Did I say 22 species

Posted on 23 October 2012 by Mark Nowers

Couldn’t resist another look at the same ivy patch tonight. Mild again and no dankness in the air. Two large clumps produced 22 moths of eight species – Angle Shades (4), Yellow-line Quaker (6), Chestnut (6), Satellite (1), L-album Wainscot (2) and Brick (1). New for the ivy was a Dark Chestnut. A geometrid that I thought was a Pine Carpet (which would have been new) evaded me and I also missed out on potting a noctuid with a black band on the abdomen. Is it only White Point and Clay that show this anyone?

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2 Responses to Did I say 22 species

  1. Neil says:
    25 October 2012 at 4:03 pm

    Clay will be over now Mark so if it was an orange coloured moth with a black patch underneath then it would be a White point. Can’t think of any other species that would have that patch.

    Neil

  2. Mark Nowers says:
    25 October 2012 at 9:07 pm

    Thanks Neil. I only saw the underside, so I shall pen in White-Point now. I thought Clay was over as you say. Mightily impressed by your Ivy haul, but blown away by Mr Deans migrants.

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