Moths of March 2012 (1 Viewer)

[rob lee]

Hi all,
Given the current spring like weather & ever increasing emergent species numbers, I think we can safely move on from the moths through winter thread & dive headlong in to the new season (fingers crossed). A trip to my local woodland for a couple of hours last night produced the following to my 40W actinic.
Ypsolopha ustella 1
Tortricodes alternella 20+
March Moth 7
Oak Beauty 1
Small Quaker 1
Small Brindled Beauty 1
Did`nt get too much in the garden overnight though, with only singles of Emmelina monodactyla, Epiphyas postvittana, Common Quaker & Hebrew Character in the trap this morning

 

[Wharfrat]

I also spent a couple of hours in a local wood with a 15w actinic and a torch and net...

Shoulder Stripe - 2
Engrailed - 10
Small Brindled Beauty - 1
Dotted Border - 1
Small Quaker - 24
March Moth - 14
Yellow Horned - 6
Twin-spotted Quaker - 1
Oak Beauty - 1
Tortricodes alternella - 1
Diurnea fagella - 2
and a couple of Acleris sp. (look like notana from the photos, but not certain yet!)

 

[Andy1979]

I put my 125w MV out in my new garden for the first time last night. Sadly, nothing to get excited about:
Common Quaker - 3
Hebrew Character - 5
Early Grey - 1

I hope it picks up, my last garden was awesome with 246 macros over 6 yrs (in a London Garden). I had a really big oak tree and backed onto a little bit of farmland. Now i'm sort of in a town with loads of smaller trees and a pond in the garden. Not too far (1mile maybe) from the river Medway (estuary). So there's always a chance...

 

[billsbirding]

Quite a busy season so far down in Surrey, with 30 species recorded so far in the garden (took me to late April to achieve this total last year). Amongst all the usuals, an unusually early Muslin Moth was an interesting find on 13th, and a few hangover Dark Chestnuts have lightened up the trap (no puns intended). Also, plenty of Comma butterflies already holding territories out on Bookham Common at the weekend.

 

[Andy1979]

A couple more species to add from last night:
Small Quaker - 1
Clouded Drab - 1

As well as the ever present Hebrew Characters (12) and Common Quakers (5).

Andy M.

 

[Jonny721]

Despite the pretty high day temperatrues it has reminaed stubbornly cold at night so far this year (don't think we've had a single night over 10 degrees) which is preventing many moths from coming out it seems.

Had singles of Common Quaker, March Moth and Diurnea Fagella in past couple of weeks

 

[rob lee]

Ditto the cold overnight temperatures here too, coupled with a lack of cloud cover as well.
A few hours with the M.V. on in the garden last night did`nt produce much more than a couple of March Moths, Common & Small Quakers & an Epiphyas postvittana. Hoping for a bit more at the week-end but it looks like the cooling easterlies are starting to set in here on the coast.

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

200 Small Quaker exactly in the trap this morning after a clear night. A brand new species to me was a Blossom Underwing.

 

[Surreybirder]

Not too much variety here yet - oak beauty, twin-spot quaker and early thorn, clouded drab, small quaker were all new for year last night.
Ken

 

[Nerine]

Not too much variety here yet - oak beauty, twin-spot quaker and early thorn, clouded drab, small quaker were all new for year last night.
Ken

Snap - plus Chestnut.

Nerine

 

[Jonny721]

A much improved night for moths with 21 in the trap:

Twin Spot Quaker (nfm)
Small Quaker (nfy)
Clouded Drab (nfy)
Herald (nfy)
3 Common Quaker
6 Hebrew Character
7 Early Grey
Agonopterix Heracliana (nfy)

 

[Rob1991S-O-T]

last nights trap in staffordshire
7 small quaker
2 clouded drab
2 hebrew character
2 common quaker

 

[Brian Stone]

Orange Underwing

Seen quite a few of these in birch woodland but was very surprised to have one in the garden yesterday. We have a couple of fairly mature birches but didn't expect it to be enough to attract this dayflier. Nice garden tick.

 

[jackied]

Orange Underwing are flying in the Wyre Forest at the moment.
Jackie

 

[woodwolf]

Hi
Just started trapping, really enjoying it.
In my Worcestershire garden run a 8w Portable heath trap
since Thursday...

Satellite
Early Grey
Hebrew character

Macro set in my flickr page :t:

 

[antshrike69]

Seen quite a few of these in birch woodland but was very surprised to have one in the garden yesterday. We have a couple of fairly mature birches but didn't expect it to be enough to attract this dayflier. Nice garden tick.

Very nice Brian - I've been out looking for these locally but one in the garden is particularly special.

Here things are still waiting to take off, but I did have my second Leek Moth this week.

 

[woodwolf]

Orange Underwing are flying in the Wyre Forest at the moment.
Jackie

I had them in Chaddesley Wood the other day Jackie, they are smashing :t:

 

[Brian Stone]

Only an Early Thorn at a window last night to add here. Couldn't get a photo.

Edit: having said that it's still there tonight and managed this with a head torch.

 

[tom tams]

A Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata trapped overnight in Tynemouth vc67, this is only the second March record for Northumberland, the last being on 1 March 1977

www.northumberlandmoths.org.uk

 

[Jacana]

Lots of moths, little diversity so far for me in Shropshire from the past few nights:

Powdered Quaker
Small Quaker
Common Quaker
Clouded Drab
White-marked...
Early Grey
March Moth
Hebrew Character

and two new species this year:
Satellite
Yellow Horned