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Sunday, 6 August 2017

A few moths in the week

A few moths from the Beddington obs light in the week. 

 Sharp-angled Peacock (this is acutally a Peacock- re-identified by Billy and Derek 150918)  
 Scalloped Oak 
 Agriphila inquinatella
 Catoptria falsella
Crysoteuchia culmella (see comments for correct id) 
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4 comments:

  1. Ian Ellis9 August 2017 at 09:33

    Last one looks like Agriphila straminella?

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  2. Peter Alfrey9 August 2017 at 16:33

    Do you mean the one I've labelled Chrysoteuchia culmella? If so I think you're right- I wrote it off as a worm culmella.

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  3. Ian Ellis9 August 2017 at 16:42

    yeah - a species I have totally overlooked until recently. I'm pretty sure most if not all 'culmella' I have recorded in August are actually A. straminella.

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  4. Peter Alfrey9 August 2017 at 19:03

    So many of those Crambidae are so worn at the moment- a lot of them almost transparent wings- will keep a closer eye on them from now on. Cheers Ian!

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