July Moths (1 Viewer)

[Matelot birder]

Still waitin on my first trap, which has been on order for a while. So making do with the bathroom alternative

Help with the pic below please, micro on the large size.

 

[antshrike69]

Looks like Phlyctaenia coronata assuming it's not the similar P. stachydalis!

 

[Nerine]

Looks like Phlyctaenia coronata

It certainly does.

Nerine

 

[Nerine]

Had a good catch on Saturday night with about 70 species.
Nfy included:

White-line Dart
Great Dart
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Four-spotted Footman
Rosy Footman
Yellow Shell
an Ear but not sure which, I'll put this in the id section.
Lozotaenia formosanus
and new in my garden:
Anania verbascalis (very pretty)

Nerine

 

[antshrike69]

Hi Jonathan,

The Dioryctrias that I've caught in the past I've ID'd as abietella only to have them proved as schutzeella by dissection. So probably best to have it 'done'.

David

On the nail David - Barry's just confirmed as Dioryctria schuetzeella.

 

[Davebutterflyman]

Some lovely sightings and photos Nerine.

Slightly better here tonight with 139 moths in 45 species.Nothing out of the ordinary but some very good looking specimens in Carcina Quercana,Poplar Hawkmoth,Poplar Grey,Dun-bar and Yellow Shell.Riband waves up and down in numbers with 25 tonight and a paltry 2 just two nights ago.

Dave.

 

[antshrike69]

I love looking at the times of these postings!

A poor catch again last night but Barred Rivulet new for the year. Lots of Common Rustic agg (30+) but nothing else of note.

Sugaring produced nada.

 

[Brian Stone]

Your china mark is Udea prunalis.

Last night was distinctly better with some new for year and one new for garden.

Phycitodes binaevella (nfg)
rosy footman (nfy)
ruby tiger 3 (nfy) - although I've had two larvae
mother-of-pearl (nfy)
common rustic agg 3 (nfy)
small rivulet (nfy)

I've also got what I think might be small china-mark.
The small rivulet really was small - cf 5p!
I'd only ever had two orange footmen before this year but last night was my 4th of this year.
Ken

 

[Surreybirder]

Your china mark is Udea prunalis.

Thanks, Brian, not doing too well on that particular collection!
Ken

 

[aflickering]

lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing was a NFY last night. also had 26 large huddling up in the bottom - how i've missed them!

 

[Davebutterflyman]

They are increasing steadily and in the space of two weeks i have gone from 3 LYU to around 30.....wait for the deluge!

Dave.

 

[Davebutterflyman]

Very poor session tonight with just 22 species and 54 moths in total with nothing of note at all.

Dave.

 

[aflickering]

ditto here, just 28 moths of 7 species, most of them LYUs, LBBYUs and common rustics. chilly night though so not surprising.

 

[Surreybirder]

You can tell from the length of this thread that July was nowhere near as good as June. The third bad summer in a row?
Ken

 

[antshrike69]

Last night was a bit better than late here, although that's not saying a great deal. Lots of Common Rustic aggs.

A few new for the year including

Least Yellow Underwing
Orange Swift
Phoenix - only the 30th for Hunts and the first since 2006 so a pretty nice catch!

Very few micros last night, but it was pretty cool still even though the rain held off.

 

[socksitis]

ditto, poor night here - first dry night in a long time, dissapointing catch. Have an underwing which is straw coloured, makes the world of underwings a little more exciting...

 

[socksitis]

...Also have a Purple Thorn which is new for me

 

[Brian Stone]

Phoenix - only the 30th for Hunts and the first since 2006

Not quite, as I had one back on the 10th July. I was frustrated that I couldn't get a photo of it. One of the flightiest, least co-operative moths I've ever come across.

 

[antshrike69]

Not quite, as I had one back on the 10th July. I was frustrated that I couldn't get a photo of it. One of the flightiest, least co-operative moths I've ever come across.

The 31st then! This one is equally flighty and takes ages to settle in the pot. I noticed it resting on a toadflax well back from the trap with its wings closed - initially passed it off as a Small White until I checked it out.

 

[Nerine]

I used the actinic last night and caught about 50 odd moths and around 30 species. Most numerous were Shuttle-shaped Dart, Riband Wave and, pleasingly, Marbled Green. I had a very nicely marked Maiden's Blush. Will try and photo it later.

Nerine