Zanclognatha protumnusalis or Zanclognatha jacchusalis

Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a semi-rural area

2021(68)

comments (6)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

App suggests protumnusalis, but not sure if conclusive. Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Grrr. I was leaning towards Zanclognatha jacchusalis, but for no particular reason. I hope it comes back tonight because it seems that a major difference between the two species is size. I remember it being small-ish, but I am not 100% sure. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It's too bad it's not on your cloth, because if it was, there's a nice measurement trick. It's common sense, so perhaps you already do this...
    
    Since a cloth magnified shows a repeating weave pattern, and if you manage to measure a single weave's length, you can then reason back the size of any subject on it by just counting the amount of weaves. The nice thing is of course that you need zero measurement in the field.
    
    Not sure if "weave" is the right word, but you get the idea. Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      I do use that trick to estimate size ;). Posted 4 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Beautiful colour Christine - a pink dart Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  The color really stood out and helped me notice it. Posted 4 years ago

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