Snout Hypena proboscidalis

15/06/2022: daytime sighting; Hockenhull Platts Nature Reserve, near Chester.

 

I disturbed this Snout, one of the brightest and freshest examples I’ve seen, from among the reeds and nettles as I walked off-site; fortunately it settled nearby in full view and allowed me to get close enough for a couple of photographs, before an injudicious attempt to ‘garden’ its surroundings exhausted its tolerance.

 

 

More details:

www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hypena-proboscidalis/

species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000006581

 

15W actinic trap

Buff Ermine (1)

Common Wave (1)

Green Carpet (4)

Light Emerald (1)

Mottled Beauty (2)

Riband Wave (1)

 

Celyphya lacunana (Common Marble) (1)

Scoparia ambigualis (Common Grey) (4)

 

5W LED trap

Small Square-spot (1)

 

Also: daytime sightings 15/06/2022: Snout (1); Straw Dot (1); Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap) (5+); Celyphya lacunana (Common Marble) (1)

 

 

 

Done