… and so beautiful too!

Sorting through the catch on 17th August, ‘that’s new’ ‘not seen one like that before’. Moth placed in a tube. Lens to hand and took a look. Heart started pounding. ‘It’s beautiful’. ‘Can’t be can it’. ‘Where’s the book’. Thumbs through the Olethreutids. ‘Yes, it is, really is’ ‘Wow’.

Perfect condition Notocelia incarnatana in the trap in my garden at Hollesley on 17th August. I thought I couldn’t do it justice by trying to photograph it myself so the photo is courtesy of Paul Kitchener. The species is not known from this part of the UK. With the wind over the few days prior to the catch potentially blowing continental species across to us we cannot necessarily claim it as a Suffolk resident. Non-the-less it is a Suffolk Record. The species is noticeably narrower winged than the more familiar N. trimaculana or N. rosaecolana.

Notocelia incarnatana

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  1. Neil says:

    A nice moth there Raymond. One I’ve seen in Wales so yes, not normally found in this part of the UK. Well done. Better than my dreary mediocre catches recently!

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