Moths of July 2010 (1 Viewer)

SveinB · Jul 4, 2010

A few photos from last nights catch, some of them maybe not so common for many of You:

Autographa macrogamma 1 (local, but common here)
Netted Pug- Eupithecia venosata 1
Pale Shining Brown- Polia bombycina 12 (a common species here)
Silurian- Lasionycta imbecilla 1 (local, but common here)
Scarce Brindle- Apamea lateritia 1 (a common species here)

Photos in same order as listed above

Svein B

Tri-Counties Birder · Jul 4, 2010

A stonking night two days ago, brought three lifers to my garden. Varied Coronet, Miller, and Minor Shoulder-knot arrived, along with four Elephant Hawk-moths - by far the most hawk-moths yet. The second best night ever with 90 moths of 42 species.

Good mothing

antshrike69 · Jul 4, 2010

2 Mere Wainscot last night were NFY. Hawk-Moths comprised 4 Privet, a Lime, 2 Elephant and an Eyed.

KenM · Jul 4, 2010

I kinda got the feel that last night was going to be good!....when I saw c6 Buff Arches flying around the MV125w trap light at mid-night.

I was not disappointed, In the trap this morning.....2 Elephant Hawk Moths,
Eyed Hawk Moth (a life tick for me!, being my fourth 'trapping' year),
Burnished Brass, 2 White Ermine, 1 Buff Ermine, Peach Blossom, Herald,
Scarce silver-lines, 4 Buff Arches, Chinese Character,Clay
plus various Riband Wave, Hearts and Darts,Turnip, plus 2 Wainscotts and several sp etc.

From a 'content' point of view, probably my best night since I've started!
It was good to see that other people also had a good result, even considering that it was 'blowy' from time to time.

cheers

Steve Arlow · Jul 4, 2010

socksitis said:
An Amazing catch - I have never heard of Dark Angleshades and Bird-Cherry Ermine - will look them up, well done on getting that lot I.Dd
I have looked up the BC Ermine - what a beauty - is it much slimmer than a white Ermine?

I should have typed Dark Arches, don't know where my head was at the time, sleep deprivation I guess from staying out till 3am with the moths and then spending pretty much the rest of the day working out what I'd caught, still have a lot I can't ID, one or two well patterned and perhaps obvious ones.

The BC Ermines were really diddy.

Brian Stone · Jul 4, 2010

A good weekend. Friday night saw a new macro added to the garden list. Lilac Beauty hasn't been recorded in this grid square before. I also had some other scarcities such as the second Scarce Silver Lines for the garden and Ethmia dodedea (only recorded for the first time last year and a rare VC moth).

Trying my very old lures today brought a Red-belted Clearwing to the 'cul' lure, which is supposed to attract Large Red-belted. Third for the garden.

White-letter Hairstreaks out in the village today as well.

Charlie Sargent · Jul 4, 2010

Hi
I have 4 moths from yesterday I am still struggling to i/d. Number one is a macro and the other 3 I believe are all micros. I have looked on the micro moth i/d thread which I found useful and was able to identify two from it.
Could some one advise the best books for micro's. I have got British Moths and Butterflies by Chris Manley which shows the most commonest micros. My ones for i/d could well be in this book but I cannot see them.

Regards Charlie

billsbirding · Jul 4, 2010

Charlie Sargent said:
Hi
I have 4 moths from yesterday I am still struggling to i/d. Number one is a macro and the other 3 I believe are all micros. I have looked on the micro moth i/d thread which I found useful and was able to identify two from it.
Could some one advise the best books for micro's. I have got British Moths and Butterflies by Chris Manley which shows the most commonest micros. My ones for i/d could well be in this book but I cannot see them.

Regards Charlie

#1 looks like Dog's Tooth
#2 is a macro, Marbled Beauty
#3 is a macro, Wormwood Pug

I had a quick hour of trapping last night and provided me with my first Thorn of the year, a September Thorn.

Brian Stone · Jul 4, 2010

I think #1 is Dingy Shears. #4 is prob D. lacustrata.

Andy1979 · Jul 5, 2010

A good night last night despite the wind. My first Elephant Hawkmoths (2) of the year appeared in the trap. A few others of interest:

Coronet - 3
Peppered Moth - 1
Clay - 1
Double-striped Pug - 2
Marbled Beauty (NFY) - 2 (pic) (Can anyone help with the ID of the moth above this Marbled Beauty?)
Scalloped Oak - 1
Least Carpet - 2
Common and Scare Footman. Not the best photo, but when shown together, shows how easy these two are to separate (which I had previously thought was difficult).

