and another three micros!

Oh for the wonders of digital photography!  I am sure in the old days, any unidentified moths just had a pin stuck through them and kept until they were identified.  With modern cameras, it is especially useful for us lepidopterists, in taking loads of record shots of those you can't immediately put a name to, and then scouring the internet and books to identify them at leisure.  In doing this, I have added three more micros to the catch at Aldwark the other night, moths I have not seen anywhere else.  Ok, the pictures aren't great, but then again they were only taken for record purposes, and each confirm the records, adding dots to the distribution maps.

0636  Denisia similella

0866 Brachmia blandella

1113 Eudemis profunda 

...and a new pyrale

Much cooler last night, and the first visit to Aldwark wood of the year.  Still managed several new moths including this pyralid, a small grey thing with eight raised tufts, and a colourful pine-feeding tortrix.  I don't know how I missed the pyralid down south in Dorset but on checking, it has limited distribution, on the wetter areas to the east of the county.  In Yorkshire, spreading from the south, but remaining scarce in the northern half of the county.  Slender Brindle is also a scarce moth in the county, and one of several over the last couple of weeks.

0760 Exoteleia dodecella

1211 Rhyacionia pinicolana

1358 Evergestis pallidata

2335 Slender Brindle

Not too many moths, but not a bad nights work with three new species, and several new for the site!