{"id":2877,"date":"2021-01-21T01:24:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2021-01-21T01:30:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:30:48","slug":"summer-2021-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/2021\/01\/21\/summer-2021-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2021 #2."},"content":{"rendered":"

Some more moths from the first session this year, first, two footmen, Anestia ombrophanes and Anestia semiochrea. MOV Volume 2 notes that A. semiochrea may perhaps be a colour form of A. ombrophanes. The larvae of both feed on lichen, females are wingless.<\/p>\n

The Clouded Footman, A. ombrophanes.<\/p>\n

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The Marbled Footman, A. semiochrea.<\/p>\n

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The Heliotrope Moth, Utetheisa pulchelloides can occur in very large numbers, at the moment though there is only the odd one about.<\/p>\n

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Maroga melanostigma continues to show up, even though the Acacia floribunda that the species gradually destroyed is gone from the garden.<\/p>\n

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Helicoverpa armigera is classed as a serious agricultural pest, and the larvae can attack a wide range of plants. One thing in its favour, they do at least feed on Paterson’s Curse.<\/p>\n

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A couple of Pyralids,<\/p>\n

Araeopaschia normalis.<\/p>\n

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A Salma species.<\/p>\n

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An attractive small Crambid, Nacoleia rhoeoalis.<\/p>\n

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And a ring in to conclude, a very nice Sinister Moth, Pholodes sinistraria discovered in the morning at rest on a brick pillar, click to enlarge.<\/p>\n

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Some more moths from the first session this year, first, two footmen, Anestia ombrophanes and Anestia semiochrea. MOV Volume 2 notes that A. semiochrea may perhaps be a colour form of A. ombrophanes. The larvae of both feed on lichen, females are wingless. The Clouded Footman, A. ombrophanes. The Marbled Footman, A. semiochrea. The Heliotrope … Continue reading Summer 2021 #2.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natureofgippsland.org\/mothing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}