A few micros from a lacklustre spring...

What with going to live in sunny Kent in UK for six months starting mid July things have been a bit hectic of late with little time for birding or mothing. I wish I had exciting stuff to show you all...but I don't. It can only get better once on British shores...

Has been a bit cool of late but I continue to catch a few micros every night. All the moths below are in the vast Tortricidae complex and all are in the almost as vast Olethreutinae family. I like this group. Many (which I'll get to later) are beautifully marked and quite robust in construction. The selection below are, by contrast, a bit on the drab side. Gotta take the rough with the smooth as they say...but who are they?


Proteoteras crescentana



Hedya ochroleucana



Gypsonoma haimbachiana



Cydia pomonella



Phaneta awemeana