Entries from January 1, 2011 - January 31, 2011

Sunday
Jan232011

Six-Spot Burnet Moth

From last summer: a newly-emerged six-spot burnet moth, Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) clinging to a grass stalk.  I could tell the moth was newly-emerged because just a few centimetres further down the stalk was the pupa case it had emerged from:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-11.

Saturday
Jan222011

Crust Fungus

A toothed crust fungus, probably Basidioradulum radula.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-012-31.

Friday
Jan212011

Moth

From last summer: a small grey-brown moth with a metallic sheen, probably  a Coleophorid moth (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). 

Initially had this down as a possible Glyphipterix fuscoviridella but the forked wings are not right for Glyphipterix sp.  Then I thought it might be Metriotes lutarea but that flies in May and the above moth was seen in July.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-18.

 

Thursday
Jan202011

Mushroom

From last autumn: a brittlegill mushroom, probably a Russula sp.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-19.

Wednesday
Jan192011

Leaf Miner Moth

From late spring last year: a leaf miner moth, probably a female Incurvaria masculella (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae).  The males of this species have feathery antennae (see here).  Incurvaria oehlmanniella is similar-looking but its larvae mine bilberry and cloudberry leaves, neither of which have I seen in Reading University grounds, whereas  I. masculella larvae mine the leaves of hawthorn bushes, which are common.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-26.