Pterodroma
26-May-09, 23:03
The Scalloped Hazel is a woodland moth on the wing in May and June. The "normal" type is medium sized with a tawny ground colour and white bordered cross line. However, in Orkney it is smaller and darker in colour. The two photographed below where caught on the same night in the same trap in a broad-leaved woodland in the north of the County. The contrast between the two is interesting because the second is small and dark similar to the Orkney type.
Type of normal size and colour
http://forum.caithness.org/picture.php?albumid=79&pictureid=421
Type of small size and dark colour
http://forum.caithness.org/picture.php?albumid=79&pictureid=420
Type of normal size and colour
http://forum.caithness.org/picture.php?albumid=79&pictureid=421
Type of small size and dark colour
http://forum.caithness.org/picture.php?albumid=79&pictureid=420