Some moths I record in my garden

Mothman

A couple recent daytime sightings
Brown China-mark


Straw Dot

trebor28

mothman,
found this lad yeterday,he hung around long enough for me to get my camera.
had a quick look on this thread and didnt see one, he looks pretty good to me.

Mothman

trebor28 wrote: »

mothman,
found this lad yeterday,he hung around long enough for me to get my camera.
had a quick look on this thread and didnt see one, he looks pretty good to me.

A fresh looking Angle Shades. Not its usual resting posture and I wonder has it just emerged?

trebor28

Mothman wrote: »

A fresh looking Angle Shades. Not its usual resting posture and I wonder has it just emerged?

didnt see anything to suggest that he was just out of the pupa.

John mac

here's one of the same



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and a (cant remember its name)

Mothman

John mac wrote: »

and a (cant remember its name)

There isn't a common english name. The scientific name is Emmelina monodactyla

Wild_Dogger

If there was one type of moth which you could save from your kitchen window, which would it be ? and why?

OxfordComma

Mothman wrote: »

There isn't a common english name. The scientific name is Emmelina monodactyla

I spotted one of these in my house about ten minutes ago and took a picture with the intention of asking here if anyone could identify it! Thought it was one of the strangest insects I've ever seen

Wild_Dogger

Yep , I've seen a good few of those guys in the last week or 2 . I like them

littlebug

Can you tell me what this one is Mothman?

Mothman

littlebug wrote: »

Can you tell me what this one is Mothman?

Knot Grass

artieanna

Mothman another id needed in biology section

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056043287

littlebug

Mothman wrote: »

Quite a lot of moths this morning, mainly Mottled Umber but 4 other species as well. Weather will be mild for a few days, getting traps into sheltered locations is probably the mainly issue.

Well I do indeed learn something everyday! Having just looked up mottled umber moths I discovered that the females are wingless! If I saw a wingless "thing" the last thing I would expect it to be is a moth!

Mothman can you tell us any more about this? Are there many more wingless types and are there are any explanations as to why this is?

If you think this question belongs in the other moth thread rather than this one feel free to move it (yes I'm a useless mod:o)

Mothman

(yes I'm a useless mod)

So how did you get to be one :pac:
Maybe we could bump the moths in garden thread with this content. It's too good to confine to archives.

littlebug wrote: »

Well I do indeed learn something everyday! Having just looked up mottled umber moths I discovered that the females are wingless! If I saw a wingless "thing" the last thing I would expect it to be is a moth!

Mothman can you tell us any more about this? Are there many more wingless types and are there are any explanations as to why this is?

The are a number of species with flightless females. I'll try get round to uploading photos of a couple I've seen. Most of these species are about in Winter or early Spring and they include Winter Moth. With the females not flying they are relatively large and can carry loads of eggs, many times more than if she flew. So this is the main advantage. The issue is one of dispersion. Males can't colonise a new habitat alone. The females have to get there as well. These species disperse as little caterpillars. They spin a little web which the wind catches and away they go. Certainly luck involved in where one lands.

Other species with flightless females include
Pale Brindled Beauty, March Moth and Dotted border.

Mothman

A few species have flightless females. Mottled Umber is abundant at moment in woods


See #42 to see what a male looks like. I'll upload another photo with about 25 males in it once I've processed it.

Gardener3

Great thread so I hope Mothman won't mind if I add another photo to bump it up.

March Moth - photographed mid February on the wall by my back door light