A mild night brought some good moths in again, with four new for the garden:
[479] Dioryctria sylvestrella
[480] Toadflax Brocade
[481] Pink-barred Sallow
[482] Dark Spectacle
The Dioryctria pyralids are rather tricky but the one caught looks good for the largest of the group, D.sylvestrella (AKA New Pine Knot-horn) rather than abietella which I trapped over the summer:
It was good to reacquaint myself with Toadflax Brocade - just my second record in the village with the previous being August 2015. There is a large stand of the food plant not too far away so its no real surprise that its turned up in the High St garden.
Pink-barred Sallow is surprisingly scarce here it seems - on checking my records this is my only third ever record in Cottenham. It's probably the sharpest of the sallows:
Dark Spectacle isn't too common either, I haven't picked one up since 2013:
Plenty of other moths were in the trap with Square-spot Rustic being ubiquitous at this time of year:
While Gold Triangle is still on the wing:
[479] Dioryctria sylvestrella
[480] Toadflax Brocade
[481] Pink-barred Sallow
[482] Dark Spectacle
The Dioryctria pyralids are rather tricky but the one caught looks good for the largest of the group, D.sylvestrella (AKA New Pine Knot-horn) rather than abietella which I trapped over the summer:
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| Dioryctria sylvestrella |
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| Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula |
Pink-barred Sallow is surprisingly scarce here it seems - on checking my records this is my only third ever record in Cottenham. It's probably the sharpest of the sallows:
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| Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata |
Dark Spectacle isn't too common either, I haven't picked one up since 2013:
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| Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia |
Plenty of other moths were in the trap with Square-spot Rustic being ubiquitous at this time of year:
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| Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa |
While Gold Triangle is still on the wing:
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| Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis |
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