Moth Round up 04.10.11

barred sallow

blood vein

blood vein (same specimen in better light)

large ranunculus

unusual dark form of rosy rustic

After our Norfolk trip, back to the garden moth trap. The usual autumnal moths have been caught and released (lunar underwing, large yellow underwing, setaceaous hebrew character and brown spot pinion) but in amongst these have been some immaculate specimens. A blood vein on the 28th, large ranunculus (3rd) and 2 barred sallows (4th). Also, a snout taken this morning in a busy trap; over 30 moths in total of 8 species. Finally, on the 3rd, a drab grey/black form of a rosy rustic was taken. I need to find out how common this form is as little mention of it in text books.