Autumn #3

A slightly warmer night a couple of days later saw  less moths in to the sheet, but at least there were some different species. Two Plesanemma fucata came in illustrating the variation that occurs in the garden population.

Another Geometrid, Scioglyptis canescaria

Two Noctuids, Agrotis radians

And a very strongly marked male Australothis rubrescens

Two Pyralids, Mimaglossa nauplialis

Spectrotota fimbrialis

And a Crambid, Nomophila corticalis

Autumn #2

A calm cool night saw the light shining again to check out more autumn flying moths from the garden, some images will enlarge. As usual Crypsiphona ocultaria were early arrivals.

Hypobapta diffundens is more usual so it was good to get Hypobapta tachyhalotaria.

Two Thalaina species, Thalaina clara,

And Thalaina selenaea.

Another Geometrid, the Lucerne Looper, Zermizinga sinuata, male, females are wingless.

A Lasiocampid, Paraguda nasuta.

A Cossid, last recorded here in 2013, Zyganisus propedia.

The Autumn Gum Moth, Mnesampela privata,

Some Noctuids, Rhapsa suscitatalis,

And Diatenes gerula, preferring to stay on the ground.