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August Moths (1 Viewer)

LizandDave

LizandDave

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Will there be an August Moths thread?
I found the July one very helpful in IDing some of my own moths and interesting as to what was flying in July.

Thanks
Dave

Sorry wrong section, can a mod please move it to the main forum?
Thanks
 
It looks as if you have started it ;)
I had a good session on 1st with about a dozen new species for the year
ruby tiger
least carpet (tiny specimen about the size of a 5p piece)
magpie (photo attached)
lesser yellow u'wing
Chinese character
lesser broad-bordered yellow u'wing
yellow-tail
early thorn
small angle-shades
September thorn
small fan-footed wave
double kidney
Cydia pomonella
 

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Last night of interest:

Pale Prominent - 3
Herald - 1
FLame Shoulder - 1
Dot Moth - 1
Silver Y - 1

The rest was standard fayre really.

Andy M
 
Rather disappointing last night, with just 35 species, and for the first time no 'NFM's. I've noticed a big increase in various underwings in the last few nights, with good numbers of Least Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing and Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing in particular. I've also trapped my first couple of Guernsey Underwings.

Cheers
Duncan
 
I just had a quick peek through the forum (I'm not here that often LOL). Is this thread just for Moths... do you want a title change?
 
delia todd said:
I just had a quick peek through the forum (I'm not here that often LOL). Is this thread just for Moths... do you want a title change?
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Delia - a change to 'August moths' would fit in with previous months.

Steve

Last night - two additions to my garden list - Dingy Footman and Shaded Broad-bar.
And two more new for the year - Vapourer and Ag. geniculea.

Generally a low catch but with six Silver Ys.

Steve
 
Andy1979 said:
Last night of interest:

Pale Prominent - 3
Herald - 1
FLame Shoulder - 1
Dot Moth - 1
Silver Y - 1

The rest was standard fayre really.

Andy M
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It's interesting how abundance of species varies - for me flame shoulder is so common I hardly give it a second look. The others are nice though!
Ken
 
Surreybirder said:
It's interesting how abundance of species varies - for me flame shoulder is so common I hardly give it a second look. The others are nice though!
Ken
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Hi Ken,

We had 3 Flame Shoulder two nights ago so they are not quite at plague proportions here yet. However, Jersey Tiger is another matter altogether with 16 flapping, bumbling and bumping around the trap.

Maiden's Blush was new for us as was Pale Prominent (2), Tawny Speckled Pug, Fern and Knot Grass. Large Emerald was our 2nd but is probably a better moth than the 1sts.

Rain stopped play last night but not before a Webb's Wainscott had flown into the trap.

Cheers, Andy.
 
Fairly epic garden catch last night in terms of quality and variety. Should break the hundred species mark for the first time once I've finished going through the micros, with 9 NFM macros. 3 Tree-lichen Beauties probably the pick of the bunch.

1. Scarce Chocolate-tip
2. Guernsey Underwing
3. Jersey Mocha
4. Olive Crescent
5. Tree-lichen Beauty
 

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Last night threw up a few NFGs. I moved here in Oct 2011 and last year was dire! Anyway, 84 moths of 28 species (macros).

Hoary Footman (NFG/NFY)
Buff Footman (NFG/NFY)
Knot Grass (NFG/NFY)

Also, just one Dark Sword Grass.

Cheers,

Andy M.
 
DMW said:
Fairly epic garden catch last night in terms of quality and variety. Should break the hundred species mark for the first time once I've finished going through the micros, with 9 NFM macros. 3 Tree-lichen Beauties probably the pick of the bunch.

1. Scarce Chocolate-tip
2. Guernsey Underwing
3. Jersey Mocha
4. Olive Crescent
5. Tree-lichen Beauty
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Absolutely superb. Three colonisers (Scarce Chocolate-tip, Jersey Mocha and Tree-lichen Beauty) and a scarce resident (Olive Crescent) for us. Be nice to get a chance at the Underwing!

All the best
 
This morning a late and worn, waved black. Also NFG brown china mark. Put a small (very) pond in earlier in the year so pleased it has attracted something new.
regards,
Jono
 
Hi all,

Bit of a story with this one. My son was visiting relatives in Folkestone yesterday with his grandad and I mentioned to them that they should kick about the slopes behind the town between ice creams. Alex had stuck a pot in his pocket and when he kicked a moth out of the grass, he potted it.

What are the odds that it would be the Folkestone speciality Sub-angled Wave?

Cheers,

Andy.
 

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Day Mothing

Went out with the camera earlier just for an hour and found several moths around with the butterflies.

There were many Silver Ys but they were very skittish and impossible to photograph in the wild. Then what looked likt colourful tiny butterflies but were in fact pyrausta aurata a micro moth, flying quite happily in the day and feeding on Wild Marjoram, as were several Long Horn Moths, adela rufimitrella.
Finally there was a weird Burnet (and a Mother of Pearl), I have put in a thread for ID by itself.

So a good "day" mothing!
Dave
 

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Excellent conditions on Tuesday night - very warm and muggy - but a fairly average catch (80 species). Perhaps the most interesting moth was this tiny Silver Y (5p coin for scale), which I presume if f.gammina. Also had this beautifully-marked Guernsey Underwing.
 

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tittletattler said:
Hi all,

Bit of a story with this one. My son was visiting relatives in Folkestone yesterday with his grandad and I mentioned to them that they should kick about the slopes behind the town between ice creams. Alex had stuck a pot in his pocket and when he kicked a moth out of the grass, he potted it.

What are the odds that it would be the Folkestone speciality Sub-angled Wave?

Cheers,

Andy.
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Very nice

All the best
 
NFG today; a vapourer on the sheet next to the trap. Common enough moth but not often seen at light traps.
 

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NFY this morning in a reasonable haul of regulars: Fairly confident this is a campion.
Also; poplar hawkmoth, 5 silver y, riband wave, flame shoulder, red twin spot carpet, common carpet, dark arches, willow beauty, engrailled, brimstone, yellowshell, common rustic, scorched carpet and rustic.
 

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