[572] Matilella fusca
[573] Pale Oak Beauty
[574] Spinach
An extremely dark pyralid caught my attention straight away - there are a few similar species but it was clear after working through the options that it involved Matilella fusca (Brown Knot-horn). This is just the second record for VC29 after Pete Holt recorded one in Cambridge in 2018.
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| Matilella fusca |
Not one but two Pale Oak Beauty also turned up. This is a species mainly associated with woodland so is quite local in the County - I've only recorded it previously at Chippenham Fen. This is the better marked of the two individuals:
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| Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis |
It took over a day for me to realise that the Spinach is new for the garden - I was getting confused with Dark Spinach it seems!
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| Spinach Eulithis mellinata |
There were a suite of nice noctuids that were new for the year:
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| Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula |
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| Campion Sideridis rivularis |
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| Varied Coronet Hadena compta |
Small Elephant was the fifth hawkmoth so far this year:
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| Small Elephant Hawkmoth Deilephila porcellus |
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