an ID on, caught it in heath trap last night, so can anyone tell me what it is? I had a shot from front of it, but its bad as it was very windy here this morning.

Got one for Dave or Denise here. It's probably a common moth, daylight flying, nectaring with butterflies, and most probably quite common. They have led me a dance or two in grassy areas. Very quick,, lucky to get a shot without flash. What is this plain looking little moth?

I'd say Dave's is another Xestia xanthographa and Zonda's Autographa gamma.

Gosh,, that's very decisive thankyou, JKT

Okay, I admit the gamma required some probability calculations , but the shape, overall color, behavior and dark stripe at the edge of the rearwing all fit perfectly for a very common migrant.

JTK said

Okay, I admit the gamma required some probability calculations , but the shape, overall color, behavior and dark stripe at the edge of the rearwing all fit perfectly for a very common migrant.

I am on the south coast, so your expertise is probably well founded.

Thanks JKT, nearly sure you are right. The wings did look a little long for square-spot rustic. Do they fold one wing over the other a bit tightly at rest? this one did

Only just found this thread.
I would say (and i've been practising!)
Dave's, 1. Dark/Common Marbled Carpet, 2, I agree with you, 3 and 5 Lunar Underwing, 4, SSR.
Sorry, I don't know the Latin names.

Zonda, I would say yours is Silver Y. Loads of them about this year. Here's one from my garden, taking a break. I had a Hummingbird Hawk-moth today and I was gutted as I took photo's on the wrong setting. This is what I ended up with. Denise

Denise wrote:Sorry, I don't know the Latin names.

You can try http://ukmoths.org.uk/. I use the search on that site to decipher the common names.

Cheers JKT

Oh, I see we agree. (note to self, remember UK moths)

Denise

Hi all, yeah it was a Square-Spot Rustic and sorry Denise you had the wrong setting on, that would have been a nice pic of a hummingbird hawk-moth. I have done that plenty of times, accidently on M (Manual) mode rather than A-DEP (Auto Depth) which I usually use for quick shooting and because the manual mode is beside the A-DEP, I sometimes don't turn the dial far enough as I don't usually look at it when I go to shoot, more at the subject.

Denise wrote:I had a Hummingbird Hawk-moth today and I was gutted as I took photo's on the wrong setting. This is what I ended up with.

Oh Denise, bet you kick yourself. I saw only my second Hummingbird Hawk-moth of the year, a couple of days ago, no camera.

Regards Gruditch

Gruditch wrote:

Denise wrote:I had a Hummingbird Hawk-moth today and I was gutted as I took photo's on the wrong setting. This is what I ended up with.

Oh Denise, bet you kick yourself. I saw only my second Hummingbird Hawk-moth of the year, a couple of days ago, no camera.

Regards Gruditch

Oh yes. I had time to get two shots off and it was gone. Switched to Tv and put the ISO up to 400 but forgot to lower the speed. I had it on 1/4000 instead of 1/200 so the pics came out nearly black. This is what I managed to salvage. I keep trying with photoshop. No doubt, a lot of you could have done better. It's ok for what it is, and it does look like it's been printed on canvas.

Denise

A couple of years ago we had but one single day of snow. I must of took 300 images at various locations that day, only to get home and find the camera was on M. I had only checked the viewing screen once the whole morning, and out of the 300 images I took, the only one I checked, was the only one that came out, I could of cried.

Regards Gruditch