April 2009 moths (1 Viewer)

[Surreybirder]

my dad built me a new robinson-esque trap yesterday, and on its debut run it's got me my first NFY of the month, a red-green carpet. in fact, that's the first thing i've had in april that wasn't a hebrew character, early grey or clouded drab, and i'm yet to have a single micro in my garden this year.

Lucky, you! (Having a Dad who is good at trap-building!)
I've not had many micros yet. I had a plume moth on the outside of my trap last night but it had disappeared by the time I had picked up a pot.
I also had another diamond-backed moth (second of year). Apart from that it was all the usual suspects:
shoulder stripe
common quaker 2
small quaker 6
powdered quaker 1
Hebrew character 2
early thorn 1
brindled pug 2
lunar marbled brown 1
chestnut 1

(This was with the 25W actinic till c 11 p.m.)

Ken

 

[luke]

Spent two hours trapping at a RSPB reserve in the forest of dean last night. it was pretty cold with clear skies but still had a reasonable catch. better than the garden anyway!

5 Clouded Drab
3 Frosted Green (Highlight of the evening)
3 Early Grey
1 Purple Thorn
1 Early Thorn
1 Pale Pinion
1 Twin Spot Quaker
1 Hebrew Character
1 Water Carpet
1 Common quaker
1 March Moth
1 Red Chestnut.

 

[Nerine]

Found this on the doorstep in the sun this afternoon!
Makes up for just a couple of usual suspects in the trap from last night.

Nerine

Also Red Admiral, Small White and Large White in the garden today.

 

[Surreybirder]

I had green-veined white, brimstone and I think peacock in the garden today... sunniest for a while.

Ken

 

[sourton]

In my trap from Saturday night were

1 x Hebrew Character
1 x Clouded Drab
2 x Common Quaker
1 x Light Brown Apple Moth
1 x Pale Mottled Willow

 

[Barry Hunt]

Hi all,

A good Easter break for moths at my site in North Kent started with a Mega in the form of a White-marked a rare beastie in Kent, one in 1999 at Lydd then you have to back a century for the next one! Well chuffed. Last night a Silver Y and a Dark Sword-grass, presumably all immigrants. Let's hope it continues.:t:

Good mothing all,

Barry.

 

[martinf]

Friday night was first night trapping for the year
5 Early Grey
1 Hebrew Character
1 Common Quaker
and this ....?

 

[Surreybirder]

Hi, Martin, possibly a clouded drab?

 

[luke]

Last night was my best night so far this year i term of individuals. A total of ten Moths!!

5 Hebrew Characters
2 Common Quaker
2 Clouded Drab
1 Early Thorn (NFY)

 

[sourton]

I put my trap out last night and caught........

2 x Early Grey
2 x Hebrew Character
1 Small Quaker
1 Clouded Drab
1 Chocolate Tip

Shelley

 

[Surreybirder]

14 April

It was quite mild with occasional thunder showers last night. I caught:
lunar marbled brown 10
early grey 2
spectacle 1 (nfy) - quite early?
brindled pug 3
common quaker 23
Hebrew character 7
Muslin moth 1 (nfy)
small quaker 8
streamer 1
early thorn 1
clouded drab 1
water carpet 1
purple thorn 1
flame shoulder 1 (nfy)
Emmelina monodactyla 1
P xylostella 1
Eriocrania subpurpurella 1

ken

 

[SveinB]

Last night was mild and cloudy, and lots of moths flying to the light.
In the trap today was 221 moths of 16 species:

Semioscopis avellanella- 9
Semioscopis oculella- 2
Semioscopis strigulana- 1
Agonopterix heracliana- 16
Epirranthis diversata- 1
Trichopteryx carpinata- Early Tooth-striped 5
Lycia hirtaria- Brindled Beauty 17
Achlya flavicornis- Yellow Horned 42
Xylena vetusta- Red Swordgrass 1
Orthosia gothica- Hebrew Character 53
Orthosia incerta- Clouded Drab 27
Eupsilia transversa- Satellite 12
Brachionycha nubeculosa- Rannoch Sprawler 23
Cerastis rubricosa- Red Chestnut 9
Dasypolia templi- Brindled Ochre 1
Lithophane consocia- Softly's Shoulder-knot 2

Svein B

 

[luke]

Last night was pretty good, cloudy with occasional rain.

5 Clouded Drab
3 Hebrew Character
2 Common Quaker
1 Small Quaker (NFY)
1 Mottled Grey

 

[antshrike69]

First ever night trapping in my Peterborough garden, thanks to a generous donation of 2 traps from a m8
Weather overcast with some spitting drizzle in early hours, left MV trap running all night.

Hebrew Character 6
Early Grey 3
Muslin Moth 1 - really nice beast
Common Quaker 7
Clouded Drab 2
Red-green Carpet 1
Moth sp 3 - poss drabs, may post a pic if anyone might be able to help!

All very new to this so a steep learning curve...

 

[Surreybirder]

15th April

I won't bother with a full list as I think it will get tiresome to read. But new for year were:
Oak nycteoline
waved umber
lime hawk
hexadactyla (20 plumed moth)
Also a carpet that I think might be mottled grey (which would be a first if confirmed).
I also had a lunar marbled brown that doesn't seem to have any 'lunar' marks!
Ken

 

[Brian Stone]

Looks more like a form of Early Tooth-striped to me Ken but would like to hear from others.

 

[Surreybirder]

You're probably right, Brian. It was on the small size (wing length c 16mm - I've posted another photo to try and indicate its size) but well within the range.
I just heard from my CR that I had a Haplotinea insectella in July last year - a first modern record for Surrey.
Ken

 

[sourton]

I had my trap out last night, the weather was mild and cloudy so I was hoping for a good catch. I was not disappointed I had 21 in total although 1 escaped when I was getting them out. That is my best catch so far as I have only been doing it for about a month.

6 x Common Quaker
1 x Small Quaker
2 x Brimstone
3 x Early Grey
1 x Clouded Drab
1 x Pine Beauty
1 x Hebrew Character
1 x Light Brown Apple Moth
1 x Twenty Plume
1 x Diamond Back
2 x Double Striped Pug

Shelley

 

[luke]

Last night was an improvement on number of species, i got

2 Common quaker
1 Small Quaker
1 Hebrew Character
1 Clouded Drab
2 Early Thorn
1 Brindled Beauty (NFY)
2 Mottled Grey

 

[SveinB]

A clear and cold night did not give the high numbers in the trap tonight, pretty much the same species as before- but only a few of each. One species was new for the year:

Pale pinion- Lithophane socia 2

Svein B