id verification please

[leigh]

Can anyone please check that i have made the right id of last nights catch. thanks
plain wave

poplar grey or grass knot?

mother of pearl or perinephela lancealis?

copper underwing

scoparia ambigualis

grey dagger

common rustic

common rustic

is this some type of pinion?

brimstone moth

[leigh]

i now think no 9 is a pale prominent. what do you think?

[aeshna5]

I think:

1 Riband Wave
2 Knotgrass
3 Mother of Pearl
4 Copper Underwing sp.
6 Grey/Dark Dagger (not distinguishable as adults without dissection)
8 Dot Moth
9 Pale Prominent
10 Agree, Brimstone

[Jenny W]

I agree with your Scoparia ambigualis for number 5. I think 7 is a Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic (you can't tell positively without genitalia examination) - not definite though. I'm more tempted to go for a Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic for number 8 as well - I'm prepared to be corrected there though!

[GuyF]

Originally Posted by leigh

copper underwing

I think that of the two this is more likely to be a Copper Underwing than a Svensson's Copper Underwing, although they are very tricky!
Guy

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

1. Riband Wave (Remutata) this is the 'scarcer' variant of Rib Wave.

3. Copper Underwing - the only way of telling is via the labial palps. Svensson's has dark with a light tip, and Copper Underwing is all pale. Might be too late now as you have probs released them but for next time ----> http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=3827

7 & 8 Are both Rustic sp. either Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic but as Jenny correctly mentioned. It requires a genitalia examination.

All the best,
Jake

[wildlifesnapper]

Originally Posted by Scarlet Pimpernel

1. Riband Wave (Remutata) this is the 'scarcer' variant of Rib Wave.

I find this to be the most common sometimes by 10 or more to 1

neil

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I am glad someone else has found that the averasata is the less common race. I too have my doubts about the 'scarcer' variant. I thought it might just be that I was as south as you can be but it appears that is not the case.

I very rarely get the averasata at home but see it frequently at work.

Cheers Jake

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by wildlifesnapper

I find this to be the most common sometimes by 10 or more to 1

neil

Me too!