Sunday 7 March 2021

Some Early Season Moths

 For the last few weeks, the main focus of my lepidopteral interest has been from the moth-trap which I have managed to set up on a few mild nights. The number of species attracted to the light has slowly increased in that time.


Oak Beauty (Biston strataria) (male) 



Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) (male)



Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla)



Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)



Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)



Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)



Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus lactipennis)



Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii)



Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)