Delicate - Mythimna vitellina

This Delicate was trapped overnight at Dungeness.

A continental migrant, The Delicate (as it should be called!) is most frequent in the UK between the autumn months of August to October.

 

Delicate, 23/8/06, Dungeness, Dave Walker

Small Mottled Willow - Spodoptera exigua

This Small Mottled Willow was an interesting find in the moth trap at Dungeness BO this morning.

An immigrant species, numbers are greatest in the autumn and it has occured throughout the county and not 'just' at Kent's coastal migrant hot-spots!

 

Small Mottled Willow

Clouded Buff - Diacrisia sannio

Clouded Buff, caught overnight on 4 July, was only the second observatory record.

 

Listed as 'fairly common', Clouded Buff is always a welcomed and appreciated find in the moth trap!

 

Clouded Buff (male), 4/7/06, Dungeness, Dave Walker

Pale Shining Brown - Polia bombycina

This continental grey form of Pale Shining Brown was trapped at Dungeness BO by Dave Walker.

 

Previously more widespread, this species is in a very rapid decine across the UK.

 

 

Pale Shining Brown, 19/6/06, Dungeness BO, Dave Walker