September Moths (1 Viewer)

[earthdragon64]

The temperature dropped to just 2.0c last night so just a single Lesser Yellow Underwing in the trap this morning.

 

[KenM]

Not a bad night for me last night, in fact very good for my Heath Robinson “set up”. 21 of 14.
Highlights-a presumed Dusky Thorn (f.perfuscata), Centre-Barred Sallow,
Pine Carpet, L-album Wainscott and a Cypress Pug + a Hawkmoth species that “broke out of jail” in the half light, before I could get to it!😩

 

[Steve Lister]

Up until yesterday I was enjoying a string of 100+ catches, unusual here. Nothing mega but a Rusty-dot Pearl on the 9th was the first I have had locally (Cornwall and Jersey previously).
My latest NFY was 'Double-striped Tabby' on the 15th.
Several people round here have caught Clifden Nonpareil recently but it has avoided my trap yet again.

 

[creaturesnapper]

Some of the catch from my local nature reserve at Maple Cross on Saturday.The Clifden Nonpareil was one of two from the traps and i just managed a shot ,before it took off .
1-Clifden Nonpareil
2-Plutella porrectella
3-Centre-barred Sallow
4-Burnished Brass
5-Lunar Underwing

 

[KenM]

With thunderstorms forecast overnight lighting up “the pot” was a no no!
However the wall mounted Halogen brought me a few bits before bed, 9 of 12 to include Set.Hebrew, Red-green Carpet, Brindled Green and Double-striped Tabby.

 

[KenM]

Eleven of twenty last night with the highlights-
Sallow, Brindled Green, Box Tree and (NFY) Red Underwing.

 

[Richard D]

Relatively cool Friday night, but still fairly decent numbers (albeit mainly Rustics).

Fourteen Clancy's Rustics, Eleven Square Spot Rustics, Two Flounced Rustics

Additionally three Lunar Underwings - a first for me, and all being very different colours gave momentary confusion, One Garden Carpet, One Marbled Carbet, One Willow Beauty, One Large Yellow Underwing, One Ruddy Streak, One Shuttle-Shaped and some kind of pug that escaped. Oh and lots of Caddis flies.

 

[earthdragon64]

warmer than last week at 8.6C, but only 2 moths. The Streak was new for the year and the other was a Brown-spot Pinion.

 

[KenM]

A very good pot this am only 11 of 17 to include a lifer! 👍

 

[Steve Lister]

My numbers have dropped right off but a Feathered Thorn yesterday was only my 5th ever and the earliest by a whopping 21 days.

 

[aeshna5]

Out with my weekly tree group & in a park in Kingsbury, NW London & came across a Vestal.

 

[earthdragon64]

Just 3 moths in the trap this morning, all were Green-brindled Crescent, new for the year.

 

[Richard D]

Just 2 Clancy's Rustic, 2 Square-spot, 1 Willow Beauty and a Deep Brown Dart (new for me) from last night. I've not set the trap two nights in a row before to avoid recatches but think I'll try again tonight in a different area of the garden.

 

[dantheman]

Just 2 Clancy's Rustic, 2 Square-spot, 1 Willow Beauty and a Deep Brown Dart (new for me) from last night. I've not set the trap two nights in a row before to avoid recatches but think I'll try again tonight in a different area of the garden.

It's interesting when you do that to see how many are obvious (or probable) recatches ...

(I always used to release the moths in vegetation in the front garden in the hope they would fly off in the other direction towards the street lights etc. Some did, but .... )

 

[dantheman]

Hummingbird Hawk Moth in the garden where I was working at c9am this morning on Red Valerian. I feel a bit bad because it is the sole remaining bit of Red Valerian on the wall I'm working on, and even that bit will have to go soon ...

 

[Steve Lister]

Setting my trap up last night I found that I had somehow overlooked a moth on Wednesday, still alive and well in the trap. It turned out to be a Large Wainscot, my first ever !
Then when I checked the trap this morning there were just nine moths of six species but one was a Least Carpet - my first English record after one in Jersey 19 years ago. So two very welcome additions to my garden list.

 

[Farnboro John]

Twitched the afternoon of the 30th in Lerwick, Mainland Shetland. Fantastic!

John

 

[Richard D]

For the last night of September (or is it the first morning of October?):

1 Lunar Underwing
1 Feathered Ranuculus
1 Double Striped Pug
1 Square Spot Rustic
2 Box Tree

 

[dwallace]

Elachista stabilella was the highlight of Friday night's trapping at Horsea Island, near Portsmouth. A very scarce moth in Hampshire with virtually all records coming from Portsea Island.

Dave W