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Post by actinic8al on Jan 3, 2011 9:24:06 GMT -8
Hi all, just testing.
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Post by timsbugs on Jan 3, 2011 10:19:10 GMT -8
Nice picture! What are they?
Tim
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Post by nomihoudai on Jan 3, 2011 10:40:41 GMT -8
Mormo maura from Europe, a Hadeninae and not Catocaline ! ( supposed I do not confuse them now with Apopestes spectrum that I have never seen so far )
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Post by actinic8al on Jan 3, 2011 14:37:23 GMT -8
Thats right Mormo maura, the Old Lady Moth. Fairly common in the U.K. but not strongly attracted to light.
I get the odd specimen in my light trap each year, but sugar/bait works well. Often up to 15 on half a dozen sugar patches at the end of the garden while the light trap is on about 40ft away. I have watched these moths slowly circle my light trap as if investigating it, and then slowly fly away unaffected.
I sometimes get a few if i use an actinic/ blacklight trap in the middle of the sugar patches.
Cheers AL
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