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 Moth Quiz 40

It stands out on a Little Red Rooster's head 

Coxcomb Prominent 

 

Saturday, August 15

The second instalment of my fruity birthday present arrived yesterday, two kilos of Greengages.

 

 Apparently, I have 'green' hazelnuts to come.

To-day is very much cooler, although we have only had a minimal amount of the promised rain.  Many of the vegetables and flower borders are suffering after the week long hot temperatures, without watering, whilst we were in Yorkshire. Pam's busy cutting down and removing dead plants, and I started pruning the plum trees - long overdue - but only managed a little. Wielding a pruning saw and the heavy loppers does not come easily these days. We have the best crop of fruit for some years. A warm spring meant that the blossom flourished. I also did some much needed Alpine trough sorting, more needed.

I long for  a Bedstraw or Striped Hawkmoth in the trap - Suffolk seems to be having a good migrant trap at the moment. We've had many Whitepoints and Silver Y, but nothing really exciting in the migrant line.

Our first 2020 Tawny-barred Angle this morning. A species of coniferous woodland and gardens - there are no conifers anywhere near.

With help from moth-ing friends, meeting at Natural Surroundings, we also identified a Maple Pug. This photo is Richard E's - much better than mine, which was taken in a dirty pot.

 

We had Wormwood and 

 Brindled Pug this morning, both identified using the app. 'Seek' downloaded from the app store.

 

A Rove Beetle did exactly that, disturbing everything.

 

We made a short recce to Potter Heigham Marshes this morning. We knew that a driveable track existed, saving the long walk from Latham's car park in Potter Heigham. We only viewed a small part of the reserve, seeing a single Spoonbill and a load of Canada Geese. Further investigation next time.