Macro Moths page 9 – Somerset Wildlife Photography

Macro Moths - Page 9

NOCTUIDS - NOCTUIDAE HADENINAE

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Mamestra brassicae – Cabbage Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-22mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (3 generations) / HABITAT: Many habitats including Gardens and Allotments / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Brassicas, Cabbages etc

: NAME: Melanchra persicariae – Dot Moth / WINGSPAN: 37-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Suburban habitats, including gardens, waste ground and roadside verges / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Wide range of garden and wild plants.

: NAME: Melanchra persicariae – Dot Moth / WINGSPAN: 37-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Suburban habitats, including gardens, waste ground and roadside verges / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Wide range of garden and wild plants.

: NAME: Melanchra persicariae – Dot Moth / WINGSPAN: 37-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Suburban habitats, including gardens, waste ground and roadside verges / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Wide range of garden and wild plants.

: NAME: Melanchra persicariae – Dot Moth / WINGSPAN: 37-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Suburban habitats, including gardens, waste ground and roadside verges / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Wide range of garden and wild plants.

: NAME: Melanchra persicariae – Dot Moth / WINGSPAN: 37-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Suburban habitats, including gardens, waste ground and roadside verges / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Wide range of garden and wild plants.

: NAME: Mythimna conigera – Brown-line Bright-eye / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses, particularly Cock’s-foot and Common Couch

: NAME: Mythimna conigera – Brown-line Bright-eye / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses, particularly Cock’s-foot and Common Couch

: NAME: Mythimna conigera – Brown-line Bright-eye / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses, particularly Cock’s-foot and Common Couch

: NAME: Mythimna conigera – Brown-line Bright-eye / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses, particularly Cock’s-foot and Common Couch

: NAME: Mythimna conigera – Brown-line Bright-eye / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses, particularly Cock’s-foot and Common Couch

: NAME: Mythimna conigera – Brown-line Bright-eye / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses, particularly Cock’s-foot and Common Couch

: NAME: Mythimna conigera – Brown-line Bright-eye / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses, particularly Cock’s-foot and Common Couch

: NAME: Hadena-bicruris – The-Lychnis / WINGSPAN: 30-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July & August-September / HABITAT: Woodland, heathland and suburban habitats/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Seed capsules of various Campions and related plants, especially Red Campion

: NAME: Leucania comma – Shoulder-striped – Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 16-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heathland, scrub, grassland, fens and open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Leucania comma – Shoulder-striped – Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 16-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heathland, scrub, grassland, fens and open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Leucania comma – Shoulder-striped – Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 16-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heathland, scrub, grassland, fens and open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Leucania comma – Shoulder-striped – Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 16-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heathland, scrub, grassland, fens and open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Leucania comma – Shoulder-striped – Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 16-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heathland, scrub, grassland, fens and open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Leucania comma – Shoulder-striped – Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 16-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heathland, scrub, grassland, fens and open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna ferrago – Clay / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Prefers wooded areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Chiefly various grasses, but also on low plants such as Dandelion and Chickweed.

: NAME: Mythimna ferrago – Clay / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Prefers wooded areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Chiefly various grasses, but also on low plants such as Dandelion and Chickweed.

: NAME: Mythimna ferrago – Clay / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Prefers wooded areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Chiefly various grasses, but also on low plants such as Dandelion and Chickweed.

: NAME: Mythimna ferrago – Clay / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Prefers wooded areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Chiefly various grasses, but also on low plants such as Dandelion and Chickweed.

: NAME: Mythimna ferrago – Clay / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Prefers wooded areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Chiefly various grasses, but also on low plants such as Dandelion and Chickweed.

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna impura – Smokey Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 31-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Downland, sand dunes and rough grassy areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Mythimna pallens – Common Wainscot / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-October (two generations) / HABITAT: Grassland, woodland rides and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Grasses

: NAME: Orthosia cerasi – Common Quaker / WINGSPAN: 34-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Wide range of lowland habitats, including woodland and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, Willow and other deciduous trees

: NAME: Orthosia cerasi – Common Quaker / WINGSPAN: 34-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Wide range of lowland habitats, including woodland and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, Willow and other deciduous trees

: NAME: Orthosia cerasi – Common Quaker / WINGSPAN: 34-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Wide range of lowland habitats, including woodland and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, Willow and other deciduous trees

: NAME: Orthosia cerasi – Common Quaker / WINGSPAN: 34-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Wide range of lowland habitats, including woodland and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, Willow and other deciduous trees

: NAME: Orthosia gothica – Hebrew Character / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants

: NAME: Orthosia gothica – Hebrew Character / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants

: NAME: Orthosia gothica – Hebrew Character / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants

: NAME: Orthosia gothica – Hebrew Character / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-April / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Orthosia incerta – Clouded Drab / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Almost any habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A number of trees and shrubs especially Oak

: NAME: Polia nebulosa – Grey Arches / WINGSPAN: 45-55mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: In the autumn on low herbaceous plants, and then after hibernation in the spring on buds and leaves of trees such as birch and willow.

