September Moths (2 Viewers)

Rubia

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

• Sep 6, 2020

• #21

04/09. 54 moths of 16 species. Nothing new. 18 Square-spot Rustic, 11 common Wainscot and 9 Setaceous Hebrew Character. Flounced Rustic and Mouse Moth singles, I've had few of either. Not getting very many Underwings of any type which seems odd.

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 6, 2020

• #22

5th September. Checked late again (8am, why did they invent alarm clocks?) Similarish to previous few days, but with different geos, may as well post up all.

53 of 8, no micros

Mullein Wave 1
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Large Yellow Underwing 12
Setaceous Heb Ch 5
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Sq sp Rustic 1
Small sq Spot 1
Flounced Rustic 31

The Shuttle-shaped Dart, CMCarpet and Mullein Wave were all the first for quite some while.

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Sep 6, 2020

• #23

dantheman said:

5th September. Checked late again (8am, why did they invent alarm clocks?) Similarish to previous few days, but with different geos, may as well post up all.

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Presumably, to make me wake at 0500hrs to find the four moths in my set up!

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 6, 2020

• #24

Ouch! Unlikely to be 4 megas as well I presume ...

(In my defence (to being a lazy so and so), I had trouble sleeping last night and was still awake at 4 - I really should have gone out and looked at the trap then tbh!)

 

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Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Sep 6, 2020

• #25

dantheman said:

Ouch! Unlikely to be 4 megas as well I presume ...

(In my defence (to being a lazy so and so), I had trouble sleeping last night and was still awake at 4 - I really should have gone out and looked at the trap then tbh!)

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Two Lge YU and two S-s Rustics, chilly here at night now and the strong, breeze doesn't help at my elevated position.

 

Rubia

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

• Sep 6, 2020

• #26

Just had my problem moth from 03/09 confirmed. It was what I thought, but seemed too good to be true at the time. Heath Rustic. 2nd Herts record I think.

 

Rubia

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

• Sep 7, 2020

• #27

06/09. 64 moths of 20 species. Stopped at 00:20 as the temp dropping and moths not coming in any more. New for garden a Frosted Orange, lovely moth. nfy Old Lady. Other than them everything was very much as the last post in terms of the big number types and the nicer looking.

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 7, 2020

• #28

Rubia said:

Just had my problem moth from 03/09 confirmed. It was what I thought, but seemed too good to be true at the time. Heath Rustic. 2nd Herts record I think.

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Nice one! Got a pic?

 

Rubia

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

• Sep 7, 2020

• #29

Heath Rustic. Hi Dantheman, here it is. Probably not the most inspiring moth you've ever seen for all it's rarity here.

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 7, 2020

• #30

Can see it though. Nice, and a good challenge I guess.

(Unlikely to get anything like a county rare here ... what with Cornwall including the Isles of Scilly and plenty of regular trappers in great locations)

 

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dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 7, 2020

• #31

Last night (6th) - 53 of 10

22 Large Yellow Underwing just beating 19 Flounced Rustic, with 2nd Snout, a fresh Common Carpet and a Large Ranunculus NFG (possibly a lifer too).

Micros - LBAM, Elbow-streaked Grass Veneer and 1 to id (Edit; I'm thinking Celypha striana?)

Stats for the last 4 nights - 53, 52, 53, 53 macros; 19, 31, 31 and then 19 Flounced Rustic (Large Yellow Underwings were 22, 10, 12, 22). Species diversity: 9, 11, 8 and then 10. But 19 species overall, with only Large Yellow Underwing, Set Heb Character, Small Square Spot and Flounced Rustic every night.

 

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Rubia

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

• Sep 8, 2020

• #32

07/09. 46 moths of 16 species. Consisting of the same things that turn up most nights now, with the exception of a Tree-lichen Beauty (first this month).
I'm awaiting the Sallows for a bit of colour and newness.
Garden list now 392 (started at 52 pre-trap in April); 4 micros added from gen dets; so heading towards 400.

 

Allen

Well-known member

• Sep 8, 2020

• #33

Weekend trapping in Surrey produced couple of Centre barred Sallows, Brindled Green, Dusky Thorn, a nice dopey Hornet and LBBYU and LYU.

Back in Hants and a Silver Y, Box Moth, Willow Beauty and lots of LYU.

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 8, 2020

• #34

Guess how many moths in the trap last night?

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Sep 8, 2020

• #35

dantheman said:

Guess how many moths in the trap last night?

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This question is akin to one that I once saw when I used to do quizzes....'how many footmen were there at the West door of Westmister Abbey for the marriage of Charles and Diana'......answer 'how the f *** do I know!

 

Farnboro John

Well-known member

• Sep 8, 2020

• #36

Couple of days catch-up:

7 Sep: Just six species produced nothing exciting, and were dominated by 15 Square-spot Rustics with 6 Large Yellow Underwings second. Temperature was nothing to write home about though.

8 Sep: A warmer night and a bigger catch with 71 individuals of 13 species. 34 were Square-spot Rustics and 17 Large Yellow Underwings. Dusky Thorn, Angle Shades, 3 Oak Hook-tips and a Rosy Rustic added to the fun: ten wasps rather detracted from it!

John

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 8, 2020

• #37

andyadcock said:

This question is akin to one that I once saw when I used to do quizzes....'how many footmen were there at the West door of Westmister Abbey for the marriage of Charles and Diana'......answer 'how the f *** do I know!

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Context is important - see post #31 above. (Maybe it needed an emoticon an exclamation mark or something ... or maybe no-one reads my posts )

Anyway ... 53 macro species again, for almost the fifth night in a row. :eek!:

Garden Carpet, a fresh Snout and a different Mullein Wave. Ten species in all, with 21 Large YU, 16 Flounced Rustic and a single rather long-winged Flame Shoulder.

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Sep 9, 2020

• #38

The first taste of autumn for me here with a pristine, cryptically lovely, Black Rustic, one of my faourite moths.

Conditions remain chilly overnight here and the wind is a nuisance at the moment too so my catch remains in single figures, nightly, mostly S-s Rustic a Lge Y-U.

 

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Farnboro John

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2020

• #39

Today's moths (morning of 9/9) after a warm night: 85 of 15 species. Large Yellow Underwings dominated with 33, followed by Square-spot Rustics with 23. Also-rans included 4 Flounced Rustics, Oak Hook-tips and Vines Rustics; three each of Lesser Yellow Underwing, Light Emerald and Box Tree Moth. Interest came from a Dusky Thorn, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (what a stunner that is) and a sudden species reappearance from a single Shuttle-shaped Dart.

John

 

Rubia

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

• Sep 9, 2020

• #40

Last night I trapped till 11:30 then stopped as little was happening; and I’d done a 9 hour shift as a plumbers mate (my hot water cylinder leaked two nights ago and needed replacing so I assisted the plumber). I now know more about plumbing than 24 hours ago, but will no doubt have forgotten it in another 48. Again it was moderately repetitive with the same stuff as previous nights. I’ve seen enough Square-spot Rustics and Common Wainscots to last a decade. I did, nevertheless, get my first of the desired Sallows, a Centre-barred Sallow. A Brindled Green and Dusky Thorn (all three outside the trap) were the more interesting moths. I had a reappearance Shuttle-shaped Dart too. Overall, 53 of 19 species. It was warm and slightly cloudy here so I was disappointed not to see more stuff flying. Tonight looks clear and cool, so I’m not expecting a lot but will give it a go.