September 2009 Moths. (1 Viewer)

[honeym]

Be careful what you wish for.

I've just returned from three weeks in Mallorca.

When I arrived they hadn't had any rain for several months. While I was there they had more than half of their annual rainfall in less than two weeks. It was so heavy it even stopped me mothing on several nights.

Very good for the island but not for me!

Martin

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

My first trapping for a week, and dispite cloudy skies for most of the night, I only got 12 moths! However, two of those were new for the garden, Sallow and.......Mallow!

Good mothing

Sean

 

[antshrike69]

Very nice Sean - that's one I'm yet to catch!

 

[luke]

Last night got me:
Pink barred Sallow
Willow Beauty
Angle Sahdes
Silver Y
Large Yellow Underwing
Square spot rustic
Common Marbled Carpet
Setacous Hebrew Charactor

and new species for me were Lunar Underwing, Feathered Renunculus and Cyress Pug.

 

[antshrike69]

It was milder here than recently, but the cloud cover was sparse and the moon was pretty full. There was still a nice selection in the trap this morning though.

Highlights were

Beaded Chestnut
Barred Sallow
Orange Sallow
Dusky-lemon Sallow (nfy)
Black Rustic
Rosy Rustic

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Last night at SSSI Woodland from 7-10pm I managed....

Macro Moths

1x Vapourer Moth [NFS]
1x Feathered Thorn [NFY]
10x Barred Sallow
9x Brick
1x Brindled Green
2x Chestnut
3x Common Marbled Carpet
1x Deep-brown Dart
2x Red-green Carpet
3x Red-line Quaker
3x Satellite
2x Willow Beauty

Micro Moths

1x Blastobasis adustella
2x Acleris sparsana
1x Acleris notana/ferrugana

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

Once again, I got very few moths (11), but two were brand new. Brindled Green (a beauty!) and Red-line Quaker.

Good mothing

Sean

 

[billsbirding]

Same here Sean, very few moths in the trap but it seems to be quality instead of quantity with a Cypress Carpet in my garden the other night. Anyone caught these recent colonists this year?

 

[Surreybirder]

Same here Sean, very few moths in the trap but it seems to be quality instead of quantity with a Cypress Carpet in my garden the other night. Anyone caught these recent colonists this year?

Hi, Bill,
I had my one and only cypress carpet this year - and I'm in the same county as you.
I'm having the same experience as others - clear skies, fullish moon, few moths. I had a dusky thorn on 29th which seems late?
Ken

 

[honeym]

Hi

There have been a few records of this species recently, mainly in Surrey/London borders.

Trapping at the London Wetland Centre (also in Surrey - but about as far north in the county as you can get) on 29th gave:

Shuttle-shaped Dart
Brindled Green
Copper Underwing
Large & Lesser Yellow Underwing
Large Wainscot
Willow Beauty
Sallow
Red-green Carpet
Mallow
Black Rustic
Pale Mottled Willow
Square-spot Rustic
Feathered Ranunculus

Martin

 

[luke]

last night was very much the same as the previous night, except for a Large Wainscot.

 

[Surreybirder]

Very quiet last night.
barred sallow was nfy.
Blair's shoulder-knot, red-green carpet, lunar underwing, brindled green,
Need some cloud-cover!
Ken

PS Just realised that we should be in October now!

 

[honeym]

Last night at the LWC, Barnes, 35 specimens of 13 species:

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x1
Large Yellow Underwing x3
Willow Beauty x4
Large Wainscot x11
Sallow x3
Black Rustic x5
Square-spot Rustic x6
Blair's Shoulder-knot x1
Straw Underwing x2

Eudonia pallida x1
Clepsis spectrana x1
Aproaerema anthylidella x1
Monopis sp. probably crocicapitella x1

Martin

 

[antshrike69]

Clear skies and a full moon did not help at all here either. I had the lowest count (9 moths!) since April when I started. Red-green Carpet and Sallow were the best available.

 

[pabowyer]

Last night in Weston-super-Mare: 5 Blair's Shoulder Knot, 4 Feathered Ranunculus, Dark Marbled Carpet and Tachystola acroxantha. Getting quiet for me now but not giving up yet. Have had to switch to a black light which has been pretty good so far.
Regards, Paul

 

[Oleander]

Clear skies and a full moon did not help at all here either. I had the lowest count (9 moths!) since April when I started. Red-green Carpet and Sallow were the best available.

Still a lot more than I get! The last week or so I have got between 1 and 3 moths! Guess there are less moths in Sweden which sucks

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Last night we managed this lot in extensive broad-leaved Woodland, the Flounced Chestnut was a first for both Graham and me.

This was under broken to clear sky and quite nippy.

Macro Moths

1x Flounced Chestnut [NFS]
12x Brick
2x Chestnut
3x Common Marbled Carpet
1x Feathered Thorn
5x Lunar Underwing
1x Pink-barred Sallow
4x Red-green Carpet
3x Yellow-line Quaker
2x Barred Sallow
1x Sallow
Micro Moths

2x Acleris emargana
1x Emmelina monodactyla
1x Acleris notana/ferrugana
1x Acleris rhombana

 

[Surreybirder]

I like messing around with spread sheets (sad, I admit) but it has enabled me to work out my 'top 17' moths so far this year:

1. Small quaker 573
2. Common quaker 260
3. Flame shoulder 186
4. heart and dart 112
5. square-spot rustic 104
6. Setaceous Hebrew character 96
7. Large yellow underwing 83
8. Green oak tortrix 79
9. Straw dot 74
10. small square spot 72
11. Hebrew character 65
12. Brimstone 62
13. Brindled pug 53
14. Marbled minor agg 41
15. Six-striped rustic 40
16. Common rustic agg 38
17. Dark arches 37

The 2nd micro is lacunana with 30.
Ken

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

Out of 47 trappings since the beggining of July (in brackets is individuals):

1. Large Yellow Underwing 38 (711)
2. Dunbar 28 (177)
3. Willow Beauty 27 (61)
4. Common Rustic agg. 24 (84)
5. Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 23 (94)
6. Brimestone 23 (41)
= Copper Underwing 23 (41)
8. Setaceous Hebrew Character 21 (50)
9. Riband Wave 20 (56)
10.Light Emerald 19 (58)
11.Square-spot Rustic 19 (26)
12.Dark Arches 18 (60)
13.Svensson's Copper Underwing 17 (20)
14.Flame 15 (28)
15.Marbled Beauty 15 (24)

 

[Bennyboymothman]

Here's my top 10 of 2009 so far

Heart and Dart - 246
Brimstone Moth - 233
Willow Beauty - 205
Setaceous Hebrew Character - 204
Hebrew Character - 196

its interesting to see that I get far more Willow Beauties & Brimstones but less Quaker's and Large Yellow Underwings