{"id":3650,"date":"2014-08-11T08:32:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T08:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2014-08-11T09:13:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T09:13:59","slug":"moth-angle-shades-phlogophora-meticulosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3650","title":{"rendered":"Moth: Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weeding some long grass by a fence in the garden I spotted this moth: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4462p1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3654 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4462p1-600x458.jpg\" alt=\"Moth: Angle Shades as found\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4462p1-600x458.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4462p1-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4462p1.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>According to the research I have done (please correct me if I am wrong), this appears to be Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) apart from the shiny brown patch by the head but all the other markings seem to match. It didn&#8217;t like being disturbed and tried to get in the dark by working its way under the vegetation or by burying is head into the soil:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3651 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"moth pushing it head into the soil\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>While I was examining this photo in detail I noticed a small bug or mite on its leg by the head as this enlargement shows:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3652 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1x-600x411.jpg\" alt=\"enlargement showing a bug or mite\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1x-600x411.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1x-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4477p1x.jpg 905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>I have noticed such things before with my macro photography; examine the image be it insect or a flower and there is some tiny little insect scurrying about.<\/p>\n<p>In this final image I got down low to photograph the moth from the side:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4507p1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3653 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4507p1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"side view of moth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4507p1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4507p1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/E14_4507p1.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>To take these photos I had to quickly go indoors, fix the macro lens to the camera and attach a small tripod-like support to the base &#8211; this did help me steady the camera but some were hand held. A worthwhile little diversion!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">See the full set in the wildlife section of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/gallery-garden\/wildlife\/moth-angle-shades\/index.php\">garden gallery<\/a>. (Note: these photos were taken in June)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weeding some long grass by a fence in the garden I spotted this moth: According to the research I have done (please correct me if I am wrong), this appears to be Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) apart from the shiny brown patch by the head but all the other markings seem to match. It didn&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3650\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Moth: Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3650"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3773,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}