Friday 10 June 2016

Large Nutmeg? and another Carpet

Is this a Large Nutmeg? I have now caught 6 in the last couple of nights.



Wood or Common Carpet? I keep changing my mind.



And a micro. Sorry about the quality of the photo and the orientation but it escaped before I could get anything better.




Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris, Oxon.

3 comments:

  1. Large Nutmeg, Common Carpet and try and remember to take micro shots from the side rather than overhead, so we can see the wing pattern.

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  2. I agree with Peter. As a general rule, overhead shots are OK for micro-moths which hold their wings flat (eg Agonopterix species) but for anything else a well-lit side-on or 45-degree view is needed rather than one taken from overhead. Nothing springs to mind with your particular moth, I'm afraid.

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