Friday 5 August 2016

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Mike Powell & myself were in Wiltshire in June and we netted this Pug. I have now wing-carded it. Any suggestions? We originally thought of Bordered Pug but it doesn't seem to fit. Shaded? The habitat was grassy downland. 
Sorry for the image (iPhone camera). Cheers

6 comments:

  1. I'd say one of those two... I don't suppose you kept the abdomen?

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  2. Dave, The abdomen resembled Shaded, as it didn't have a whitish thorax, more bland light-grey. The habitat suggests both species: downland. I must admit it looks more like Shaded, as the prominent black fiscal spot (as on Bordered) is missing in this specimen.

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  3. Looks like Shaded to me_ lacks white wing base and fiscal spot of Bordered

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  4. I must have been thinking of cash!!

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  5. No it's that pesky auto-correct at work again, which caught me out too.

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