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| Lesser Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing, Noctua interjecta. A Noctuid. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 14 August 2011. Larva eats Dock, Blackthorn, Sallow and other plants. Overwinters as a half-grown larva. |
There were a handful of these Underwings, all looking pretty muted with their wings closed and giving no hint of the yellow that they show in flight. Some of the others were much more beautiful in their resting position.
I am pretty sure of all these identifications, many of which were made by Susanna Clerici, who ran the exercise, but I could still be wrong despite that. For example, the "Flame Carpet" doesn't quite show all the features it should — but it doesn't show the features of other species either.
There are quite a few that are still unidentified, mostly micromoths, which are tricky and don't have such good reference books, or at least not affordable ones. They are all in this Picasa album: Moths from Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 14 August 2011 Which also includes these and some I will post later, so there will be some double exposure if you do follow this link. All photos taken with my EOS 60D and 100mm macro lens with ring flash.
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| Green Carpet, Colostygia pectinataria. Geometer. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 14 August 2011. Larva eats various species of bedstraw. Overwinters as a half-grown larva. |
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| Flame Carpet, Xanthorhoe designata. Geometer. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 14 August 2011. Larva eats cabbage, wallflowers and other Crucifers. Overwinters as a pupa. |
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| Burnished Brass, Diachrysia chrysitis. Noctuid. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 14 August 2011. Larva eats Marjoram, Nettle and probably others. Overwinters as a small larva. |
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| Buff Footman, Eilema depressa. Arctiid. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 14 August 2011. Larva eats lichens and algae growing on the trunks of trees and shrubs. Overwinters as a larva. |
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| Evergestis pallidata. Micromoth. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 14 August 2011. Larva eats Crucifers, especially Winter-Cress. |
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