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Anonymoths ID parade

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:42 am
by 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
Scorched Wing
White Ermine
White Ermine
Buff Ermine
Buff Ermine
Treble Lines
Treble Lines
Now for the anonymoths:
anonymoth 1
anonymoth 1
anonymoth 2
anonymoth 2
anonymoth 3
anonymoth 3
anonymoth 4
anonymoth 4
anonymoth 5
anonymoth 5
anonymoth 6
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

Re: Anonymoths ID parade

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:46 am
by 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

Re: Anonymoths ID parade

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:55 am
by 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

Re: Anonymoths ID parade

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:01 pm
by 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.

Re: Anonymoths ID parade

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:22 pm
by TortoiseshellJenny
Some lovely pics there, the Scorched Wing look stunning.

Re: Anonymoths ID parade

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:57 pm
by ScottD
1 I think is a very dull Map-winged Swift