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Autumn mothing (1 Viewer)
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Paul Chapman
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Many congrats - yours jealously.
Two records from my patch this autumn from a moth-trapper unknown to me. (I hope he now has my telephone number from a third party!) I'm still waiting.......
Autumnal moths in short supply for me - a few Centre-barred Sallow and two Barred Sallow, a few Large Wainscots, a couple of Beaded Chestnuts and more Lunar Underwings but still many gaps for the usual species. Still odd fresh late brooders appear like a Shuttle-shaped Dart this morning.
All the best
Two records from my patch this autumn from a moth-trapper unknown to me. (I hope he now has my telephone number from a third party!) I'm still waiting.......
Autumnal moths in short supply for me - a few Centre-barred Sallow and two Barred Sallow, a few Large Wainscots, a couple of Beaded Chestnuts and more Lunar Underwings but still many gaps for the usual species. Still odd fresh late brooders appear like a Shuttle-shaped Dart this morning.
All the best
Andy Adcock
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It's finished here in Russia, cold, wet and windy and all I've had for 2 weeks is Caddisflies.
Andy Adcock
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Wind is the determing factor here Aeshna, as you probably know, you don't get much if it's windy, add rain and low temp (10c day time max today) to that and it's not the best.
We're sat at 30.31413. longitude up here, what are you at?
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Not sure about longitude but outer London. No wind or rain yesterday night, though former now picking up. In a small private nature reserve with oak woodland _ one of the traps in the meadow.
Paul Chapman
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With the change to the new moon, the autumn moths are now appearing. I am getting increased numbers of Beaded Chestnut and now Feathered Thorn, Black Rustic and Pink-barred Sallow have appeared. But I have still not recorded Green-brindled Crescent, Merveille du Jour or even Sallow.
Occasional second (or even third) brood moths have appeared with Spectacle, Angle Shades, Shuttle-shaped Dart, etc.
A few pics attached - Plutella porrectella, Feathered Ranunculus, Large Ranunculus, Pink-barred Sallow and Black Rustic attached.
All the best
Paul
Occasional second (or even third) brood moths have appeared with Spectacle, Angle Shades, Shuttle-shaped Dart, etc.
A few pics attached - Plutella porrectella, Feathered Ranunculus, Large Ranunculus, Pink-barred Sallow and Black Rustic attached.
All the best
Paul
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Andy Adcock
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Hi Paul,
in relation to your first shot, have you got a small pocket camera?
If you have, in the macro setting, select the icon with the Ladybird, known I think as 'stacking mode'. This will take a dozen, rapid fire shots at different focal lengths and stitch them together so that the final result will be that the whole moth is sharp, clever stuff.
Both Ranunculus species would be new for me.
in relation to your first shot, have you got a small pocket camera?
If you have, in the macro setting, select the icon with the Ladybird, known I think as 'stacking mode'. This will take a dozen, rapid fire shots at different focal lengths and stitch them together so that the final result will be that the whole moth is sharp, clever stuff.
Both Ranunculus species would be new for me.
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Paul Chapman
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Andy
Cheers. Photo taken in horrible light.
All the best
Cheers. Photo taken in horrible light.
All the best
KenM
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A few from the last few nights, interestingly....Black Rustic and Barred Sallow I believe favour calcareous soils...and mines clay! Merveille du jour (I think my earliest) definitely in my top ten.
Cheers
Cheers
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KenM
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Probably a myth.
Didn't realised either of them mined clay
Martin
Martin, I can only reference ''my bible''Lewingtons, and it does suggest that they both favour calcareous soil and grassland? :eek!:
Cheers
Paul Chapman
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Very nice pics Ken.
Now Red-green Carpet, Blair's Shoulderknot, Chestnut, Green-brindled Crescent, Merveille du Jour, Chestnut, Red-line Quaker, etc this week so the colder weather appears to have finally triggered many autumn species.
(Still Clifden Nonpareils occurring locally but avoiding me.)
All the best
Paul
Now Red-green Carpet, Blair's Shoulderknot, Chestnut, Green-brindled Crescent, Merveille du Jour, Chestnut, Red-line Quaker, etc this week so the colder weather appears to have finally triggered many autumn species.
(Still Clifden Nonpareils occurring locally but avoiding me.)
All the best
Paul
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KenM
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Must say Paul....the Green-brindled Crescent does look a "bit good".
As an aside, last night was the first night that I've trapped....and found a fat zero in the pot!...anybody else had that experience?
Cheers
Paul Chapman
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Still hoping for a biggie.... A few pics from the week - Sallow, Red-green Carpet & Rusty-dot Pearl.
A few odd things like emergences of Common Marbled Carpet, Swallowtail & Shuttle-shaped Darts. Also a Ringlet in the trap this week.
All the best
Paul
A few odd things like emergences of Common Marbled Carpet, Swallowtail & Shuttle-shaped Darts. Also a Ringlet in the trap this week.
All the best
Paul
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Paul Chapman
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After an attempt with fingers & toes to catch up with numbers on various lists - Common Forest Looper from Cornwall (first attached pic) was my 809th British & Irish macro species & White-point (second pic attached) from a friend's garden was my 452nd patch macro species.
Also from the patch a few migrants being Delicate, Diamond-back & Scarce Bordered Straw.
All the best
Paul
Also from the patch a few migrants being Delicate, Diamond-back & Scarce Bordered Straw.
All the best
Paul
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Farnboro John
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No pic till I've had time to process, but caught my first garden Merveille du Jour last night and was well chuffed. I don't often get round to running the trap in autumn twitching season, but various people mentioning their catches encouraged me. Only four moths in the trap: the aforementioned, a Large Yellow Underwing, a Turnip and a Shuttle-shaped Dart.
John
Edit: here's the beastie. Cracking moth and for once I went to work with a smile.
John
Edit: here's the beastie. Cracking moth and for once I went to work with a smile.
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Paul Chapman
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John - very nice.
Rob - no Yellow-line Quaker yet for me this year.
Rob - no Yellow-line Quaker yet for me this year.
