Yesterday morning I spotted a pug on the kitchen window. After potting it I decided it was a Double-striped Pug, a species I have recorded in the garden before.
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| Double-striped Pug |
Last night, another Tortrix moth made it into the bathroom. Currently down to one pot I decided to photograph it in the poor light of the living room before releasing it and hoping for something bigger.
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| Fruit-tree Tortrix sp |
Nothing turned up, and the photo leaves me torn between Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix and Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix.
However, tonight was a different story. It began well as I found a second perspex pot. This meant that as long as only two moths turned up I would be able to carry on catching and photographing the following morning.
Straight away I caught my two moths, a massive Large Yellow Underwing, and a fascinating micro which was clearly going to be a new one.
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| Large Yellow Underwing |
The new one proved to be
Ypsolopha scabrella, the first of this genus of moths I have seen, though evidently not rare.
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| Ypsolopha scabrella |
Unfortunately it didn't stop there, as four more moths entered the bathroom. Two were species I had seen this year,
Crambus pascuella, and a Double-striped Pug. The third was possibly the moth from last night. My only option was to photograph them in the unnatural light of the bathroom.
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| Probably Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana |
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| Crambus pascuella |
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| Double-striped Pug |
The last one was probably a new species, but my photo attempt was awful. My only hope is that it is still in the bathroom and I catch it tomorrow night.
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| Tortricidae sp |
All to play for then.
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