June 2009 Moths (1 Viewer)

[sacha]

Fantastic night last night- Took a while to go through them all. From trap which is in garden about 9 miles north of Norwich had over 113 moths - 47+ macro species. I have only been trapping for a couple of years so 8 new ones:

Best were:

Red-necked Footman - I think there have been under 100 in Norfolk!?

Alder Kitten
Clouded Magpie
Lobster Moth x2
Latticed Heath
Sandy Carpet
Brown-silver Lines

Elephant Hawkmoth x 9 !
Poplar Hawkm x1
Privet Hawkmoth x2

and many more!
Surprisingly... no Underwings yet?

 

[sacha]

just found a few more moths in garden

another Elephant hawkmoth and one Eyed H.Moth
along with Ghost moth and Green Pug (dark form)
Ended up with 117 macro's of 49 sps ! Not bad for June

 

[antshrike69]

A few added last night, although numbers overall were down on the previous night.

The Uncertain
Large Fruit Tree Tortrix
Beautiful Hook-tip

 

[martinf]

Some new for garden last night including
Barred Yellow
Burnished Brass
Clouded Silver
Scarce Footman

and the following for ID
I'm thinking #1 & #3 are just Minor agg.
#2 Common Quaker?

 

[Surreybirder]

No. 2 is either rustic or uncertain
No. 3 is middle barred minor

 

[Bennyboymothman]

no 4. Is Grey Pug

 

[antshrike69]

I placed the trap amongst shrubs last night and was rewarded with plenty of Mottled Beauties this morning. Amongst the rest were a couple new for the year

Common Wave
Buff Arches

Others included Lime Hawk, Burnished Brass, Beautiful Golden Y and Buff Tip.

 

[antshrike69]

A few pics from recent nights.

 

[dantheman]

Dark & Light varieties.
I wonder what colour the offspring will be.

Possibly dark.... From this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth

......"The melanic allele is dominant to the non-melanic allele..."...

But of course Wikipedia isn't actually the last word on the subject!!

 

[dantheman]

Having read of people's mothing exploits over the last few nights got the trap out a few days ago to try and see if our Swanley garden could perform... unfortunately it didn't ....

Still having trouble confirming some ids, but 4 micros, and about 17 individuals total of about 11 Macro species!!!!!

Garden Carpet 2
Heart and Dart 2
Light Brocade 1 (probable)
Riband Wave 1 (new)
Willow Beauty 6 (expect that's what they'll turn out to be!)
Blotched Emerald 1 (new!)
Barred Yellow 1 (new)
Dark Arches 1
and 2 Pugs....

Probably because it's an actinic and we have a small suburban garden, and I positioned the trap to make it less likely that the neighbours (and hence moths) will see it and be tempted to throw random things at it in the night .....

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Dark & Light varieties.
I wonder what colour the offspring will be.

Probably Form f.insularia.

 

[aflickering]

had my first yellow shell last night, as well as the first hawk-moth for my garden (poplar) and a clouded silver which escaped only to land right on my fingertip. the large yellow underwings (had 4 now, not really looking forward to when that 4 becomes 400 i must say!) are starting to emerge here, as well as the magpies (had 2), whilst the willow beautys continue to be my most common macro (bee moths being the most common micro).

 

[Surreybirder]

buff arches was NFY last night, and a rather smart micro which I'll try and photo before I head in to work.
Ken

 

[aflickering]

my dad got a NFY buff arches last night too, i'm excited at the prospect of getting one, very striking

 

[martinf]

my dad got a NFY buff arches last night too, i'm excited at the prospect of getting one, very striking

Had one too last night, a first for my garden and what a brilliant moth

Snout was NFY too plus a couple of pugs which I'll post later for ID help!!

 

[Nerine]

Brittany Moths in June

Just spent 2 weeks in Brittany, not always moth-like weather. However I found 64 species plus more I can't id. I had about a dozen moths I hadn't seen before.|=)| New for me were:

Fox Moth
Pebble Hook-tip
Small Yellow Wave
Brussels Lace
Pine Hawk-moth
Tawny Prominent
Barred Straw
White-pinion Spotted
Bordered Straw
Portland Ribbon Wave
Pyrausta Purpuralis (I think)
Speckled Yellow (flying by day but no photo)

Nerine

 

[Brian Stone]

Could that be P. aurata? Any shots with the wings open (or the underside)?

 

[Nerine]

.... and as lots of people here seem to like them I'll post my photo of Buff Arches from a week ago plus four more photos, Pine Hawk-moth and Portland Ribbon Wave being new for me.

Nerine

 

[Nerine]

Could that be P. aurata? Any shots with the wings open (or the underside)?

Hi Brian, I did wonder about p.aurata . Sorry, no other photos that'll help. What should I have looked for? It looked far more purple that p.aurata which I've seen in my garden. But I know that doesn't necessarily mean it's purpuralis. Hmmmmm .... not sure now.

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Well it was certainly a Hawk-moth night with 5 species turning up! i've never had 3 Hawk-moth species at once let alone 5.
Other highlights were a beautiful Orange Moth (I wonder how he got that name) and a Pug which is new for me that I am unsure of at the moment.

Quite a mild night at around 13c with a slight breeze and thankfully not many midges around this morning just a heap of lovely Moths to sort through!

2x Smoky Wainscot [NFY]
1x Pug ID [NFY]
1x Lozotaenia forsterana [NFY]
1x Crambus perlella [NFY]
1x Scop ID
1x Poplar Hawk-moth
1x Eyed Hawk-moth
2x Privet Hawk-moth
1x Lime Hawk-moth
1x Elephant Hawk-moth
2x Crambus lathoniellus
6x Willow Beauty
1x Orange Moth
5x Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana
1x Common Swift
3x Straw Dot
3x Marbled Minor sp.
27x Heart & Dart
2x Mottled Rustic
1x Uncertain
1x Bee Moth Aphomia sociella
1x Spectacle
1x Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata
1x Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella
1x Emmelina monodactyla
1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
8x Buff Ermine
1x White Ermine
1x Riband Wave
1x Mottled Beauty
1x Brimstone Moth
1x Udea Olivalis
1x Barred Straw
1x Common Marbled Carpet
4x Snout
1x Small Waved Umber
6x Dark Arches
1x Pale Prominent
3x Brown Rustic
1x Large Nutmeg
1x Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana
1x Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana
2x Fan-foot
1x Small Fan-foot
2x Rustic Shoulder-knot
3x Celypha lacunana
1x Silver-ground Carpet
2x Silver-Y
1x Clouded Brindle
1x Cnephasia sp.
2x Small Dusty Wave