May 2009 Moths (1 Viewer)

[luke]

last night produced just a single moth but it was a case of quality rather than quantity. I got a Glaucous Shears which is one i caught last year aswell, so must be a bit of a hotspot round here!

 

[Nerine]

A little better last night with the wind dropping and plenty of cloud cover.

I had three nfy's:

Small Dusty Wave
Bright-line Brown-eye
The Fern

(sorry, not the best of photos, bad light and windy!)

Nerine

 

[robhope]

Hopefully the year will get better and not be as poor as last year. Hardly anything of note for me so far.

robhope

Egrets, I've had a few

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Had a fantastic night here, getting up at 4.30am before the other winged friends got a chance to attack my catch!

12c most of the night, but those strong wings still stay with us.

1x Powdered Quaker
1x Alucita hexadactyla
2x Hebrew Character
1x Green Carpet [NFY]
6x Waved Umber
1x Pale Tussock
10x Brimstone Moth
1x Epiblema cynosbatella [NFG]
1x Scoparia ambigualis [NFY]
1x Micro id [NFG]
1x Nut-tree Tussock
1x Scorched Carpet
1x Red Twin-spot Carpet [NFY]
2x Brindled Pug
1x Early Grey
1x Bright-line Brown-eye
1x Seraphim (possible) [NFG]
1x Pebble Prominent
1x Buttoned Snout [NFY]
1x Garden Carpet

 

[Surreybirder]

6th May

Nothing too exciting...
May highflyer (nfy)
brimstone 3
lime hawk
flame shoulder 5
3 pugs (2 brindled and one which I think might be oak-tree)
1 unidentified micro.

Ken

 

[antshrike69]

Last night only one new for the year list:
Coxcomb Prominent.

Other highlights:
Pale Prominent 1
Lime Hawk Moth 1
Spectacle 1

Brimstones building in numbers over recent nights.

 

[socksitis]

It will be my first attempt at moth - ing tonight, it will be dry, maybe windy, just a few will do as it could take soem time to ID
Time will tell...

 

[Surreybirder]

It will be my first attempt at moth - ing tonight, it will be dry, maybe windy, just a few will do as it could take soem time to ID
Time will tell...

Good luck! Conditions don't sound ideal but you should get a few.
Ken

 

[SveinB]

Hardly anything here in my trap the last week- due to clear, cold nights with wind and bright moonshine.

A few new for the year though:

Early thorn- Selenia dentaria 3
May Highflyer- Hydriomena impluviata 1
Diamond-back Moth- Plutella xylostella 1
Glaucous Shears- Papestra biren 1 (to pheromones for Panolis flammea)

I also had a short trip to the south west coast of Norway, and found a few moths I have never seen before during a 20 minutes attempt with pheromones for Emperor Moth, and one hour with light and a white sheet, later the same evening (1 sth of may):

Emperor Moth- Saturnia pavonia 3 (males) to pheromones
Great prominent- Peridea anceps 1
Lunar Marbled Brown- Drymonia ruficornis 1
Ringed Carpet- Cleora cinctaria 1
Diurnea fagella 2

Svein B

 

[socksitis]

Well, thankfully just 7 in the trap - did not think there would be any and the ID has taken some time this morning - at least stay put in a pot, unlike birds!
4 Hebrew Character
1 Common Quaker
1 pebble Prominent
1 Flame Shoulder

Really enjoyed that!

 

[Surreybirder]

My catch was very poor last night. I thought it would be but I had to be up at 4.00 a.m. anyway having been volunteered to lead a dawn chorus walk (which was quite fun, with nightingale, cuckoo and tawny owl all heard well).
Back to the moths:
flame shoulder
brindled pug 2
brimstone
muslin moth,
common quaker (first for a couple of weeks)

 

[Nerine]

A small catch from a clear night with a huge moon.

Peppered moth (nfy)
Maiden's Blush (new in my garden)
Shuttle-shaped Dart (4)
Flame Shoulder
Eudonia angustea

and a swarm of gnats

Nerine

 

[antshrike69]

Well, thankfully just 7 in the trap - did not think there would be any and the ID has taken some time this morning - at least stay put in a pot, unlike birds!
4 Hebrew Character
1 Common Quaker
1 pebble Prominent
1 Flame Shoulder

Really enjoyed that!

It's a slippery slope, trust me! I'm completely addicted after only a few weeks so be careful...

Last night started very well although little after midnight.

Eyed Hawk Moth - superb individual, flashing its 'eyes' and rocking side to side.
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Garden Carpet 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Muslin 1
Brimstone 3
Clouded Drab 1
Phtheochroa rugosana 1
Syndemis musculana 2

 

[Barry Hunt]

Nothing too exciting...
May highflyer (nfy)
brimstone 3
lime hawk
flame shoulder 5
3 pugs (2 brindled and one which I think might be oak-tree)
1 unidentified micro.

Ken

Hi Ken,

Your Pug is a Dwarf Pug and very nice too:t:

Barry

 

[Surreybirder]

Hi Ken,

Your Pug is a Dwarf Pug and very nice too:t:

Barry

Thanks, Barry, a new sp. for me.
Ken

PS found this white ermine in the garden this p.m. (new for year).

 

[Nerine]

PS found this white ermine in the garden this p.m. (new for year).

Ken, I think it's a Muslin moth, female.

Nerine

 

[Surreybirder]

I think you're right. Not sure I've ever seen one before!
Ken

 

[sourton]

I did not have much in the trap last night, just 6.

1 x Hebrew Character
1 x Flame Shoulder
2 x Shuttle Shaped Dart
1 x Muslin Moth
1 x Chocolate Tip which wasn't actually in the trap but nearby.

Shelley

 

[antshrike69]

23 moths last night but 18 species!

New for year:

Poplar Hawk Moth
Seraphim
Treble Lines
Pale Mottled Willow
White-spotted Pug

Also a lovely Chocolate Tip, 3 pristine Green Carpets and a smart Common Marbled Carpet.

Garden list now up to 75 lol

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Last night were all singles but a stunning Eyed Hawkmoth

1x Eyed Hawkmoth [NFG]
1x Rustic Shoulder-knot [NFY]
1x White Ermine [NFY]
1x Small Waved Umber
1x Chocolate-tip
1x Waved Umber
1x Early Grey
1x Swallow Prominent
1x Brimstone Moth

a River walk on Saturday yielded

1x Nettle-tap
1x Incurvaria masculella [NFS]
3x Grapholita jumgiella
35x Micropterix calthella [NFS]
1x Common Carpet
1x Red Twin-spot Carpet
1x Dichrorampha sedatana [NFS]
1x Epinotia immundana
1x Glyphipterix simpliciella [NFS]
1X Lobesia abscisana [NFS]

Its turning out to be a better year than last.