Obscure Wainscot

Pleased to get one in the garden last night here on Bringsty Common. 2-3 records per year since it first arrived in 2014 in the county (Herefordshire). I'll report more fully later today hopefully. Peter Hall
 

Bringsty Common: Obscure Wainscot

Clearwings

I managed to attract these two Clearwings to a VES lure in my pear orchard yesterday
at Wofferwood Common. I assume they are both Orange-tailed though one seems more stripy than I was expecting.
Other lures nearby landed 1 Currant Clearwing and 36 Red-belted Clearwings, so all in all a good haul.

Bringsty Common

Today I hung up the VES lure down the garden thinking it would be pointless as it was too windy and the wind was in the wrong direction to waft the pheromones into the trees. Caught 4 Yellow-legged Clearwing. Peter Hall

Bringsty Common: Yellow-legged Clearwing

Bringsty Common: Yellow-legged Clearwing

 

Bringsty Common

Today I walked the common looking for whataver was about, including recording butterflies. We have 2 colonies of burnet here, both small and in fairly low numbers. The 6-spot colony was nowhere to be seen, whereas it is usually humming with them at this time of year. The Narrow-bordered 5-spot colony, which is usually very low in numbers was out and 5 were seen in the end. Peter Hall

Bringsty Common: Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet

 

More Clearwings

Visited a few sites today looking for clearwings with John Walshe. Found one, then shortly two in cop on the same tree as the other week in the Woolhope area. Then back at home in Bodenham I managed to lure a Yellow-legged Clearwing to the VES lure. Robin Hemming

Woolhope area: Hornet moth

Woolhope area: Hornet moth in cop

Bodenham: Yellow-legged Clearwing

 

Scarlet Tiger Puzzle Mansell Gamage

I saw one Scarlet Tiger in my back garden on 8th June, then again on 9th June on comfrey when I photographed it. In a similar place again 1 single on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th. So I didn't photograph again because I assumed it was the same individual.
Then on 15th June I didn't see one in that place but in the evening I found a pair mating in my front garden (photographed) and was pleased to think that my lonely one had found a mate!
On 18th June, heavy rain all day, I found one in the evening on paving in my back garden, very wet, so I gently moved it to a sheltered place and left it. This morning it had gone and then this evening, 19th, near where I left it I have found a pair mating again (photographed).
Now I have assumed that I have one constant one throughout and 2 more coming in to mate, but having looked closely at their markings on the photos this evening I think they are all different individuals, so I now think that I have seen 5 individuals, or maybe more.
If I see any more I will try and photograph every one and not assume I'm seeing the same one all the time!

Scarlet Tiger 9th June

Scarlet Tigers 15th June

Scarlet Tigers 19th June

Micro ID - Dodford

I am struggling with the ID of this micro. It is about 10mm nose to tail and the closest I have got is Eudemis porphyrana or poss profundana but neither look quite right. Colouring is wrong for a start but I was wondering if it is a melanic or abberant form of something?

Any suggestions gratefully received.

I did struggle to get a decent shot of it and I have included the pot shot as it represents the closest to the what it looked like to the naked eye.

Pete Smith

Dodford