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A record of the wildlife in and around Hadham Ford as from January 2008. Please feel free to leave any comments or email me with details of interesting bird, mammal, butterfly, moth and dragonfly sightings. @jonoForgham on twitter
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Friday, 16 September 2011
new moth 16.09.11
Another very quiet moth night, with only 6 moths in the trap at 6.15 this morning. However, in amongst the 2 large yellow underwings, 1 lunar underwing and 2 latticed heath was a new moth, in the form of either grey pine carpet or spruce carpet. These 2 moths, if female are only id'able after dissection, whilst the males can (possibly) be id'd by an expert. Photos have been forwarded to such. A photo attached here. I have plumped for spruce carpet, going by the not very diagnostic feature of the white jagged line near the end of the forewings. Hopefully will be informed soon. However, a common September/October moth, so will probably get a few more to check doifferences. Males can be told by counting the hairs onthe antennae. A large hand lens could prove useful
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