Pale Oak Beauty

Another garden first. This large geometer was the pick of a fairly good catch last night.

Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis



The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita


Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi


Bee Moth Aphomia sociella


0974 Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1
0985 Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) 1
0986 Syndemis musculana 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 3
1654 Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis) 1
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 2
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 1
1944 Pale Oak Beauty (Hypomecis punctinalis) 1
1956 Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata) 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 1
2019 Chocolate-tip (Clostera curtula) 1
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 5
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 4
2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica) 2
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 3
2450 The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1
2492 Small Fan-foot (Herminia grisealis) 1
Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) 8

Photos: Canon Powershot A640