June 2009 Moths (1 Viewer)

[Nerine]

Some good day flying moths (and a few disturbed out of various undergrowth) today at Coombes valley RSPB,Tittesworth reservior and Carsington water....

Some nice moths there, Dave.

I had a bumper catch last night from my borrowed MV trap. I didn't know where to start and it took me over 4 hours to empty the trap; I began at 5am. I counted over 300 moths, about 70 species. Several I still have to identify. Many flew off when I opened the trap. I'm not used to this!

New for my garden were:
Bordered Beauty
Small Elephant Hawk-moth (2) |=)|
Green Silver-lines|=)|
Figure of Eighty

Several 'new for year' including:
Clouded Silver (2)
Barred Red (3) (one brown, one faded brown and one a washed out green!)
Small Angle Shades
Pine Beauty
Dark/Grey Dagger
Small Blood Vein
Green Pug (2)
Scalloped Oak
Short-cloaked Moth
Mottled Rustic

A few pix of the ones I had time to photo:

Nerine

 

[socksitis]

Very good night last night - although midges were a problem exiting the trap this morning and biting me!
Highlights for me were:
Double Lines
Smokey Wave
Sharp Angled Peacock
Burnished Brass
Four Dotted Footman
Dark Fruit Tree Tortrix
Dark Arches
Green Arches
Knot Grass
True Lover's Knot
123 moths plus a few escapes of 42 species - enough for me to deal with

 

[Davebutterflyman]

Some lovely photos and catches Nerine and Socksitis.

The unidentified micro from Coombes valley earlier was a male Nemophora degeerella with huge antennae.

Chimney sweeper.

 

[aflickering]

pretty good night for me too, highlights were:
clay (NFG)
blood-vein (NFG)
gothic (NFY)
3 magpie
(very) green pug
2 buff ermine
snout

 

[martinf]

a reasonable night last night

Lackey was NFG

and this other. Is it just a minor agg?

 

[Surreybirder]

a reasonable night last night

Lackey was NFG

and this other. Is it just a minor agg?

have a look at small ranunculus... not one I've ever seen,
Ken

 

[martinf]

Thanks Ken, I should have persevered....
well another NFG

 

[aflickering]

another decent night inc:
red-barred tortrix NEW
2 single dotted wave NFY
dot moth NFY
sandy carpet NEW

 

[Brian Stone]

Moster catch the night before last. Species count is going to come in at around the 70 mark. A few highlights but still working on the ID of a couple. Certainly my second ever Crambus pascuella and what looks very like Ethmia quadrillella, which would be a bit of a find if I'm right.

 

[Davebutterflyman]

A good catch here last night as well with 54 species in 145 moths.No time to list them all as i'm going out to look for day flyers at a few local patches but these were some of the highlights including 6 hawkmoths within a few minutes of each other,5 Elelphant and 1 Lime!.

Peach Blossom NFY
Gothic NFY
Meal Moth NFY
Buff Arches NFY
Satin Wave NFY
Mottled Rustic NFY
Clepsis Consimilana NFY
Marbled Beauty NFY

I'll post some photos later.

Dave.

 

[Davebutterflyman]

Photos from last nights trap.

Barred yellow.

Buff arches.

Peach blossom.

 

[Brian Stone]

Ethmia quadrillella & Gracillaria syringella

A couple of garden firsts from the other night. 225 moths of 70 species in the end. Also only 3rd ever Clouded Brindle. A very dark Seraphim had me going for a while as well. no hawks at all.

 

[Brian Stone]

Hornet Moth

Found this beast this morning on my second day searching local poplars for the species. It was 8am and already this moth was warmed up and flew shortly after this photo. Might try a bit earlier in this warm weather.

 

[Steve Lister]

Monday night was my first one back after two weeks in South Africa and produced 69 moths of 27 species - pretty good for my unpromising garden.

Light Emerald 1 First for site
Barred Yellow 1 FFY
Common Emerald 1 FFY
Clay 2 FFY
Dark Arches 4 FFY
Burnished Brass 1 FFY
Swallowtail 1 FFY
Middle-barred Minor 2 FFY
Pale Mottled Willow 1 FFY

Steve

 

[antshrike69]

A great night mothing last night was my first for a week, having been away. The species composition had changed since last trapping and several were new for the year.

17 Common Swift 1
414 Argyresthia curvella 1 NFY
424 Bird-cherry Ermine 2 NFY
970 Pandemis cerasana 1
977 Large Fruit Tree Tortrix 2
994 Clepsis consimilana 3
998 Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1001 Lozotaenoides formosanus 1 NFY
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 2
1010 Red-barred Tortrix 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 2
1093 Apotomis betuletana 1 NFY
1201 Eucosma cana 1 NFY
1274 Dichrorampha alpinana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1376 Small Magpie 2
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1 NFY
1428 Bee Moth 5
1634 Lackey 2 NFY
1652 Peach Blossom 1
1654 Figure of Eighty 1
1669 Common Emerald 5
1707 Small Dusty Wave 3
1711 Treble Brown-Spot 3
1713 Riband Wave 12
1728 Garden Carpet 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet 4
1765 Barred Yellow 2
1766 Blue-bordered Carpet 1
1809 Twin-spot Carpet 1 NFY
1860 Green Pug 2
1906 Brimstone 2
1921 Scalloped Oak 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth 4 NFY
1931 Peppered Moth 6
1941 Mottled Beauty 8
1958 Clouded Silver 2
1961 Light Emerald 2
1976 Privet Hawk-Moth 1
1979 Lime Hawk-Moth 2
1981 Poplar Hawk-Moth 1
2009 Maple Prominent 1 NFY
2031 White Satin 1 NFY
2061 Buff Ermine 2
2089 Heart and Dart 31
2098 The Flame 5
2102 Flame Shoulder 7
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2127 Triple-spotted Clay 5
2128 Double Square-Spot 8
2155 Dot Moth 3 NFY
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 6
2280 Miller 1
2284 Grey Dagger 2
2302 Brown Rustic 4
2306 Angle Shades 1
2318 Dun-bar 2 NFY
2321 Dark Arches 6
2337 Marbled Minor 5
2338 Rufous Minor 1
2343 Rustic 4 NFY
2381 The Uncertain 10
2384 Vines Rustic 5
2477 Snout 7
2489 Fanfoot 3
2492 Small Fanfoot 5

Plus some to ID still.

Nice Hornet Moth btw Brian.

 

[antshrike69]

A few shots

 

[antshrike69]

And a few more!

 

[sourton]

I had a bumper catch on the 22nd. I had my first hawkmoth which was an Elephant Hawkmoth (2 of them), beautiful moths. I also had a Scarlet Tiger moth which was stunning. A few of the others were:
Lilac Beauty
Buff Arches
Fan Foot
Scalloped Oak
Buff Ermine
Angle Shades
Peppered Moth
Figure of Eighty
Grey Dagger
Dark Arches
Poplar Grey
Barred Straw

 

[Surreybirder]

A couple of garden firsts from the other night. 225 moths of 70 species in the end. Also only 3rd ever Clouded Brindle. A very dark Seraphim had me going for a while as well. no hawks at all.

quadrillella doesn't seem to be on the Surrey list so presumably it's a very local species - well done!

 

[Brian Stone]

There are 70 VC31 records so not so remarkable locally but it was a complete family tick for me!