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    Dewick's Plusia

    C. fraxini remains the species I most regret not catching pre emigration!
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    Dewick's Plusia

    A friend in Hertfordshire has had up to eight in hi trap this year...when I was trapping in the UK they were still a major find, how times change
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Managed to get out last night, the first time for several weeks, it was still blowing a gale but with the annual pig hunt now over was safe to go deeper into the Bush to try and escape the wind. It is ridiculously dry already and rather hot (which is a worry as we are still a good two months...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Sorry for the gap between posts - managed to catch the flu! The full / super / blue moon has made conditions completely impractical for any trapping so am still working through my catalogue of unidentified specimens. This one though appeared on my screen door this morning and is most likely an...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Trapping in the Dry is much harder work, both the physical conditions and the fact that the fauna is dominated by micro moths at this period and they are very poorly illustrated and so ID of specimens takes much longer. As a result I tend to get out less frequently than during the Wet. I also...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    The Dry is really starting to bite now, most of the isolated areas of water have dried out and the day time temperatures are back to the low 30s, although the last couple of nights have (for the Tropics) been a tad cold with temps around 17. Managed a couple of nights towards the end of last...
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    Common Moth Acronyms/Abbreviations (UK)

    Absolutely I used these solely for my note taking, I used to write summaries for Atropos and always wrote the names in full in those situations
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    Common Moth Acronyms/Abbreviations (UK)

    I used to do it as I ran multiple traps in a night and emptied them using dictaphone (shows my age) and would just talk into it and then once everything was ID'd or put in a pot to be looked at later would play the tape back and add write the list so say Large Yellow Underwing every time was a...
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    Common Moth Acronyms/Abbreviations (UK)

    SY is Silver Y (just in case the comment wasn't ironic!); others I used were PUW, PMW, BLBE and BtLBE the list went on ...I was a very lazy mother and if I could avoid writing I did!
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    Unknown Worcester

    My apologies Ken should have added in the OP that they are both the same moth
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    Unknown Worcester

    My apologies to everyone, should have added they are both the same species
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    Unknown Worcester

    That would make sense looking at the underside of the hindwing, it looks to be a decent sized moth as well...typical family just because you look at moths in Oz and used to in UK you must know this one....
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    Unknown Worcester

    My sisters are in Worcester at the moment and have sent me these dire photos ....any suggestions please been too long since I trapped in UK so not really got much clue, I did vaguely wonder about Nutmeg but I am far from convinced. My guess is too out of focus to be certain but hopefully you...
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    Common Moth Acronyms/Abbreviations (UK)

    SY, DSG, H+D, SSD were ones I used regularly...am sure there were more but been too long since I trapped in UK. Even sadder though was that at one stage I knew all the Recorder codes for the common UK species and my notebooks are just a series of 4 digit numbers with a series of lines for when I...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Mothing is often a solitary pastime out in the field but when it comes to IDing the specimens it most certainly is not. This species below is a case in point. I caught this on my recent trip to Kutini-Payamu and have been totally stumped as to what where to start with searching for an ID let...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    This week has been an interesting one to say the least, my computer was killed by an unexpected power outage that fried the CPU and Fridays mothing session was brought to an abrupt and very early hault by a paniced phone call from my wife saying one of the dogs had chewed the corner of a packet...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Still slowly working through the backlog of unidentified photos from previous sessions as trapping here has been very slow recently due to strong winds. I am hoping to go out tonight and again over the weekend but we shall see what the weather gods put in front of me. A new genus for me from...
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    Moths and other critters in my Cypriot garden

    That Grammodes is fantastic
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Managed to get out on Wednesday this week for a few hours before the wind picked up to near gale force. Given that this is the Dry season the trap was surprisingly busy - at this time of year I expect micro's to dominate and whilst they were very common there were a surprising number of macros...
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    Moths and other critters in my Cypriot garden

    No idea what it is but 0124 is stunning, could it be something in Eublemma or an allied genera?
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    A quartet of Xyloryctidae from last month. Brachybelistis neomorpha caught in Weipa - seems to be a new species for the Cape. The vast majority of records are from southern Qld / NSW although BOLD does have two specimens from south of the Gulf of Carpentaria. A new species for me Clerarcha...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Hi Ian thanks for the comment. I have had another look at this one as it is always good when fresh eyes look at things as I make many mistakes. G. orthotoma is a hugely variable species, all the other described Gonodontis can be quickly ruled out by the discal spot on the hindwing. The two...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    I had meant to post this one a while ago, two species of Macroglossum (Sphingidae) from last month. Macroglossum errans (left hand specimen) is probably the commonest member of this genus and Macroglossum prometheus (right hand specimen) is one of the rarer species with this being only the...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Having said I wont be out trapping I decided that with 100% cloud cover and no wind that I would head out on Friday. The conditions remained favourable until around 1030 then the wind picked up, the clouds vanished and the moon appeared so I went home! It was surprisingly productive up until...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    I haven't trapped for a few days and wont bother till weekend after next unless we get some cloud cover
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