Hi Has anyone any experience of catching the rubiginata rather than plumbata form of Blue-bordered Carpet? WTL states that this is an English form, but...
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roy589777
Aug 2, 2008 10:24 am
... Here in Banffshire I get a wide range of forms of Blue-bordered Carpet. some of them are identical to the nominate form rubiginata without a complete...
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Mark Cubitt
markipmr
Aug 2, 2008 4:52 pm
Hi Roy, Thanks that's interesting. The one I caught last night was at dusk from my trap's white under-sheet just some 10m from a couple of nearby Alders. ...
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scottshanks01
Aug 2, 2008 6:51 pm
Hi all, looking for some ID help with quite a few from the last month I have uploaded the photos to Scott's Scottish Moths folder. The first 2 were taken today...
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roy589777
Aug 2, 2008 8:14 pm
... month ... each ... I ... Glasgow ... Tortrix2 ... a ... Mystery macro 1 is a worn Middle-barred Minor Mystery macro 2 is Haworth's Minor Wood Carpet is...
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scottshanks01
Aug 3, 2008 12:57 am
Thanks Roy! The minors look obvious now you've pointed them out and I've just had a look on UK moths for the micros. Tortrix 1 does seem to be Cydia splendana,...
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Richard Weddle
richard.weddle@...
Aug 3, 2008 6:32 am
Hi Scott, I too am recording in the W End of Glasgow and have found Acleris forsskaleana in the trap recently. It seems to crop up fairly regularly round these...
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Duncan Davidson
dwwd1
Aug 3, 2008 7:14 pm
Is this good for Slender Brindle? Quite worn, and missing the white outline on the reniforn stigma... otherwise I can't see what else it can be. First for...
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roy589777
Aug 3, 2008 7:24 pm
... Yes, definitely a worn Slender Brindle. It has been spreading northwards in recent years. Roy...
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scottshanks01
Aug 3, 2008 8:00 pm
Hi Richard I had another Acleris forsskaleana in my trap this morning along with 2 dark arches and a dotted clay. It is quite a pretty little moth when you see...
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Mark Cubitt
markipmr
Aug 4, 2008 7:27 pm
Hi I suspect that this chap is just a Common pug, but it doesn't half look like a Satyr Pug. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScottishMoths/photos/view/57aa?b=3>...
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roy589777
Aug 4, 2008 7:52 pm
... look ... Hi Mark, I've been puzzling over this one. Definitely not a Satyr Pug - that's a May/June species, lingering into early July at high altitude. ...
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roy589777
Aug 4, 2008 7:53 pm
... look...
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Mark Cubitt
markipmr
Aug 4, 2008 8:24 pm
Hi Roy Thanks for puzzling for me! I should have said that its wingspan was 25mm which sounds a bit large? It was caught at Easter Inch Moss which is a...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Aug 4, 2008 9:04 pm
Hi Mark, 25mm is certainly large, more the size of Tawny Speckled Pug, but none of the other features fit that species. So I still have to go for Juniper Pug...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Aug 4, 2008 9:10 pm
Hi Mark, On second thoughts, having looked again at my slides, you could be right about that Triple-spotted Pug, but in that state it would take a check of the...
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Mark Cubitt
markipmr
Aug 4, 2008 9:35 pm
Hi Roy Thanks very much again. Much more to learn about these pugs! Thanks also for your follow-up note about the Triple-spotted pug. I did catch one at the...
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roy589777
Aug 5, 2008 11:30 am
... slides, you could be right about that Triple-spotted Pug, but in that state it would take a check of the genitalia to be sure. ... Roy ... was 25mm which...
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Mark Cubitt
markipmr
Aug 5, 2008 4:46 pm
Hi Roy, Quite a bit of detective work there. I'm not sure how mere mortals can manage. Thanks very much again. Mark Hi Mark, By coincidence, I've just reared...
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Neil Gregory
droitwichuk
Aug 5, 2008 8:23 pm
Dear All, Our second attempt at Ailsa Craig landing was successful today with the following confirmed: Large White Green-veined White Common Blue Small Copper ...
I had what I'm pretty sure was a Svensson's Copper Underwing in my trap at Bearsden last night. Palps seem to indicate A.berbera, rather than A.pyramidea....
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Duncan Davidson
dwwd1
Aug 8, 2008 6:21 am
Hi Richard I agree with your ID of Svensson's. Not only is this indicated by the palps but also by the convergence of the ante- and post-median lines. I'm not...
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Duncan Davidson
dwwd1
Aug 8, 2008 6:27 am
Can anyone confirm these for me please? I have gone for Archips xylosteana and Epinotia immundana (seems quite late, though) but am not very confident... Came...
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nicklittlewood
Aug 9, 2008 8:23 am
I'm just back from 10 days working on Rum. This was doing vegetation stuff but I looked at moths opportunistically including setting a 15W actinic ALS Skinner...
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glyncollis
Aug 9, 2008 7:10 pm
I think the photo at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ScottishMoths/files/Glyn/ABPug.JPG is an Angle barred Pug. In trap on Bute this morning. I'd be very...
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roy589777
Aug 9, 2008 8:32 pm
... It's a Juniper Pug. Angle-barred Pug (or Ash Pug) would have even longer, narrower wings, much fainter markings, and no white next to the discal spot. Roy...
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Collis, Glyn
glyncollis
Aug 9, 2008 8:59 pm
Many thanks Roy, especially for the pointers to relevant characteristics. I thought my personal pug learning curve was getting less steep. It appears not. Glyn...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Aug 9, 2008 9:24 pm
Hi Glyn, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â At least you knew it was something different, which is the main thing. The rest will come. Roy ... From: Collis, Glyn...
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Neil Gregory
droitwichuk
Aug 10, 2008 6:50 pm
Dear All, 33 species last night from my garden including a Slender Brindle. I wonder how far it has reached now. I have 2 pugs for which assistance would be...