I've also included a picture of a Buff Arches caught a couple of days ago, which I never got round to uploading, but seeing as it is such a stunning moth, thought I'd include it today.

Andy.

Marcus Lawson · Jul 5, 2010

Busy weekend so a tad tardy posting my catch from Friday night, the highlights were:

Toadflax Brocade - 3rd one of the year suggesting there might be a local population.
The Flame 3 (NFY)
Least Carpet 6 (NFY)
Endotricha flammealis 2 (NFY)
Treble Borwn-spot 4
Dark Arches 31
Green Oak Tortrix 1 (NFG)
Dwarf Cream Wave 1
Smoky Wainscot 2 (NFY)
Small Blood-vein 1 (NFY)
Light Arches 2 (NFY)
Elephant Hawk-moth 2 - much to my 7 year old sons delight :t:
Scalloped Oak 2 (NFY)
Bright-line Brown-eye 1 (NFY)
Common Footman 1 (NFY)
White Plume-moth 1 (NFY)
Mottled Beauty 1 (NFY)
Large Tabby 1
Orthopygia glaucinalis 1 (NFM probably - I'll do my life-list at some point!!!)
Dun-bar 1 (NFY)
Small Rivulet 1 (NFY and also probably NFM)
Brown Silver-line 1 first in garden this year
Barred Straw 1 (NFY)

47 species in total with a few micros to sort out, grass-moths of three species totalled over 100 individuals.

Brian Stone · Jul 5, 2010

Andy1979 said:
Marbled Beauty (NFY) - 2 (pic) (Can anyone help with the ID of the moth above this Marbled Beauty?)

This is a Brown Scallop.

Steve Lister · Jul 5, 2010

I had my best ever catch last night, with 198 moths of 35 species ID so far. These included my first Peach Blossom and Sycamore of the year.

I would welcome any help with the identification of three medium size noctuids pictured against a £1 coin

Brian Stone · Jul 5, 2010

antshrike69 said:
Another busy night here too with my second ever Small Ranunculus and a real surprise in the form of a gorgeous Four-spotted. Totally unexpected. Also NFG was Monopis crocicapitella.

The Four-spotted is a real find. I see there have been one or two records in past years from Peterborough so one to watch out for. I know they are at Swaddywell NR a little out of the city area (and in VC32).

BTW I've stuck my latest list (c.500 moths of 80 species) on my blog along with more photos:
http://thenaturalstone.blogspot.com/

Andy1979 · Jul 5, 2010

Thanks Brian. That'll be NFM.

antshrike69 · Jul 5, 2010

Good stuff Brian. There are a few there which would be welcome a few miles further East!

Funnily enough, I had my first Lilac Beauties this year too - despite trapping nightly throughout 2009 I didn't record this species at all. Maybe a good year for them locally? I love thorns and they are stunning moths.

edenwatcher · Jul 5, 2010

One of my best ever nights on Saturday with over 40 spp., 20 of which were new for the year.
Highlights were a record 10 poplar hawks, my first ever ingrailed clay, and my first recognisable coxcomb prominent. The only previous specimen was very very battered.

Rob

Tri-Counties Birder · Jul 5, 2010

I had a nice trapping session at a chalk downland site near me last night. 71 macro species from one trap was a good haul, that included five lifers. These included Dark Umber, Haworth's Pug and Bordered Sallow. Nice to get two Small Elephant Hawks alongside four of thier larger cousins. Along with the micros we had over 100 species.

Good mothing.

honeym · Jul 5, 2010

I had a good session on Friday night at the London Wetland Centre. Ran two traps, one of which had 83 species identified plus a few still to id., the other had 100 species identified and a few more still to do. Plenty of overlap between the two traps but probably around 120 species in total (maybe more). Highlights in terms of size were 18 Elephant, 2 Small Elephant, 1 Eyed and 1 Lime Hawkmoths but best of all several new site records, some of which are good Surrey records.

Martin

dunedin · Jul 5, 2010

Fantastic amount

These are really something, always wanted to have a go at catching moths and seeing the variety of species on here might just think about again, really enjoyed looking at them, thanks

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