Comments on: Moth Night 2012 (no. 1) http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2012/06/22/moth-night-2012-no-1/ Topical information from the Suffolk Moth Group Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Brian http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2012/06/22/moth-night-2012-no-1/#comment-137 Brian Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:49:56 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=1430#comment-137 There is an abundance of Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil around where I had the trap. I’ll have a look for adults at the site next month. Both species have been recorded in the past, on dunes nearby.

Brian

]]> By: Neil http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2012/06/22/moth-night-2012-no-1/#comment-136 Neil Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:07:53 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=1430#comment-136 This looks like Six-spot burnet to me, doesn’t seem to have the very obvious yellow spots Five spot should have. Five-spot burnet is a wetland species in Suffolk as well, feeding on the Greater birds foot trefoil and the habitat doesn’t sound right either.

Neil

]]> By: keith http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2012/06/22/moth-night-2012-no-1/#comment-135 keith Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:41:07 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=1430#comment-135 if that is what it is, can you tell by the colour of the hairs? I expect Tony or Neil will know!

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