: NAME: Polia nebulosa – Grey Arches / WINGSPAN: 45-55mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: In the autumn on low herbaceous plants, and then after hibernation in the spring on buds and leaves of trees such as birch and willow.

: NAME: Polia nebulosa – Grey Arches / WINGSPAN: 45-55mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: In the autumn on low herbaceous plants, and then after hibernation in the spring on buds and leaves of trees such as birch and willow.

NOCTUIDS - NOCTUIDAE CUCULLIINAE

: NAME: Allophyes oxyacanthae – Green Brindled Crescent / WINGSPAN: 35-45mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-November / HABITAT: Broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens. / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A variety of trees and bushes, including Hawthorn and Blackthorn.

: NAME: Allophyes oxyacanthae – Green Brindled Crescent / WINGSPAN: 35-45mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-November / HABITAT: Broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens. / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A variety of trees and bushes, including Hawthorn and Blackthorn.

: NAME: Allophyes oxyacanthae – Green Brindled Crescent / WINGSPAN: 35-45mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-November / HABITAT: Broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens. / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A variety of trees and bushes, including Hawthorn and Blackthorn.

: NAME: Allophyes oxyacanthae – Green Brindled Crescent / WINGSPAN: 35-45mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-November / HABITAT: Broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens. / LARVAL FOODPLANT: A variety of trees and bushes, including Hawthorn and Blackthorn.

: NAME: Conistra ligula – Dark Chestnut / WINGSPAN: 30-38mm / FLIGHT TIME: October-November / HABITAT: Woodland and more open country including farmland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Initially Catkins and leaves of willows and other trees, but later on herbaceous plants.

: NAME: Conistra vaccinii – The Chestnut / WINGSPAN: 28-36mm / FLIGHT TIME: Winter months between September-May / HABITAT: Broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Foliage of a range of trees, including Birch and Oak

: NAME: Cucullia umbratica – Shark / WINGSPAN: 42-52mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Various habitats, especially in the vicinity of the larval foodplant / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Mainly species of sow-thistle

: NAME: Cucullia verbasci – Mullein Moth / WINGSPAN: 45-50mm / FLIGHT TIME: April-May / HABITAT: open habitats as well as gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Various species of Mullein but it also feeds in gardens on Buddleia, Figwort

: NAME: Cucullia verbasci – Mullein Moth / WINGSPAN: 45-50mm / FLIGHT TIME: April-May / HABITAT: open habitats as well as gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Various species of Mullein but it also feeds in gardens on Buddleia, Figwort

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Griposia aprilina – Merveille du Jour / WINGSPAN: 35-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Woodland and parks / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak, at first on the buds and flowers, later on the leaves

: NAME: Lithophane hepatica – Pale Pinion / WINGSPAN: 38-42mm / FLIGHT TIME: October-November / HABITAT: Woodland and well wooded areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Trees and shrubs such as Willow and when more mature also feed on low plants such as Dock

: NAME: Polymixis lichenea – Feathered Ranunculus / WINGSPAN: 15-18mm / FLIGHT TIME: August-October / HABITAT: Mainly coastal areas, vegetated shingle, limestone and chalk slopes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Herbaceous plants

: NAME: Polymixis lichenea – Feathered Ranunculus / WINGSPAN: 15-18mm / FLIGHT TIME: August-October / HABITAT: Mainly coastal areas, vegetated shingle, limestone and chalk slopes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Herbaceous plants

: NAME: Polymixis lichenea – Feathered Ranunculus / WINGSPAN: 15-18mm / FLIGHT TIME: August-October / HABITAT: Mainly coastal areas, vegetated shingle, limestone and chalk slopes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Herbaceous plants

: NAME: Polymixis lichenea – Feathered Ranunculus / WINGSPAN: 15-18mm / FLIGHT TIME: August-October / HABITAT: Mainly coastal areas, vegetated shingle, limestone and chalk slopes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Herbaceous plants

: NAME: Xylocampa areola – Early Grey / WINGSPAN: 32-40mm / FLIGHT TIME: March-May / HABITAT: Lightly wooded areas and suburban locations / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Honeysuckle