Saturday 10 August 2013

National Moth Night

National Moth Night runs from 8th-10th August and last night proved to be a good night in our garden with some very beautiful moths being attracted to our trap…

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White Satin Moth

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Purple Thorn - Selenia Tetralunaria

A good night for Thorns coming to the trap last night …

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August Thorn - Ennomos quercinaria

One of 3 species of Thorn in the moth trap last night..

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Canary-shouldered Thorn - Ennomos alniaria

A beautiful moth - came into the moth trap last night ………..

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Tuesday 6 August 2013

Bombus Lapidarius - Red-Tailed Bumblebee

Or so I thought! now not so sure after zooming in and seeing a gorgeous hairy yellow face I’m now thinking Bombus Pratorum (Early Bumblebee) but it doesn’t seem to have a striped yellow thorax so who knows.

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More Bombus..

The Bees are still frustrating me beyond belief and other then the Tree Bumble I don’t think I have yet to correctly identify one here’s some more I’m not sure of..

These could all be Bombus Terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) but zoom in and some do not have extensive hairy back tibia which would make them Bombus Bohemicus!

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