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Moth trappings

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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    This thread makes me so happy. Thank you, moth-ers 😉😃
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I'm a micro moth-er at the moment. So far tonight we have this snazzy gold number:
    and this distinctively marked tortrix species.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It is indeed a great thread.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    Yes it's boring looking, but this  was  caught in my garden last Friday night, and the first record of it in Derbyshire.  
    Stephen, Palmer25866122Your record of Anarsia innoxiella at SK474364 on 17/06/2022 was examined by an expert.
    Thank you for providing a good photo. This is the first record of this species received by the Gelechiid Recording Scheme for VC57.    		Accepted as correct


  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I'm chuffed to little mint balls.

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    That's pretty cool. Did you identify it or did they? None of my micromoths get verified over on iNaturalist, unless they're very distinctive varieties.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    The lady who did the moth trap for me identified it together with someone local, and then she uploaded it. They wouldn't accept it at first and asked for a photo. She sent the photo and they accepted the identification.  :)
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    fidgetbones said:

    Yes it's boring looking, but this  was  caught in my garden last Friday night, and the first record of it in Derbyshire.  
    Stephen, Palmer25866122Your record of Anarsia innoxiella at SK474364 on 17/06/2022 was examined by an expert.
    Thank you for providing a good photo. This is the first record of this species received by the Gelechiid Recording Scheme for VC57.    		Accepted as correct


    Wow, amazing!
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    You're all doing good work!
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