May 2022 Moths (1 Viewer)

[earthdragon64]

Two Edinburgh Pugs, 2 Nut-tree Tussocks and a Clouded Drab were all outside the trap yesterday morning, nothing actually inside it. Aviemore, VC95.

 

[Allen]

3 Brimstone and Hebrew Character, 2 Great Prominent and Foxglove Pug and singles of Knot Grass, Coronet, Nut tree tussock, Pale Tussock, Brindled and Common Pug, May Highflier and Small Phoenix

 

[Farnboro John]

Small but varied and enjoyable trap this morning (9th May):

Alder Moth
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Flame Shoulder
Heart and Dart
Iron Prominent
Great Prominent
Common Quaker
Pale Tussock

John

 

[JWN Andrewes]

A tick for me this morning, Grey Birch. Also a couple of Pale Tussock, Brown Silver-line and Alder Kitten.

 

[aeshna5]

Walking around one of my local patches this morning I found a very fresh Mother Shipton around some Dandelions.

Last week when I was with friends in northern Greece I was pleased to find a Lesser Belle, a species believed extinct in the UK, so a first for me. Posing on some bramble in a woodland clearing near the Bulgarian border & plenty of Aspen, White & Black Poplars around.

 

[KenM]

A good night for me last night Epping Forest- star billing went to a Mocha followed by Coxcomb Prominent, Least Black Arches, Lime-Speck Pug + quite a few “other” pugs, Brimstone x3….also 2 sp which I’ll place in the ID section.

 

[Steve Lister]

I have not really got going yet this year, and the moths certainly seem the same. I did run my trap last night but only got ten moths of six species, the highlight being my second-ever Chocolate-tip.

 

[Farnboro John]

Up till the morning of 10 May I'd have agreed with you, Steve, but 24 spp in and around the trap that morning suggest things are already changing.

14 of those were year ticks of which two were lifers (but I've only just started on micros so that reflects the change of approach, not occurrence.)

New for the year:

Orange Footman 2
Grey Pine Carpet
Knot Grass 6
Pale Mottled Willow 5
Turnip
Grey Dagger 2
White Ermine
Lime Hawk Moth 2
Treble Lines
Angle Shades
Small Magpie
Peppered Moth
Tachystola acroxantha 2 (tick)
Bee Moth (tick)

Repeats: Common Quaker 4, LBAM, Shuttle-shaped Dart 11, Heart and Dart 2, Pale Tussock 2, Flame Shoulder 5, Red-green Carpet 2, Nut-tree Tussock, Oak-tree Pug 3, Brindled Pug 2

Fairly pleased with that little lot!

John

 

[Steve Lister]

Sorting out the micros is a whole new ball game John - best of luck. I have always tried but often give up.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

A tick for me yesterday morning - Chocolate-tip. Feels like overall numbers at the moment are lowish, but species count is comparable with last year. Not been trapping long enough to have much of a bigger picture though.

 

[Farnboro John]

Sorting out the micros is a whole new ball game John - best of luck. I have always tried but often give up.

I think that's going to be my policy - always try but don't mind giving up!

Cheers

John

 

[KenM]

A “lifer” for me this am, NELondon.😮

 

[earthdragon64]

Aviemore, VC95 7 moths of 4 species on Saturday night
1 Nut-tree Tussock
1 Common Pug - NFY
4 Garden Carpet - NFY
1 Poplar Hawk-moth - NFY

 

[JWN Andrewes]

First Hawk-moth of the year yesterday morning, a Lime. Clouded-bordered Brindle & Buff-tip the other highlights.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

A “lifer” for me this am, NELondon.😮

Very nice Ken. Is that Red or Dark-barred?

 

[KenM]

Very nice Ken. Is that Red or Dark-barred?

I assume a Red twin-spot carpet?

Cheers

 

[aeshna5]

I assume a Red twin-spot carpet?

Cheers

Looks like it to me too.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Looks like it to me too.

Cheers

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Four more additions to the year list this morning - Pale Prominent, Engrailed, Buff Ermine & Knot Grass (which I didn't get at all last year).

 

[aeshna5]

Yesterday I was doing a fauna/flora survey of a large garden in Woking & had a trap out over the previous night which resulted in:

Poplar Hawkmoth 4
Silver-ground Carpet
Green Carpet 4
Nut Tree Tussock
Flame Shoulder 2
Treble Lines 5
Alder Kitten 2
Great Prominent
Pale Tussock 3
Maiden's Blush
Brimstone Moth

& 4 Cockchafer, 1 Common Earwig