Several hours at Pilmoor wood, and the first of the years biting midges reminded me why I don't enjoy Pilmoor in early summer..... A modest catch with a few new for the year, but the main point of interest was a dark poorly marked carpet that had me wondering all day. I then stumbled across it on UK Moths in a moment of idle browsing, and it turned out to be of the dark form of Water Carpet Lampropteryx suffumata f. piceata.
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| Dark form of Water Carpet |
A quick summary of catch at Pilmoor wood 29 apr 2011
Taxa
0006 Eriocrania subpurpurella 1
0670 Depressaria daucella 1
0986 Syndemis musculana 1
1645 Scalloped Hook-tip (Falcaria lacertinaria) 1
1646 Oak Hook-tip (Watsonalla binaria) 2
1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata) 1
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 1
1759 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 3
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 4
1881 Early Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata) 4
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 1
1919 Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria) 2
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 1
1936 Waved Umber (Menophra abruptaria) 1
1947 Engrailed (Ectropis bistortata) 5
1951 Grey Birch (Aethalura punctulata) 2
2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 1
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 5
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 17
2078 Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis) 1
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 6
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| Pale Shouldered Brocade |
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| Scalloped Hook-tip |
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| Syndemis musculana |
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