Showing posts with label Brick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brick. Show all posts

Monday, 29 September 2014

Mellow Yellow

Once it gets to late September the number of species of moths I catch starts to reduce and slowly the composition has a particular autumnal feel about it.

 Sallow
Many moths are quite variable and the Sallow is no exception. I must admit I puzzled of the moth below for a while, but I think it is a colour morph of the Sallow. It's not (Thanks Ben) it's a Brick.

Brick

Dusky-lemon Sallow

Another of the Sallows is the Dusky Lemon Sallow, a moth I catch about every three years!

Barred Sallow
The Barred Sallow is another infrequent visitor to the garden. .

  Centre-barred Sallow
 Far more frequent is the Centre-barred Sallow

This general colour scheme is a recurring theme with moths at this time of year, perhaps to blend in with the turning leaves.

 A few others from last night. 

 Black Rustic

 Autumnal Rustic

 Brown-spot Pinion

 Mallow

 Ana all the time I going through my moth traps at this time of year I can see one or more migrating Chiffchaffs coming dawn to bath and drink in the "waterfall" in the garden, through my conservatory window.