7th October 2012 - Néhány őszi bükki lepke

 

  Tarka Őszibagoly   Agrochola litura      Brown-spot Pinion
 

The weather forecast was true and last night's temperature stayed above 10 degrees. The nights have been cooler in general though and the Hedera flowers, which are still busy with diptera and hymenoptera by day, are much quieter at night than they were in the last few days of September. Then we found a good range of autumn Noctuids nectaring which will be the subject of another post. So I decided to try light to record a few more species before the winter sets in.

The trap attracted a delightful range of species (about 70 moths in total) including a couple I have yet to determine.

40W actinic light, Miskolctapolca 6th-7th October 2012:

Agrochola circellaris

Agrochola laevis
Agrochola litura
Allophyes oxyacanthae
Colotois pennaria
Conistra erythrocephala
Conistra vaccinii
Cymatophorina diluta
Diloba caeruleocephala
Dryobotodes eremita
Eupithecia ericeata
Eupsilia transversa
Hypsopygia costalis
Idaea degeneraria
Idaea seriata
Lygephila craccae
Thera juniperata


Kékes Őszibagoly   Diloba caeruleocephala          Figure of Eight

Tollascsápú Araszoló    Colotois pennaria     Feathered Thorn
Some marvel at tropical orchids and hummingbirds but
what happened with evolution and moths' wings and
temperate deciduous tree leaves is pretty amazing.

Őszi Pihésszövő      Cymatophorina diluta           Oak Lutestring