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Jonny721 · Apr 1, 2011

First moth of the month was a Small Quaker which flew into my bedroom last night and promptly dissappeared till I found it on my windowsill this morning. It was too dull for photos unfortunately.

I ordered my moth trap nearly a month ago now however due to many problems along the way I still haven't got it :-C hopefully it will arrive soon and I can start trapping!

Jonny721 · Apr 2, 2011

First Hebrew Character of the year caught last night, one of my favourite of the commoner moths

Oleander · Apr 2, 2011

It's still cold here, last night about 3 degrees. I trapped 5 moths in two traps. Very nice to see Yellow Horned again, my favourite of the early species. Others were Chestnut, Satellite and two Pale BB.
The forecast for tonight seems very good, cloud cover and 9 degrees, all three of my traps out!

Ronayne88 · Apr 2, 2011

Lastnight was very windy and wet. I also could not get to the trap until 3pm as the gate to the private estate was locked for some reason. They must have forgotten about me. Anyway I wasn't expecting much but was very surprised with the following:

Early Grey 1
Brindled Pug 17
Common Quaker 27
Hebrew Character 7
Diurnea fagella 1
Pale Pinion 1
Clouded Drab 1
Chestnut 3

I still have a few IDs to resolve...

In total we had 58 moths and 8 species

Image1: Common Quaker
Image2: Brindled Pug
Image3: Pale Pinion
Image4: Clouded Drab

Cheers,

Seán

SveinB · Apr 3, 2011

Gave my moth trap a go last night. Still some snow on the ground- but spring is on its way here in the Norwegian mountains too. The temperature stayed on the warm side of zero all trough the night- and there was 3 moths in the trap in the morning:

Rannoch Sprawler 1
Satellite 1
Agonopterix heracliania/ciliella 1

Svein B

Brian Stone · Apr 3, 2011

Pretty standard catch of 11 species at my parent's garden in Hampshire last night:

1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 3
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
1930 Oak Beauty (Biston strataria) 1
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 7
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 5
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 1
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 5
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1
2258 The Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1

Jonny721 · Apr 3, 2011

A couple of moths caught last night, an Early Grey and a Double Striped Pug.

Dmacaskill · Apr 3, 2011

33 moths in the trap this morning, 6 species-
21-Hebrew Character,
4-Clouded Drab,
3-Common Quaker,
3-Mottled Grey ,( pic)
1-Pale Brindled Beauty, (pic)
1-Small Quaker,

Dean,

Oleander · Apr 3, 2011

Dmacaskill said:
1-Pale Brindled Beauty, (pic)

Dean,

Are you sure that's not a Brindled Beauty?

Dmacaskill · Apr 3, 2011

Oleander said:
Are you sure that's not a Brindled Beauty?

I had a feeling someone might say that! I did think it was very well marked for a PBB, That's another species i think i may have overlooked last spring.
Thanks for that.

Dean.

llendorin · Apr 3, 2011

good trapping last night for me - 40 moths, of 6 species.

18 Common Quaker
17 Hebrew Character
2 Clouded Drab
1 Twin-Spotted Quaker
1 Chestnut
1 Satellite

Things are definitely starting to pick up a bit, in terms of numbers

Andy1979 · Apr 3, 2011

I did pretty well last night as well:

Brindled Beauty - 2 (pic) (NFG/NFM)
Oak Nycteoline - 1
Hebrew Character - 10
Common Quaker - 29
Twin-spotted Quaker - 2
Early Grey - 2
Small Quaker - 11
Clouded Drab - 1
Brindled Pug - 3
Double-striped Pug - 2

Oleander · Apr 5, 2011

A very good catch here for me last night. I trapped for much longer than earlier this year, until 5am. I usually turn the traps off before midnight in the early spring. I guess that many species fly later in the night. It was cloudy, a little windy and about 4-5 degrees.

28 moths caught and 5 new species for the year:

8 Yellow-horned
8 Chestnut
4 Oak Beauty [nfy]
2 March Moth
1 Pale Brindled Beauty
1 Pale Pinion
1 Hebrew Character [nfy]
1 Small Quaker [nfy]
1 Early Grey [nfy]

Tri-Counties Birder · Apr 6, 2011

A nice cloudy night yesterday, so I hope everyone took advantage of it. I trapped, and got 30 moths, including a Frosted Green which is a first for the garden.

Good mothing.

socksitis · Apr 6, 2011

It was a good night here - although I am fighting the elements a bit - I see cat paw prints all over the trap and moth wings!!!
Then this morning the highlight was a Shoulder Stripe NFG what a highlight! went to fetch camera, batteries dead, replaced batteries, came back to find chicken had eaten a selection from the trap including the Shoulder Stripe

Also had:
Early Thorn
Purple Thorn
March Moth
Hebrew Character
Small Quaker
Common Quaker
Water Carpet
Chestnut
Early Grey
Dark Sword Grass NFY
Grey Shoulder Knot

Jamie Dunning · Apr 6, 2011

Was Hiking in the Pennines last night & when offered a [Free?!] pitch at a campsite decided to go where all good moths do.. the toilet block.

1x Pine Beauty
1x Clouded Drab
1x Small Quaker (with a large parasite)
1x engrailed
1x very dark march moth
1x yet to be deciphered, some sort of carpet.
2x early thorn
& 3 Peacock butterflies

Cant seem to upload photos today :-C

Surreybirder · Apr 7, 2011

Despite a very warm day I had a fairly small catch last night. I did however get my first streamer of the year. And a dark form of Diurnea fagella which is far less frequent here.
The pugs were all brindled except for one which I'll have to ask for help on elsewhere.
Ken

Nerine · Apr 7, 2011

Very warm here too. I had with the actinic last night - three NFY's amongst 30 moths, 12 species:

The Fern (nfy) it seems very early.
Pebble Prominent (nfy)
Oak Beauty (nfy) - only the second I have ever had in the garden.

The previous night I found a Dark Sword Grass by the MV trap with a very small catch.

Nerine

Oleander · Apr 9, 2011

Last night was windy and it was clear skies, the temp stayed just above 5°C. I trapped with all my three traps till 1am and got 23 moths.

6 Clouded Drab [nfy]
6 Chestnut
5 Hebrew Character
2 Dotted Border [nfm]
1 Common Quaker [nfy]
1 Lead-coloured Drab [nfy]
1 Yellow Horned
1 March Moth

I have no notes of seeing Dotted Border before, but I think I have.

Brian Stone · Apr 9, 2011

Very few moths last night but one was a garden first... and what a moth!

Also of minor note a Diamond-back Moth.

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