Waxwing

Waxwing
"To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour."

From "Auguries of Innocence"

by William Blake

Sunday 16 October 2011

Mystery Moth

With a minimum temperature of 2.7 degrees centigrade on Friday night, I wasn't expecting to find many moths in the moth trap yesterday morning. For a while I thought I had failed to catch any but eventually found a worn noctuid hiding under one of the egg boxes. Have checked the moth "bible" and various websites but I am really struggling on this one.

Edit - Many thanks to Stewart and Bennyboymothman for identifying this particular moth as a Green Brindled Crescent - really chuffed as its a new species for the garden.


Here's a couple of photos - hind wing is pale grey and wingspan is just over 15mm.
Legs appear slightly stripey.







Any help with id would, as always be greatly appreciated.

3 comments:

Stewart said...

Hi the white mark is the giveaway...it is a Green Brindled Crescent of the form 'capucina'. Never seen one of those...

Bennyboymothman said...

Hi there
This is a Green-brindled Crescent ab.capuccino.

Ragged Robin said...

Hi Stewart and Bennyboymothman

Many thanks to both of you for identifying my moth - your help is really appreciated.

Especially pleased as its a new species for the garden!!

All the best
Caroline