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Post by nomihoudai on Feb 27, 2011 8:20:01 GMT -8
Maybe someone wants to share some other gold moths with the community, so let's start a topic on them  I will start with Plusia festucae, it is a pretty common species in some years, nevertheless one of my favourites here in central Europe that I can get in my backgarden. The picture is taken with a NikonD5000, I stacked 14 images and used photoshop to cut out the hairs. Attachments:
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Post by jrlaiho on Feb 27, 2011 22:35:39 GMT -8
Why not... There are some very nice species within Plusinae. Diachrysia chrysitis was one of the first Noctuids I collected as a kid. Not beeing familiar with our fauna back then, it was something spectacular. Picture: Autographa mandarina (top left), Diachrysia zosimi (top right), Lamprotes c-aureum (bottom left - my favourite, I guess because of the golden areas), Autographa excelsa (bottom right - a rare species). Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2011 9:29:30 GMT -8
Got these in my back garden too Claude, lovely species especially when fresh.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Feb 28, 2011 11:16:55 GMT -8
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Post by nomihoudai on Feb 28, 2011 11:29:09 GMT -8
Lol, I didn't even believe myself people will post in the topic but I am glad you did! jrlaiho, you got great specimen there, I think I am most envious at your Autographa excelsa, I am still young and hope to see this species one day at my light sheets. @dunc, yes the Plusia festucae is a pretty common one in European backgardens, thankfully! I am still missing P. putnami but I am sure I will get it too. john, I have seen these pics when you posted them, there is even a comment of me there I think in one topic. I am most envious at the Autographa ampla and the Pheosia rimosa. I hope one day someone from the US can offer me these. We got here in my town Pheosia gnoma, I located them last season in a small birch forest, it is just 30m*30m but apparently enough to sustain a small population. |
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Post by boghaunter1 on Feb 28, 2011 11:41:32 GMT -8
Another fairly common Plusiiinae from N.E. Sask.- Diachrysia balluca...the beautiful large green metallic markings on the forewings make this one of our prettiest noctuid sp. IMHO...the photo just doesn't do it justice!  John K. Attachments:
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Post by nomihoudai on Feb 28, 2011 11:58:19 GMT -8
Haven't you got Autographa corusca ? In my eyes one of the most beautiful sp. you got over the big lake. Here another one of my specimen, not a common one: Abrostola canariensis, caught by myself in Gran Canaria 2009. This time no imagestacking and with initial background, I was too lazy to work on the pic, but this time with macrorings, so you can see a little bit more details in the small hairs. Attachments:
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Post by jshuey on Feb 28, 2011 15:42:46 GMT -8
how refreshing to see something besides a bunch of swallotails that were recently purchased!
Nice bugs.
John
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Post by mothman27 on Jun 14, 2017 18:02:18 GMT -8
 Plusia contexta – Connected Looper Whitley Co., IN, U.S.A. 2016 Collected by myself  Diachrysia balluca – Green-patched Looper Whitley Co., IN, U.S.A. 2016 Also collected by myself |
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Post by mothman27 on Jun 14, 2017 18:07:34 GMT -8
 Diachrysia balluca – Green-patched Looper Whitley Co., IN, U.S.A. 14-Jun-2017 |
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Post by rayrard on Jun 14, 2017 20:24:33 GMT -8
I think the common name is fitting for a change: Hologram Moth Attachments:
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 10, 2018 4:38:08 GMT -8
Above: Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Below: Argyrogramma verruca  |
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