@jcmrees
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Two super paintings of villages on the North Yorkshire Coast by Abigail Featherstone - Sandsend and Ruswick. Purchased from the Gael Gallery in Grosmont. For me, her style perfectly reflects the essence of these delightful villages.
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How nice to get a Jersey tiger in my moth trap yesterday. Gower peninsula. Couldn’t get a good photo with its wings open.
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@MOTHIDUK Thanks v much for ids earlier this week. Stuck on a small micro from today’s catch. Obviously a Tortricidae but can’t decide which. There were 6 in the trap. Some seemed ‘narrower’ than others. Garden, South Gower Coast. Assistance much appreciated.
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Many thanks
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@MOTHIDUK Stuck on this one. Doesn’t look worn but markings aren’t very clear. The white background makes it difficult to get a good photo with my iPhone 13 pro - expected better! Any assistance much appreciated.
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Gosh, I considered that one because of the dark v at the nape and the wavy black cross-line beneath it but I dismissed it on grounds of overall dark colour. I will know better next time! Thanks v much.
Finding this well-worn moth difficult to identify. It is the same size and shape of a turnip moth but markings are very worn. Buff ermine gives scale. Thanks v much for previous ID.
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@MothIDUK This little one has the shape of a rush veneer. Not had one before. Is that what it is? South Gower.
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Thanks v much for the id for Eudonia angustea. My Twitter account is up the creek. Often tweets won’t send and, as now, I cannot respond directly to thank you for the id despite the fact that I could do so for the subsequent request. Will close account and set up new one.
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@BSBIbotany Sedge looks like ‘extinct’ Carex trinervis. Stem very smooth, glaucous, edges blunt. Leaves glaucous, channelled. Photos taken on iPhone 13 Pro - colour distortion possible. Specimen found in Oxwich dunes, Gower. Hope it isn’t trinervia as I took a specimen!
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@BSBIbotany Thanks v much for obtaining opinions from specialists. C. Flacca was my initial id (v common at site). In the case of this specimen, it was the shape of the female glumes (sharply pointed) and the lowest bract over-topping the inflorescence that put me in doubt.
I would also appreciate assistance with this worn looking moth found on a ceramic plant tub. Its size, shape, dots on the wings and pink leading edge of the forewings resembles several of the ‘waves’ but the heavy black markings are puzzling - vague likeness to Treble brown spot?
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@MothIDUK Help needed please with one of my macros. Photo 1 shown with Vine’s rustic. Photo2 in better light on leaf. Thanks v much.
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Many thanks!
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@MothIDUK Could I have help with these please? Photo1 and 2 Acleris aspersana? Photo3 Acleris laterana? Photo4 No idea. Taken this morning South Gower. Thanks v much.
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Thanks v much.
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@MothIDUK A few micros from Bishopston, South Gower today. Apologies for the last photo - ignore if you wish! 1 and 2 Paraswammerdamia nebulella? 3 totally stumped! 4 Pandemis species? Clarifications much appreciated.
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Thanks v much. I had 5 more Light brown apple moths - male and female but they had obviously seen Richard Lewington’s illustrations!
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@MothIDUK Another batch of micros from Bishopston, South Gower, this time from 16 August. Blastobasis adustella (had wonderful greenish sheen). Dioryctria, possibly abietella? Two photos of a Pyralidae species? Possibly an acrobasis consociella? Not confident on any of these!
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Excellent, thanks v much. So glad this id service exists!
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@MothIDUK more micros from 10 August. Bishopston, South Gower. I think they are: 2 x Eudonia mercurella; 1 x agriphila tristella; 1 x Eudonia pallida. Please correct or confirm. Thanks.
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Again, many thanks!
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@MothIDUK could these micro ids be checked please? Three Eudonia delunella and one Cydia splendana. All from Bishopston, South Gower on 10 August. Thanks v much.
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Many thanks.
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@MothIDUK I would very much appreciate help with a few of my micros. Apologies that some of my photos are not very sharp. I’ve had a go at ID but am not confident. Clockwise from top left: Pammene aurita; Euzophera pingus; Eucosma campoliliana; Cydia Fagiglandana.
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Thanks v much for your swift reply. I’m delighted because I managed to get no3 correct as well - I had copied the wrong name from my list for that one. That’s what happens when one gets up v early and the moth trap is unexpectedly full! Must get a strong coffee!
⁦@MothIDUK⁩ Please could you confirm which of the yellow underwings this is? It is approx 3cm long. Thanks.
⁦@MothIDUK⁩ ⁦@OwainGabb⁩ could I please have ID for this rather worn moth found dead on the ground rather than in our trap. Bishopston, Gower, VC41. Is it orange footman or rosy footman? Owain found orange recently c 2 miles from here though scarce in VC41.
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Long-tailed duck diving with goldeneye at Runswick Bay. Also 3 RT divers.
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Forgot to tag @nybirdnews when tweeting this earlier in the week. LT duck may be of interest but don’t know if it is still there.
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Fledgling cuckoo in our Danby garden today. The foster parents are dunnocks
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