Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Dusking and the Playboy Bunny

Quite a productive evening dusking along hedgerows by the house yesterday with a few micros and plenty of mines.

Catch included Ypsolopha sequella which when viewed dorsally, has markings just like the Playboy Bunny, or so I am told!

Ypsolopha sequella
Ypsolopha sequella

Ypsolopha sequella - the Playboy Bunny Moth

Other finds included:

Nemapogon clematella
Nemapogon clematella

Spilonota ocellana
Spilonota ocellana

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella leaf mine on Hawthorn
Phyllonorycter corylifoliella mine on Hawthorn

Parornix scoticella leaf mine and fold on Whitebeam
Parornix scoticella - mine and fold on Whitebeam

Dave

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