A few weeks ago, having finally caught up with the female Serin, Tony joined me at Landguard for a bit of a wander. As it turned out, it wasn’t the most productive of searches but Tony did suggest that there was at least one species worth looking out for … who’s larvae feed within the stems of Viper’s Bugloss, then over-winter in a cocoon. We located some candidate stems by the car park and both took some home to try our luck. This morning, I found that an adult Tinagma ocnerostomella (BF398) had finally emerged. With a bit of patience I even managed to get a record shot (see sp’ account on the website) which shows the red eye quite nicely.
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Nice one. I’m keeping my fingers crossed I can get it my garden here at Hollesley from my Echiums.
Talking of which. I just looked up the moth and it is a perfect match to one I have been struggling with. I tried to identify it by the genitalia but cannot find a match. I’ll send a photo to Jon Clifton.
Hello Raymond. Glad to be of some help …. I think