Mothing - 13th October 2008

.....or should that be butterflying?

The weather has been a little bit milder so I put the moth trap out last night. It attracted several large Click beetles and half a dozen large Black Scarab beetles. It also pulled in a Yellow Admiral Butterfly at about 10:30pm. This is not that unusual as I've had butterflies in the trap before. In Scotland I occasionally found Red Admirals in the trap. Surprisingly, a few moths also made an appearance.

Edit: I originally had the white Lymantriid shown below listed as Acyphas semiochrea. I received an email explaining why it is in fact Euproctis melanosoma. Thanks for the correction.

All up, aside from the beetles I had:

Lymantriidae

• Euproctis melanosoma
  

Geometridae

• Melanodes anthracitaria - Black Geometrid (yellow form)

Noctuidae

• Agrotis munda
• Praxis edwardsii

Nymphalidae

• Vanessa itea - Yellow Admiral

(Click Photos to Enlarge)

#1 - Vanessa itea - Yellow Admiral

#2 - Euproctis melanosoma - Vental view showing orange/brown anal tuft

#3 - Euproctis melanosoma

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