Forester (Adscita statices)
Forester (Adscita statices), on willowherb. Holme Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire. Thursday 14th July 2016.
There were quite a few of these pretty little irridescent green moths flying about amongst the willowherbs at Holme Fen on Thursday. ID is probable rather than definite; they seemed to be too large to be the otherwise very similar Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon), and as there aren't any nearby populations of Scarce Forester (Jordanita globulariae) I'm fairly confident it won't be that. This one is almost certainly a female - the males have really attractive feathery antennae, but it was a struggle to get any decent photos in the breeze.
The Forester is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species, so it was nice to find a population at Holme Fen.
Forester (Adscita statices)
Forester (Adscita statices), on willowherb. Holme Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire. Thursday 14th July 2016.
There were quite a few of these pretty little irridescent green moths flying about amongst the willowherbs at Holme Fen on Thursday. ID is probable rather than definite; they seemed to be too large to be the otherwise very similar Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon), and as there aren't any nearby populations of Scarce Forester (Jordanita globulariae) I'm fairly confident it won't be that. This one is almost certainly a female - the males have really attractive feathery antennae, but it was a struggle to get any decent photos in the breeze.
The Forester is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species, so it was nice to find a population at Holme Fen.