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Wednesday 25 July 2012

Buff x3

If you are a birder expecting bird photos then press return as fast as you can, if you like moths then welcome.


I could have entitled this post as "three in the buff" and generated a few more disappointed blog readers. However, this a is about Buff Tips, Buff Ermine and Buff Arches.


Last night being the second  warm night on the trot the lepidoptera of the night came out to play. My suburban garden isn't really an ideal habitat for moths and very little of exotic nature turns up, but at least it is great fun to run a trap overnight and examine the contents in the morning.


I owe my interest in moths to Dr. Richard Osmond, who organised a moth evening for our village Natural History Society back in the late seventies,  from that I day I was hooked. Most dry nights there is a blue glow in my back garden from a 20 watt actinic light illuminating my whitewashed garage wall. Thanks Richard - if you ever get to read this.


Buff Arches,  Habrosyne pyritoides

Buff Arches,  Habrosyne pyritoides

Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum

Buff Tip, Phalera bucephala

Buff Tip, Phalera bucephala

Buff Tip, Phalera bucephala




A full supporting cast included the following, the others flew away.


Brown Tail,  Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown Tail,  Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Scalloped Oak,  Crocallis elinguaria

Cabbage Moth, Mamestra brassicae
Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea
  
Large Yellow Underwing,  Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing,  Noctua pronuba 

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