July 2008 moths (1 Viewer)

Surreybirder · Jul 2, 2008

Last night was quite good, though I didn't stay out long. I was struck by how many moths flew round the trap and then disappeared into the night. I also realised that, with the temporary funnel I'm using since the original broke sticking up higher than the flat top of the trap, quite a few moths are failing to go into the trap. One of these days I must get a better trap!
I had lots of micros and a plume that I couldn't ID but these I'm sure of:
v-pug
brimstone 2
flame shoulder
straw dot
large yellow underwing
Tortrix viridana 2
ghost swift (nfy)
mottled beauty (nfy)
smoky wainscot (nfy)
common footman 2 (nfy)
E postvittana 2
short-cloaked (nfy)
A xylosteana
green pug 2
small magpie

hornet :C

It's also been raining here but I've got a few images

Ken

SveinB · Jul 2, 2008

Also a good night here in Norway- I used 30 wineropes and a trap with a 250w MV bulb. Both attracting moths in good numbers.

Here is the list- as far as I am able to ID:

Laothoe populi- Poplar hawkmoth 1
Hepialus humuli- Ghost Moth 1
Ptilodon capucina- Coxcomb Prominent 1
Diacrisia sannio- Clouded Buff 1
Setina irrorella- Dew Moth 1 (new)
Tethea or- Poplar Lutestring 2
Ochropacha duplaris- Common Lutestring 4
Acronicta megacephala- Poplar Grey 4
Lacanobia suasa- Dog’s Tooth 5
Lacanobia contigua- Beautiful Brocade 2 (new)
Leucania comma- Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
Ochropleura plecta- Flame Shoulder 3
Polia bombycina- Pale Shining Brown 6
Caradrina morpheus- Mottled Rustic 7
Hadena perplexa- Tawny Shears 3
Sideridis rivularis- Campion 5
Sideridis reticulata- Bordered Gothic 2
Lasionycta imbecilla- Silurian 1
Diarsia mendica- Ingrailed Clay 8
Diarsia brunnea- Purple Clay 4
Agrotis clavis- Heart and Club 2
Xestia triangulum- Double Square-spot 1
Cerapteryx graminis- Antler Moth 2
Apamea remissa- Dusky Brocade 1
Apamea crenata- Clouded-bordered Brindle 2
Oligia latruncula- Tawny Marbled Minor 15+
Rusina ferruginea- Brown Rustic 3
Diachrysia chrystitis- Burnished Brass 1
Autographa pulchrina- Beautiful Golden Y 1
Abrostola tripartita- Spectacle 1
Hypena proboscidalis- Snout 6
Xanthorhoe montana- Silver-ground Carpet 25+
Lomaspilis marginata- Clouded Border 1
Opisthograptis luteolata- Brimstone
Cabera pusaria- Common White Wave 4
Cabera exanthemata- Common Wave 5
Timandra comae- Blood-vein 1 (new)
Selenia tetralunaria- Purple Thorn 1
Odontopera bidentata- Scalloped Hazel 1
Alcis repandata- Mottled Beauty 2 (new)
Eupithecia succenturiata- Bordered Pug 4

and a few more pugs, carpets and micros.

The night before gave another new one too:
Acronicta euphorbiae- Sweet Gale Moth

Svein B

Nerine · Jul 2, 2008

Surreybirder said:
I was struck by how many moths flew round the trap and then disappeared into the night.

I've often thought that with mine too.
Last night I ran the trap for an hour and a half until midnight (it was raining and thundery) but I was quite pleased
with what I had in that time.

Phlyctaenia coronata (2)
Bee Moth (2)
Small magpie (2)
Epiphyas postvittana
Knot Grass
Swallow-tailed moth (3)
Willow Beauty (4)
Buff Ermine (3)
Clouded Silver
Common white wave
Common emerald (3)
Least carpet
Heart and Dart
Riband Wave
Dark Arches
Lychnis
Common Footman (nfy)

and a pug I'm not sure of
a couple of tiny micros - oh so difficult.
lots of caddis flies
one spider and a load of tiny gnats.

(also had a short-cloaked moth last day of June, new for me.)

Nerine
some photos after the rain:
the buff ermine was very pale, I think female?

SveinB · Jul 2, 2008

I have managed to ID one more carpet from tonight:

Scopula immorata- Lewes Wave 1

Svein B

Nerine · Jul 2, 2008

Good pics, Svein and Ken. Lovely colours of ghost moth and nice Lewes wave.

Surreybirder · Jul 2, 2008

SveinB said:
Tethea or- Poplar Lustering 2
Ochropacha duplaris- Common Lustering 4

Hi, Svein, well done on the new, improved trap. Just for the record we call them lutestrings in the UK.
Ken

SveinB · Jul 2, 2008

Ah...Thanks a lot Ken, I get a bit confused by dealing with naming the moths with Norwegian, British and scientific names. I am glad You people let me know when i type something wrong, then I can make the corrections in my private lists too. Thank You for that.

And nice photos Ken and Nerine, the Small Magpie is such a beauty I think, I have seen only one of that moth here- but it sure looks stunning. And the Ghost Moth's too, very weird looking- but also pretty. I actualy see lots of them here at my place every night now, often 10-15 males, and several females too. Quite a performance!! There is much to enjoy in this hobby.

Svein B

Brian Stone · Jul 3, 2008

List from yesterday. 40 species is still not that good for the time of year and conditions.

The Miller is not quite annual in my garden.

