Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Poplar Kitten and friends

Among the moths caught over the past two nights these agreed to be photographed for the record. The kitten is only the second garden record.

Poplar Kitten Furcula bifida


Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa



Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis


The full list for the past two nights:
0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus)
0986 Syndemis musculana
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella
1356 Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis)
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)
1654 Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis)
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)
1830 Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)
1998 Poplar Kitten (Furcula bifida)
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina)
2028 Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
2145 The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)
2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica)

photos taken with Canon Powershot A640

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