March 2009 moths (8 Viewers)

[rob lee]

weather too poor to consider trapping in the garden the last couple of nights, but i had this one nfy on my last trip up to the woods on Sunday night, Ypsolopha ustella.

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Weather windy, wet and quite poor, still had a blinding catch including two firsts for the Garden.

# 4x Hebrew Character
# 10x Common Quaker
# 4x Early Grey
# 2x Clouded Drab
# 2x Shoulder-stripe
# 1x Twin-spotted Quaker
# 1x Herald [NFG]
# 1x Streamer [NFG]

 

[luke]

Has nobody caught anything since thursday?? i've not been running the trap as the winds been a bit too bad and its also been very cold! Will give it a go tonight though.

 

[Bennyboymothman]

I had a small catch on friday of the usual species but nope a few days rest for me as the weather has turned cold at nights, with a frost predicted in the morning.
Tomorrow night looks milder though so the trap will be plonked out

 

[Davebutterflyman]

Very little tonight as the temperature dropped rapidly,here is my short list.

Hebrew Character 3
Pale Brindled Beauty
Early Grey
Common Quaker 2

Common Quaker.

Hebrew Character.

Esrly Grey

 

[Brian Stone]

Has nobody caught anything since thursday?? i've not been running the trap as the winds been a bit too bad and its also been very cold! Will give it a go tonight though.

Haven't run for a week and only seen the odd moth out and about so don't think I've been missing much. Will run tonight though as the conditions appear to be much better. Still not expecting very much.

Had some more encounters with Orange Underwing at the weekend and found a really nice stand of Aspen so Light Orange Uw could be on the cards shortly.

 

[Davebutterflyman]

A little warmer this evening but just the usual suspects so far....

Hebrew Character 3
Common Quaker 3
Early Grey
Double-Striped Pug 7
Emmelina Monodactyla

Plus two unknown species i have put on the ID thread,i'm ok with macro's but get a little stuck when it comes to pyralids and tortrix moths.

 

[Surreybirder]

It was distinctly milder than forecast here. A short session produced:
small quaker 26
common quaker 15
Hebrew character 1
Clouded drab 1
Early Grey 1
Nut-tree tussock 1 (nfy)

Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

A fairly predictable showing last night:
0663 Diurnea fagella 1
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 2
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 3
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 3
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1

Also saw my first Green-veined White of the year yesterday.

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Lots of action last night with a good helping of new for year's
very mild at 8-9c at midnight.

2x Early Thorn [NFY]
1x Diurnea fagella [NFY]
1x Double-striped Pug [NFY]
7x Small Quaker
6x Common Quaker
2x Clouded Drab
5x Emmelina monodactyla
1x plume id
1x Streamer
3x Early Grey
9x Hebrew Character
1x Twin-spotted Quaker

 

[luke]

Fairly quiet here last night with just
2 Mottled Grey
1 Common Quaker
1 Hebrew Character

Tonight looks promising though!

 

[crabplover]

A busy early start this morning, emptying the trap and leaveing for work before 5am

84 moths of 15 species, 3 being new for the year

6 Small Quaker
9 Diurnia fagella
3 Engrailed
5 Powdered Quaker
21 Hebrew Character
2 Early Thorn {nfy}
6 Common Quaker
4 March Moth
3 A. heracliana
2 Double Striped Pug {nfy}
10 Clouded Drab
3 Shoulder Stripe
7 Twin Spot Quaker
1 Dotted Border
2 Early Grey {nfy}

still no Spring Ushers ?

 

[Brian Stone]

Isn't it getting a bit late for Spring Usher? Mine have all been in Jan-Feb but I know they do occur in March.

 

[sacha]

Last night - in approx 3 hrs - Norfolk

30/03/2009 Engrailed Ectropis bistortata 1
30/03/2009 Satellite Eupsilia transversa 1
30/03/2009 Chestnut Conistra vaccinii 1
30/03/2009 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica 1
30/03/2009 Pine Beauty Panolis flammea 1
30/03/2009 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi 2
30/03/2009 March Moth Alsophila aescularia 2
30/03/2009 Early Grey Xylocampa areola 1

I have only been mothing for 2 years and only 1 year in present garden near Norwich. Engrailed was a new one for me (and quite a nice moth I thought!)

 

[Surreybirder]

I'm not making a stupid mistake with my clouded drab am I? They seem to be so variable.
I've still not had powdered or twin-spot quaker, despite c500 Orthosia moths so far this year.
Ken

 

[Davebutterflyman]

Slightly better tonight with a definate increase in temperature.

Brindled Pug
Double Striped Pug 5
Common Quaker 3
Small Quaker 1
Hebrew Character 3
Early Grey 1
Emmelina Monodactyla
Twenty Plume Moth
Acleris Notana/ferrugana

 

[Surreybirder]

A bit more variety last night:
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 (nfy)
Diurnea fagella 2 (nfy)
double-striped pug 1 (nfy)
small quaker 20
common quaker 21
Hebrew character 1
Nut-tree tussock 1
Satellite 1

Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

I'm not making a stupid mistake with my clouded drab am I? They seem to be so variable.
I've still not had powdered or twin-spot quaker, despite c500 Orthosia moths so far this year.
Ken

Looks Ok for Clouded Drab to me, presuming size and everything looked ok to you at the time.

That is a very early conwagana record.

 

[Surreybirder]

Thanks, Brian.
It's bright and sunny here today, so perhaps that is encouraging the early emergence of a few species?
I agree on your comment on spring usher, I haven't had one for several weeks now.
Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

More of an outlier than early emergence. Mike's site shows no records for April let alone March.