August Moths (1 Viewer)

[KenM]

Got back from a few days away last night and promptly ran the trap.
Nothing outstanding save my 1st Jersey Tiger of the year, essentially my least no.of Least Carpet (3) plus a record 9 Riband Waves!, 3 Maiden’s Blush, Willow Beauty, Common Wave and drum roll….a single LYU, the only noctuid to visit apart from a solitary Dunbar last week.😮

 

[Farnboro John]

Put the trap out last night and within five minutes the first two Hornets were banging off the window. Switched it off and I'm out as far as my own garden is concerned for the foreseeable future. Might manage to trap Dave's garden occasionally.

John

 

[KenM]

Put the trap out last night and within five minutes the first two Hornets were banging off the window. Switched it off and I'm out as far as my own garden is concerned for the foreseeable future. Might manage to trap Dave's garden occasionally.

John

In “Olden days”……a jam jar with some water in it was placed where you didn’t want the wasps to congregate, presume Hornets are above that sort of response?

 

[BogBean]

Put the trap out last night and within five minutes the first two Hornets were banging off the window. Switched it off and I'm out as far as my own garden is concerned for the foreseeable future. Might manage to trap Dave's garden occasionally.

John

I nearly always get 2 or 3 Hornets, even if I delay putting the trap on until quite a bit after sunset.
They are docile in the trap in the morning, and haven't attacked any moths as far as I can tell.
Treading a fine line though.

Canary-shouldered Thorn.. think nicer thoughts!

 

[dwallace]

If it's a male Hornet you've nothing to worry about. Our local mothing group gets pestered with them at this time of year but they're less aggressive than ordinary Wasps. I still give them a wide berth!

The home trap was heaving last night here in south Hampshire: Elephant and Pine Hawk-moths, Mocha, Least Carpet, Jersey Tigers, multiple Brimstone, Pebble Prominent, Pale Prominent, Willow Beauty, Oak Hook-Tip, Dun-Bar, Scalloped Oak, blastobasis rebeli and adjustella, Honeysuckle Moth plus other common species and a couple for our local micro expert.

Dave W

 

[Farnboro John]

One or two is normal but the build-ups I've had this week aren't. Hopefully OK in a couple of weeks.

John

 

[Farnboro John]

In “Olden days”……a jam jar with some water in it was placed where you didn’t want the wasps to congregate, presume Hornets are above that sort of response?

Doesn't work in relation to a trap light.

John

 

[BogBean]

Two Hornets awaiting me this morning, and these were very active. A case of lift the lid up and run. Some goodies in the trap though, a hint of recent migration with Silver Y and Four Spotted Footman, plus a Dark Spinach which is quite scarce around these parts (Southampton area)

 

[T&E]

A Hummingbird Hawk-moth in our garden just now, feeding on the same lavender as the Painted Ladies on Wednesday, in Lincoln.
Eileen.

 

[dwallace]

Our local mothing group set up 3 traps in a wood last night. I thought I'd picked quite a good spot, although things were a bit slow to start with. Then I heard a familiar buzz and a couple of Hornets were in the trap, then 3, then double figures, then they were on the sheet and buzzing round my head torch with numbers increasing all the time. Time to switch off all lights and get out of the place.

Perhaps I should have heeded John's warning.

Dave W

 

[BogBean]

Our local mothing group set up 3 traps in a wood last night. I thought I'd picked quite a good spot, although things were a bit slow to start with. Then I heard a familiar buzz and a couple of Hornets were in the trap, then 3, then double figures, then they were on the sheet and buzzing round my head torch with numbers increasing all the time. Time to switch off all lights and get out of the place.

Perhaps I should have heeded John's warning.

Dave W

I ran a trap on the coast last year, and in the morning you couldn't see the trap for tiny flies, which was fine, plenty of moths.
But I later heard about a huge swarm of flying ants captured on satellite heading along the English Channel, and wondered how all my worst nightmares would have been realised if I'd starting tapping into them!

 

[chipperatl]

Initially got a crappy shot of this NFY Common Spragueia Moth, then as I was editing some pics I noticed in the background it was hiding behind the porch light. Ran back out there and got much better looks.

Dogwood Caloptilia Moth

Mint-loving Pyrausta Moth

 

[Richard D]

Annoyingly the trap was knocked over. Still managed 7 Jersey Tigers, 3 Tree Lichen, 2 Dark Arches, Dusky Thorn, Pebble, and an escaping Rosy Footman.

 

[dantheman]

Jersey Tiger on the side of the next door neighbours house this afternoon - I just went around to try and snap a pic, but it must have seen me coming, as I looked up and it had gone ...

A footman in the bathroom about 2 nights ago was unusual* - wasn't paying enough attention but think it was a Dingy Footman. Dealt with a White-shouldered Clothes Moth in there last night.


*(We don't normally let them use the indoor facilities)

 

[Allen]

Am hoping someone can help with this sent by my brother and trapped in Basingstoke last night. We're both sure we're missing an easy ID but equally have both been back and forth in the ID guide and failed!!!!

 

[aeshna5]

Am hoping someone can help with this sent by my brother and trapped in Basingstoke last night. We're both sure we're missing an easy ID but equally have both been back and forth in the ID guide and failed!!!!

Coronet.

 

[KenM]

Twenty of 11 for me in and around the trap pm/am, highlights being- Canary-shouldered Thorn (foy), Knot Grass (foy), Coronet (foy), Black Arches and TLB (foy).

 

[Allen]

Coronet

Thanks aeshna5. Did consider that and then for some reason talked ourselves out of it.

 

[BogBean]

Placed the LED moth trap in local woodland last night.
A Musotima nitidalis perhaps the highlight, although a very worn example of moth, introduced from New Zealand, and unique in that fern/bracken is the food plant.
Other highlight was a pretty impressive Tanner beetle.

 

[aeshna5]

Placed the LED moth trap in local woodland last night.
A Musotima nitidalis perhaps the highlight, although a very worn example of moth, introduced from New Zealand, and unique in that fern/bracken is the food plant.
Other highlight was a pretty impressive Tanner beetle.View attachment 1594900

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Smart moth but not unique in feeding on bracken or other ferns. Brown Silver-line is a bracken feeder & there are species that feed on ferns like Psychoides filicivora & believe there are a couple of adventives from down under to join this one.