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  1. Rubia

    October Moths

    31/10. A Brick and an Acleris agg.
  2. Rubia

    October Moths

    Last night was not too good. Weather app said dry, but it rained non-stop so in the end I dried the actinic and put it away at 22:30. 2 Beaded Chestnut, 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 1 November Moth agg, 1 Common Plume and 1 LBAM. Running MV tonight till midnight...
  3. Rubia

    October Moths

    100% on that one. 13-14C here, cloudy so no moon, no rain but entirely ruined by a blow of 17mph. Result one moth - a Privet Tortrix. Egg boxes - I prefer the domestic sized ones to the large trays. I get all my colleagues at work to bring in their empties. I get 6, 10 and 12 egg boxes this...
  4. Rubia

    October Moths

    Having done gen dets on my Nov Moth aggs from last three nights they are all November Moths Epirrata dilutata.
  5. Rubia

    October Moths

    27/10. 2 moths. LBAM and Nov Moth agg. (will gen det later). Tonight will be too cold to bother. A few warmer nights coming over the weekend but currently looking like they might be wet.
  6. Rubia

    October Moths

    Clear and very chilly last night. 2 moths. 1 Beaded Chestnut in trap and 1 Nov Moth agg outside it. Shieldbugs - I've had Hawthorn and Common Green attracted to the trap since I started, but on the outside. Yesterday while pruning some low branches off Lawson's Cypress I saw lots of Juniper...
  7. Rubia

    October Moths

    Not much wind but clear and cold. 4 moths. 2 Black Rustic, Beaded Chestnut and a Nov Moth agg. Still hoping for Red-line Quaker, Satellite, Dark Chestnut, Sprawler, December Moth, Mottled Umber and Winter Moth.
  8. Rubia

    October Moths

    Indeed - dire last night (23/10). 4 identifiable - LBAM, 2 Black Rustic and a Beaded Chestnut. Also, 2 Nov. Moth agg, which I let go. My November Moth agg from the night before I gen deted and it was November Moth. I swopped the MV to actinic at 23:00 which I checked at 06:00 and it was empty.
  9. Rubia

    October Moths

    I remember over fifty years ago a retired guy talking to my father about their mutual interests and hobbies, he came out with the line "the problem is when your hobbies start to interfere with your hobbies". I think to those of us fascinated with natural history, science, the arts, music etc it...
  10. Rubia

    October Moths

    22/10. 16 moths of 14 species. Trapped till 23:30 when it started raining (again), disappointing total considering that it was still and warm at the start. New for garden - Brick and Feathered Thorn. The rest - Common Plume, Red-green Carpet, LBAM, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Diamond-back Moth...
  11. Rubia

    October Moths

    21/10. 12 moths of 9 species. 4 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Barred Sallow, Merveille du Jour, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Pale Mottled Willow, Black Rustic, Spruce Carpet, Ypsolopha ustella and a Caloptilia sp. Numbers low after 12 hours of rain and very windy last night making it feel pretty cold...
  12. Rubia

    October Moths

    Just checked out my November Moth agg from a few days ago and can confirm it was a male November Moth from the spines on underside of last segment. Nice pictures dantheman. Herald is one I haven't had and keep looking for, wouldn't mind a Feathered Ranunculus too.
  13. Rubia

    October Moths

    20/10. 25 moths of 18 species. Got to my target of 420 for garden by year end (with a couple of months to spare) when I found a Figure of Eight on the wall, a superb moth. in serious declined from the literature. 421 was a Pine Carpet. Another nice one was Blair's Shoulder-knot as I'd had a...
  14. Rubia

    October Moths

    Nice one Mr Andrewes. M du J is always a great moth no matter how many you see. A jewel. That Scarce Bordered Straw is pretty cool too.
  15. Rubia

    October Moths

    656 Tachystola acroxantha (Meyrick, 1885) 874 Blastobasis lacticolella (Wollaston, 1858) 1524 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) 998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863) 1041 Acleris sparsana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) 1395 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea...
  16. Rubia

    October Moths

    Closed the trap at 23:45 as its coldish and fairly windy so little is happening out there. 8 moths of 8 species. New for garden is Rusty-dot Pearl (rather beautiful little moth under the lens). Snout, Red-green Carpet, Black Rustic, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Green-brindled Crescent, Turnip...
  17. Rubia

    October Moths

    I find it quite interesting seeing what others are getting in different parts of the country, both species and quantity. For myself, I'm quite driven forward by knowing there is more to get. The first of anything is exciting in the garden. Then there are the stats on numbers for recording to...
  18. Rubia

    October Moths

    18/10. 27 moths of 13 species. Garden ticks - Acleris sparsana Ashy Button and (the Yah! one) Delicate. 3 Mervs, 5 Shuttle-shaped, Large Ranunculus, 4 Set Heb Character, Red-green Carpet, Lesser Y U, 2 Yel-line Quaker, 2 Lg Y U , 2 Beaded Chestnut, Black Rustic, 2 Gr-brindled Crescent and...
  19. Rubia

    October Moths

    It was mild last night, as observed above, but I only did till 22:15 having agreed to go with a friend to Norfolk today. Probably lost some moths but saw a robin in some scrub instead. 14 moths of 8 species. 5 Merveilles, 2 Large Ranunculus plus some standard fare. Hopefully a longer session...
  20. Rubia

    October Moths

    16/10. Trapped till 00:30 and the rain set in, using both traps. 26 moths of 13 species, biggest count of the month. Red-green Carpet, 3 Barred Sallow, 3 Merveille du Jour, 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Yellow-line Quaker, 2 Black Rustic, Green-brindled Crescent f. capucina, 3 Setaceous Hebrew...
  21. Rubia

    October Moths

    You guys obviously did better than me. I trapped from 19:00 till 23.45 again when it started to rain. I had 2 moths Merveille du Jour and Yellow-line Quaker. At least I thought I had 2 but found a Black Rustic on the kitchen floor this morning so it must have followed me in at some point during...
  22. Rubia

    October Moths

    November Moths -This from my county recorder - It is quite impossible to separate November Moth from Pale November Moth on the basis of wing pattern, position of discal spot or whatever. Both species have identical forms and there is considerable variation within the rather restricted theme. If...
  23. Rubia

    October Moths

    14/10. First night of trapping after two nights of rain. About 5 or 6C out there. Original forecast was dry but rain at 23:45 so stopped. After almost 5 hours 3 moths! Beaded Chestnut, Black Rustic and new for the garden a Yellow-line Quaker. The latter I had to chase around the patio for...
  24. Rubia

    October Moths

    Managed four hours last night and had 14 of 8 species. Nothing new but enjoy these autumn moths. Think I might have missed an interesting one as it was high on a wall and gone by the time I got something to reach it with. Moths got were - Deep-brown Dart, Barred Sallow, Lesser Yellow Underwing...
  25. Rubia

    October Moths

    Rained out last night. Met Office app said dry/cloudy but it poured down so I had to take the trap in. Result - one Deep-brown Dart.
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