Wednesday 10 July 2019

Troubling moths

Having trouble with these two:

Is this Confused (rather than Dusky Brocade)? Following research "No" forewing has a gently curved edge. Underwing feature may be helpful.

There looks to be a raised tuft of scales and the pale lines on the fore wing the mid one and the sub-terminal one look a better shape for that species. (None of these features are any good I believe.)

 Small Dotted Buff (worn)?

Small Dotted Buff, rather worn maybe.

Help and assistance appreciated - email me at badseawatcher at gmail if the comments don't work or FB, many thanks.


These should be Common Marbled Carpet by flight period - before DMC and they look right but I always find these tricky.

 Pelophila borealis a real rare beetle and Orkney speciality. Today - Loch of Harray.

 My Emperor Moth cat pupated two days ago.

 Here's the cat just before pupation.

At the other end of the scale Grass Rivulet from Brodgar today.


 Not many Orkney records of this Amblyteles armatorius (confirmed by Jaswinder Botarai). Also found at Brodgar on Hogweed.

2 comments:

Stewart said...

Hi Al, I cant comment on the Confused as I am more confused than the moth! But your other id's are correct. Take a few CMC /DMC with underside shots and you will soom see the diff. Its quite obvious once you have your eye in.

Alastair said...

Thanks Stewart