Tag Archives: Angle Shades

Natural History

Summer Colours at Gunnersbury Triangle

Thick-kneed flower beetle (metallic iridescent green and gold) on Poppy (red, pink, orange, there are plenty of colours in there!, with violet stigmas)
Crab Spider scarily camouflaged on Hogweed: whitish-green and bright red, curiously
Caterpillar of Angle Shades moth, magnificent in bright green and turquoise. Its food plants include Bramble, Hazel, Hops, Birch, and Oak, all of which are found here.
Natural History, Nature Reserves

Moths at Gunnersbury Triangle

Angle Shades, named for the dark angled markings

Netty had a successful night with the moth trap.

Pyrausta purpuralis, a small but beautiful “micro” moth. And yes, it’s name means the purple one in Latin

Heart and Dart, one of 3 trapped (and released after ID). The name refers to the black markings

Rustic. We scratched our heads at its similarity to Uncertain (hah!) but it does seem to be the paler and less distinct species all the same.