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  1. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Have I missed something saying the palps are no longer considered reliable now?
  2. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana I don't think I've seen anything 'gothic' unfortunately. Meanwhile here's a smart little dayflying micro to look out for. This little moth is now in its second generation here and it is far more numerous than earlier in the year. They fly around in...
  3. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Nice one Ken. Lunar Underwing certainly had me scratching my head for ages on my first autumn trapping. Now if only I'd seen Feathered Gothic! ;)
  4. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    That first pic looks like a Large (pronuba). It's long, relatively narrow, has a pale strip along the leading edge and a bold dark mark near the apex. I've attached another Least YU (interjecta) pic and another Broad-bordered (fimbriata) that's had a close encounter with a bat by the look of it.
  5. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Good idea Ken. Of course the one thing that isn't very variable on Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) is the size and shape. There isn't anything else that big and long and 'hard'. I make it seven Noctua yellow underwing species but the common five can be separated on size and shape...
  6. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Bloody hell, I wouldn't question an ID by Ian K.! And especially not on a distinctive and attractive little micro like C. quercana. ;)
  7. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Well I never put any of mine to species without a look at the hindwing. I am amazed he will accept some of these on just the forewing but not the other one where you have exposed the hindwing.
  8. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    I'd have called that The Rustic: Slightly glossy look, lacking a clear dark band, inner part of hindwing clearly not fuscous, but I can see why he was cautious about going just by the picture.
  9. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Having said that it looks like I photographed one of each on Saturday morning. Unless anyone thinks different. Note the following: The Rustic: 'Shinier' upper surface to forewing; Pale regions of the hindwing with dark veins standing out. The Uncertain: Bold, dark transverse bar mid-way along...
  10. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    I don't have many photographed hindwings but there are sets to look at online. E.g.: The Uncertain (H. alsines/octogenaria) http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hadeninae/hoplodrina/octogenaria.jpg...
  11. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Sorry Steve, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe. As noone ventured an ID, despite Ken pointing out the obvious clue in the filename I really didn't think anyone was looking and was going to let the thread quietly slip away. The fact that a couple of the species here have since...
  12. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Have a guess Usually the first thing you look at is the upperside of the forewing. However it is not always the most diagnostic area. So new mothers, can you tell what this is from this angle?
  13. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Garden Pebble Best I can manage I'm afraid. Can't find a side shot. Edit: Added side shot.
  14. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Copper Underwings Thanks for the detail Roger. If anyone is uncertain what labial palps are this should help. Various ways to separate the two UK Copper Underwings (Amphipyra pyramidea and A. berbera) appear in the books but none are that easy or conclusive. I personally find upper forewing...
  15. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Small macros: flimsy footmen Another pair that could be mistaken for micros are two flimsy little moths in the Footman family. Both have broad, stubby, rounded wings with fairly indistict brownish markings. At 10mm long or less and with thin, papery texture to the wings they are rather...
  16. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    :clap: Spot on Ken! I was sent a pic from a non-mothing friend this morning of a moth found in his conservatory. It was Phlyctaenia coronata!
  17. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Juniper Webber Dichomeris marginella I hope others including those of us who have only been mothing for a year or two will share some of the things we have learned and the moths that flumoxed us when we first saw them but are familiar now. Here's another distinctive micro that had me going...
  18. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    1424 Endotricha flammealis I'll kick off with a cracking little micro that proves that these small moths can have bags of character. The most distinctive thing about this common pyralid is the way it sits high on its front legs. The shape with gently S-shaped edge to the forewing and...
  19. Brian Stone

    ID Tips for new moth'ers

    Let's see if this gets off the ground. The idea here is to bring to attention some of the frequently asked species, particularly micros and tricky pairs or groups of species. Hopefully this will cut down on the number of requests for help on commonly occurring species.
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