Another Spring, and time to see how the moths, and other things that come to the light from the native garden are doing. The night was cool after a reasonably warm day, and quite a nice variety of moths came in. First on the sheet was a Cleora, MOV species 2.

Closely followed by Destolmia lineata, male and larger female.

Male.

Female.

An Emerald, Chlorocoma dichloraria.

A female Hypobapta diffundens.

The common Crypsiphona ocultaria.

And a nicely marked Ardices (formerly Spilosoma) curvata.

More to come.

This session was at the local Bellbird Corner Riverside Reserve, where the surrounding vegetation includes Gippsland Red Gum, Silver Wattle, Tree Violet, and Melaleuca ericifolia. Moths were disappointingly sparse, reflecting the current state of invertebrate populations world wide, and some were reluctant to settle on the sheet, however, enough were snapped for this post. Thalaina clara refused to settle but one was found hiding in the grass, at least showing the wing under side.
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Plesanemma fucata was more obliging.

A nice male emerald, (Prasinocyma) semicrocea

Female Ectropis fractaria.

A nicely patterned small moth, Sandava scitisignata

And smaller still, 6mm nose to tail, Nola pleurosema

And at the other end of the scale, the Batwing Moth, Chelepteryx collesi, male.