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March Moths (2 Viewers)
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Southern Viking
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It's well up there on my most wanted list!
Farnboro John
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I probably see them one year in two if I'm wandering through their preferred birch woodland - lowland heath copses are good - but I've been lucky this year with two in a week along the Basingstoke Canal towpath near Eelmoor bridge at the West end of Farnborough airport.
John
KenM
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…..and mine!👍
Farnboro John
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Non-coincidentally added 2 March Moths NFY this morning, neither actually in the trap, both on the window frame: otherwise 5 Common Quakers, a Small Quaker and a Clouded Drab.
John
John
Farnboro John
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Twin-spot Quaker added to the year list overnight, along with 15 Common Quakers and 2 Small; 5 Hebrew Characters and 2 Clouded Drabs made up the balance of a decent trap.
Edit: another NFY found by glancing out of the window: a Double-striped Pug on the outside of the pane that I'd failed to notice while checking the trap.
John
Edit: another NFY found by glancing out of the window: a Double-striped Pug on the outside of the pane that I'd failed to notice while checking the trap.
John
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Went to my first trapping session at dawn this morning at a local nature reserve. Cooler than recent nights at 5c & cloudy. 12 moths of 6 species:
Acleris notana/ferrugana (probably former as in mainly oak woodland)
Chestnut
Common Quaker 3
Small Quaker 4
Hebrew Character 2
Diurnea fagella
Acleris notana/ferrugana (probably former as in mainly oak woodland)
Chestnut
Common Quaker 3
Small Quaker 4
Hebrew Character 2
Diurnea fagella
earthdragon64
Lurker
Finally got some moths! Only 2 in the trap last night, but one was a Rannoch Sprawler. The other was a Hebrew Character.
Farnboro John
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Trapped last night and a glance in before going to bed suggested quite a few in the trap. Results this morning very satisfying:
Yellow Horned new for the garden as well as NFY; Early Grey NFY; Diurnea fagella NFY.
Of the species already on the year-list, 2 Double-striped Pug, one on the wall and one in the trap; 24 Common Quaker; 4 Small Quaker; 3 Hebrew Character and 2 Clouded Drab.
John
Yellow Horned new for the garden as well as NFY; Early Grey NFY; Diurnea fagella NFY.
Of the species already on the year-list, 2 Double-striped Pug, one on the wall and one in the trap; 24 Common Quaker; 4 Small Quaker; 3 Hebrew Character and 2 Clouded Drab.
John
Farnboro John
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Thanks to Ken - see thread in Moth ID - I'm now in a position to fully list last night's catch in (and around) the back garden moth trap:
New for me, garden and of course year, Semioscopis avellanella
NFY: Acleris literana and Brindled Pug
The rest: 44 Common Quaker, 4 Small Quaker, Twin-spotted Quaker, 3 Oak Beauty, 4 Clouded Drab, Yellow Horned, Double-striped Pug, Early Grey.
Massive!
John
New for me, garden and of course year, Semioscopis avellanella
NFY: Acleris literana and Brindled Pug
The rest: 44 Common Quaker, 4 Small Quaker, Twin-spotted Quaker, 3 Oak Beauty, 4 Clouded Drab, Yellow Horned, Double-striped Pug, Early Grey.
Massive!
John
KenM
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Compares well against my 6 Macros of 3!…which included just 2 CQ’s + a NFY Oak Beauty.😩
Farnboro John
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Routine trap contents this morning, 17 Common Quakers, 6 Hebrew Characters, 2 Clouded Drabs and an Early Grey.
Less routine: Marion called me to the front step to see a caterpillar marching across the flagstones: a Large Yellow Underwing if my caterpillar field guide is to be trusted. Do I put it on this year's moth list?
John
Less routine: Marion called me to the front step to see a caterpillar marching across the flagstones: a Large Yellow Underwing if my caterpillar field guide is to be trusted. Do I put it on this year's moth list?
John
KenM
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Yes, if only a bit premature 🤣
Farnboro John
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Not a big catch last night (more hopeful about tonight):
Hebrew Character 3, Small Quaker 5. That's all folks!
Mind you, looking out at the trap mid-evening I caught sight of a strange light in the sky and called Maz to look at it. I took some fuzzy pictures but we'd no idea what it was: tentatively we thought it might be one of those stupid Chinese lanterns. Turns out it was seen right up and down the country!
John
Hebrew Character 3, Small Quaker 5. That's all folks!
Mind you, looking out at the trap mid-evening I caught sight of a strange light in the sky and called Maz to look at it. I took some fuzzy pictures but we'd no idea what it was: tentatively we thought it might be one of those stupid Chinese lanterns. Turns out it was seen right up and down the country!
John
