still stuck for moth i.d.

Graham Barker · #1 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 07:56 PM

had another look...

1 is this a marbled minor?

2 cant find this one....

3 still unsure if this one is a heart and dart or heart and club?

Jenny W · #2 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 08:25 PM

I reckon the first could be an Oligia sp.?

How big was the second in comparison to the first?

I think the third is a Heart and Club - they are much more common in southern UK and by the coast (are you near the coast or calcareous soils?) - whereas Heart and Dart are common pretty much everywhere.

Graham Barker · #3 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 08:51 PM

hello jenny
they were about the same size
i live in hastings, and as the crow flies im about a three quarters of a mile inland perhaps...though i dont seem to have caught that many heart and club....mostly heart and dart.....

graham

Jenny W · #4 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 08:55 PM

Yeah, there's no doubt H&D are far more common, but in Hastings you probably have as good a chance as any of catching a H&C going by location - still I could be wrong with that ID!

If the second was the same size as the first, then I'd be tempted to go for an Oligia sp. also - just a quite worn one and they can vary quite a bit. Again though, I could be wrong with these.