Beasties

ianball · Post by **ianball** » Fri May 08, 2020 4:08 pm

A few images taken by Simon of some of the Beasties of the last few days - including last night's moth trap.

ianball · Post by **ianball** » Fri May 08, 2020 4:09 pm

And a few more...

Post by **Leonard Poxon** » Fri May 08, 2020 7:23 pm

Great set of photos Ian.

ianball · Post by **ianball** » Fri May 08, 2020 8:50 pm

Cheers Len. Simon was really chuffed with the moths this morning. We're still trying to ID 3 other species

PETER · Post by **PETER** » Fri May 08, 2020 9:38 pm

Ian,
If post some pic's,i might be able to help.

ianball · Post by **ianball** » Fri May 08, 2020 9:45 pm

Cheers Peter - quality not so great on a couple of these as they flew off before better close ups could be taken.

PETER · Post by **PETER** » Sat May 09, 2020 2:04 pm

1 at a guess Light brown apple moth,extremely variable.
2 Bee moth Aphomia sociella,
3 same as 1

ianball · Post by **ianball** » Sat May 09, 2020 2:10 pm

Brilliant, thanks Peter. Must say, being new to Moths, it is quite a challenge id-ing them with there being so many. Fascinating stuff though

PETER · Post by **PETER** » Sat May 09, 2020 3:43 pm

I moth trapped for about 10 years,my garden record was 256 species Macro,174 Micro.

Post by **DavidM** » Mon May 11, 2020 4:05 pm

Hi Ian, were all these recorded at your home in Gillibrands North?

ianball · Post by **ianball** » Mon May 11, 2020 4:09 pm

Yes they were David. Long way to go to match Peter's totals

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