0937 Agapeta hamana 1
1016 Cnephasia longana 1
1016x Cnephasia sp. 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1082 Plum Tortrix (Hedya pruniana) 5
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 14
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 5
1392 Udea olivalis 4
1413 Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) 2
1669 Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 6
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 1
1860 Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata) 3
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 3
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 5
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 2
2035 Round-winged Muslin (Thumatha senex) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 4
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 4
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 5
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1
2280 The Miller (Acronicta leporina) 1
2283x Dark/Grey Dagger (Acronicta tridens agg.) 3
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 1
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 7
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 2
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 4
2382 The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 2
2477 The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 3
2489 The Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis) 3
2492 Small Fan-foot (Herminia grisealis) 1
Episyrphus balteatus 1
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) f. spectabilis 1
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) f. succinea 1
Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) 1

Nerine · Jul 4, 2008

I left the trap out all last night. This morning, I found thousands and thousands of gnats (?) covering the trap. Inside, the egg boxes were also covered with these insects. There were several piles of a sticky yellow substance stuck on to several egg boxes to which the insects were gathering. I'm not sure what was going on; does anyone know?

20 species survived the invaders, the most interesting being:

Buff-tip (new in my garden)
Small Angle Shades (nfy)
Dark Spectacle (nfy)
Barred Red (reddish grey colour)
Footman - don't know which yet.

I really didn’t like groping through those gnats though. They flew off in clouds and what was happening in the trap?

Nerine

SveinB · Jul 4, 2008

Another good night here, over 40 species ID'ed until now from the trap and wineropes.

Highlights from the catch, as far as I am able to ID :

Diacrisia sannio- Clouded Buff 3
Acronicta leporina- Miller 1 (new)
Acronicta menyanthidis- Light Knot Grass 1 (new)
Apamea monoglypha- Dark Arches 2 (nfy)
Apamea lateritia- Scarce brindle 2 (nfy)
Eurois occulta- Great Brocade 1 (nfy)
Lasionycta imbecilla- Silurian 4
Actinotia polyodon- Purple cloud 1 (just beautiful)

Scopula immorata- Lewes wave 1
Perizoma blandiata- Pretty pinion 1 (new)
Perizoma alchemillata- Small rivulet 1 (new)

I have posted two unidentified in the ID section.

Svein B

Surreybirder · Jul 5, 2008

Nerine said:
I left the trap out all last night. This morning, I found thousands and thousands of gnats (?) covering the trap. Inside, the egg boxes were also covered with these insects. There were several piles of a sticky yellow substance stuck on to several egg boxes to which the insects were gathering. I'm not sure what was going on; does anyone know?

20 species survived the invaders, the most interesting being:

I really didn’t like groping through those gnats though. They flew off in clouds and what was happening in the trap?

Nerine

I often get clouds of insects around the trap, probably coming from the garden pond - I had a large haul of some small beetle a couple of nights ago (mostly deceased). It's funny what you can find. My actinic trap was full of peanuts one morning, clearly the mice had decided that it was a good storage jar. And the egg trays are sometimes chewed up, probably for nesting material.
I'll tell you what: I'll swap your gnats for my hornets

Ken

Nerine · Jul 5, 2008

Surreybirder said:
I'll tell you what: I'll swap your gnats for my hornets

Ken

er.....I don't think so

.

Well you never know what to expect! Interesting collections Ken.

Here are some of the prettier finds in the trap from the "gnat night"

Surreybirder · Jul 5, 2008

Nice pix, Nerine.
I had a few last night including:
yellow-tail nfy
drinker nfy
bee moth (A sociella)
heart & dart 4
large yellow underwing 2
common emerald
not sure (inclining towards dingy shears)

ken

martinf · Jul 5, 2008

Despite having not yet mastered the IDs of all the moths in my small urban Cambridge garden, I decided to pack up the moth trap and take it to the south of France for a two week holiday. I stayed in the southern Cevennes on a steep sided valley in sweet chestnut woodland at about 700m. Nights were warm and often clear. I had a brilliant selection of moths. Most importantly, many I could actually identify!! although a fair few will be appearing on the ID help section shortly, so please help out.
I'll post a few of the ones I've ID'd here although please correct me if I'm wrong.

martinf · Jul 5, 2008

Footmen of 3 species were easily the commonest species caught. All were new to me.
Here a few more pics

martinf · Jul 5, 2008

the trap attracted not only moths.
This European Rhinocerous Beetle turned up on a couple of occasions.
Also, I'd seen wasps occasionally take moths from traps but a couple of these weird looking mantids took the odd moth now and again. Completely alien-looking!!

Surreybirder · Jul 5, 2008

Lovely shots, Martin. I'm not familiar with all the species but they look good to me.
Ken

Nerine · Jul 5, 2008

Great photos, Martin! Lots there I've never seen. The Latin is pretty amazing and I do rather like that mantid!
Thanks for sharing.

Nerine

Surreybirder · Jul 6, 2008

5 July

I'm slowly adding to my list for the year. Last night included:
light emerald
swallowtail moth (nfy)
small fan-foot
coronet (nfy)
double square-spot (nfy)
July highflyer (nfy)
and my old friend!
Ken

Brian Stone · Jul 6, 2008

I agree with Dingy Shears.

Surreybirder said:
Nice pix, Nerine.
I had a few last night including:
yellow-tail nfy
drinker nfy
bee moth (A sociella)
heart & dart 4
large yellow underwing 2
common emerald
not sure (inclining towards dingy shears)

ken

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