These lovely clear cold days have certainly reduced moth catches at Howick. Only one in there the other day, but a nice one, the Satellite -
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| 2256 Satellite, Howick ,07/10/12 |
Fresh individuals are found from now and can be caught right through until March if the weather is favourable. It also comes in a white spotted version ( below). Both are about equally common here. It is named from the two tiny dots either side of the large wing patch. Please click on the image for a larger view.
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| Another Satellite, a white spotted one this time. |
Beats me how these and other moths can get sufficient shelter to avoid freezing to death in our winters. Many plants can be shown to have their versions of anti-freeze in the cells. I wonder if the same is true of some insects.
ReplyDeleteYes Richard, I've seen Winter Moths flying in car headlights in -2 degrees, so they must have some form of anti-freeze in there...
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