May Moths (1 Viewer)

[Weasel1]

Not from the moth box this time, but from one of the local limestone meadows.

Straw Dot and Chimney Sweeper...

 

[JWN Andrewes]

My sixth macro garden tick of the year this morning, a Shears. Also NFY Heart & Dart, 7 Common Marbled Carpets, Lime Hawk-moth, Brown Silver-lines and Clouded-bordered Brindle.

 

[Southern Viking]

While we're still just about in May - link here in case anyone hasn't seen the photos of Britain's 5th Willowherb Hawkmoth at Dungeness on the 26th

Dungeness Bird Observatory

 

[Farnboro John]

While we're still just about in May - link here in case anyone hasn't seen the photos of Britain's 5th Willowherb Hawkmoth at Dungeness on the 26th

Dungeness Bird Observatory

Now that's really disappointing as I would have twitched it.

John

 

[dantheman]

A car tick today - saw this wee beestie on the gatepost through the windscreen just as I was about to reverse out of a friend's place in Falmouth this afternoon.

 

[Farnboro John]

A car tick today - saw this wee beestie on the gatepost through the windscreen just as I was about to reverse out of a friend's place in Falmouth this afternoon.




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Well spotted!

John

 

[chipperatl]

May has been really good for moths this spring with some above normal temps. 32 new moths for me, with 31 from my yard.
Some highlights:
Chinquapin Leafminer Moth

Double-toothed Prominent

Apical Prominent

Beautiful Eutelia Moth

(Not so) Little Carpenterworm Moth

Pink-legged Tiger Moth

Duospina trichella (probable first record for my state).

 

[aeshna5]

I set a trap last night in a local nature reserve in west London for a general nature walk I was leading this morning. Last night & today quite a cold blustery northerly, but trap in edge of wood.

Results were:

Heart & Dart 5
Marbled Minor agg
Middle -barred Minor
Treble Lines 4
Hedya nubiferana 4
Hawthorn Moth
Aleimma loeflingiana 2
Blood-vein
Willow Beauty
White Ermine 3
Straw Dot
Light Emerald
Archips xylosteana
Pandemis cerasana

Later walking in the wood found a perched Nemophora degeerella on a hazel leaf.

 

[Farnboro John]

Not as warm as I'd have liked last night but I put the trap out anyway, figuring something would happen.

It sort of did, 10/8 spp with three NFY: Beautiful Plume, Celypha lacunana and Cypress Carpet. Two each of Treble Lines and Heart and Dart were the only multiples and a Common Marbled Carpet the only thing out of the common run of stuff for the back garden.

Something all dark that got away was annoying.

John

 

[dantheman]

Not as warm as I'd have liked last night but I put the trap out anyway, figuring something would happen.

It sort of did, 10/8 spp with three NFY: Beautiful Plume, Celypha lacunana and Cypress Carpet. Two each of Treble Lines and Heart and Dart were the only multiples and a Common Marbled Carpet the only thing out of the common run of stuff for the back garden.

Something all dark that got away was annoying.

John

It also wasn't May ;-)

 

[renopaul]

May has been really good for moths this spring with some above normal temps. 32 new moths for me, with 31 from my yard.
Some highlights:
Chinquapin Leafminer Moth
Double-toothed Prominent
Apical Prominent
Beautiful Eutelia Moth
(Not so) Little Carpenterworm Moth
Pink-legged Tiger Moth
Duospina trichella (probable first record for my state).

A superb set of moths there, some of them a little reminiscent of species we see here in the U.K., others very exotic for us! I trapped a few nights in Texas back in April (on a trip to see the eclipse) and was blown away by the diversity and quantity of the moths I saw. Beautiful Eutelia was one; an amazing moth. Couple of my other favourites attached.

Cheers
Paul

 

[chipperatl]

That slug moth is awesome looking!!