I'm going to focus on various Tortricidae from the garden, and including some ticks. In no particular order. First up, a couple of non-descript looking Torts that were confirmed via gen det courtesy of Andy Mackay:
Grapholita tenebrosana - 12/07/2021 - a full blown tick for me
Grapholita funebrana - 13/07/2021, previous records in 2017 & 2018
Oddly enough, I've had neither of these to the pheromone lures that
seem to have attracted them for others (SKI & MOL). Unlike the following
two; whilst these were never really in doubt, they have been confirmed by gen
det too:
Pammene suspectana to MOL - 29/05/2021
Grapholita lobarzewskii to SKI - 13/06/2021
And this one too:
Dichrorampha vancouverana - 01/07/2021
The following was new for the garden, though I didn't realise until after it
had been dismissed with the rest of the catch so only this quick snap.
Eucosma hohenwartiana - 16/07/2021
Also new for the garden, though not a classic specimen!
Variegated Golden Tortrix - 12/07/2021
None of the following were new, though only single records for each:
Gypsonoma oppressana - 17/07/2021 (one previous record 2013)
Cydia fagiglandana - 17/07/2021 (one previous record 2020)
Acleris kochiella - 22/07/2021 (one previous record 2011)
The following will be new for the garden when confirmed - pending gen det:
Dichrorampha sp. (alpinana / flavidorsana) - 17/07/2021
D. flavidorsana would be a full tick for me
Endothenia sp. - 22/07/2021
And to round up the Tortrix overload, none of the following are 'special',
except that they are Tortricids which are perhaps my favourite moth group.
Epiblema foenella
Cydia splendana
Epinotia nisella
Lobesia abscisana
Zeiraphera isertana
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Rhyaconia buoliana
Pammene fasciana
Celypha lacunana
Finally sticking with the Tortrix theme, the
Epinotia spp. that I netted
a couple of weeks ago were confirmed as Epinotia tedella and
Epinotia nanana by gen det.
Tortrix is derived from the Latin tortus, meaning twist - alluding to the
leaf-rolling habits of many of these species.
9 comments:
Your having a fine spell with the inverts Skev.
You’re even…
blown away by the pics, so much better than I am getting with the TG6!
Yes Steve, it's been a good month around the light trap in lieu of getting out and about.
Thanks Martin; some of these (and you can see which) were literally just with the dim actinic light, the LED light guide attachment on the camera doing all the work. It's been liberating, so much easier than a bigger camera with flash for this sort of stuff. The TG-6 is now as important at the trap as some pots and the dictaphone.
Skev, this TG-6… have you got the macro attachment as well? Am seriously considering this for an ‘in the pocket’ solution. Cheers.
That Celypha looks like cespitana to me?
Nice set of Torts :)
Steve, all of these are handheld with the TG-6 and the additional LED light guide - no additional macro lens. For relatively static stuff this camera is turning out to be pretty decent, especially with the in-camera stacking function as long as you get the settings right. I'm still not convinced that it's much good for out and about in the field, eg for insects on flower heads. This is mainly due to the optical zoom being only 4x so to get a decent-sized image you have to get in close.
Thanks Ben. Wish it was cespitana; we only have two VC55 records and one of those is unlikely to be verifiable. We are in the big blank area for this species that you see in the distribution maps. I have had a good look after you mentioned it but am still confident it is just lacunana.
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