Saturday 9 July 2011

More Keston Moths

Satin Lutestring, Tetheella fluctuosa.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.
Satin Lutestring, Tetheella fluctuosa.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

These are more of the moths I photographed last Saturday, when moth traps were set up on Keston Common. They were all identified by the experts. I couldn't be so sure about some of them, but I don't have the same experience of the way they look in different conditions.

Garden Grass Veneer moth, Chrysoteuchia culmella.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.
Garden Grass Veneer moth, Chrysoteuchia culmella.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

Pyrausta purpuralis in a glass tube.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.
Pyrausta purpuralis in a glass tube.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

Scarce Footman, Eilema complana, with an unidentified micromoth.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011
Scarce Footman, Eilema complana, with an unidentified micromoth.
Despite its name, it is not particularly scarce. Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011

Scoparia ambigualis.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.
Scoparia ambigualis.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

V-Pug, Chloroclystis v-ata.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.
V-Pug, Chloroclystis v-ata.  The oddest name of the day.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

Riband Wave, Idaea aversata.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.
Riband Wave, Idaea aversata.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.


2 comments:

  1. I was thinking: moths must have phenomenal aptitude for useful mutations, there are so many beautiful markings.

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