Thursday, 2 July 2015

Why hasnt it got an interesting name...

So...you come across one of these....


                                                                  ..............and you think....wow....this must have a rather fabulous name....

Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata............so I suppose not everything can have the glamorous names.....on the other hand....it looks pretty spectacular....!

Heres a couple of moths that almost look the same apart from the size....I have highlighted the first of these before.....Light Emerald....

Light Emerald, Campaea margaritaria

But this is a new moth....and as its small...or Little...and the same colour as the other one...Emerald....it has to be a......

Little Emerald, Jodis lactearia

Talking of Emerald moths....heres another....

Common Emerald, Hemithea aestivaria

....and other interesting finds in the trap...

Buff Arches, Habrosyne pyritoides

Festoon, Apoda limacodes

This one is rather beautifully coloured....

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix, Archips podana

Swallow-tailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria



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