September Moths (5 Viewers)

[KenM]

16 of 25 last night/am to include another common widespread moth that became a lifer for me Orange Sallow plus Cypress Pug and Swallowtail (FOYS).

 

[loiner]

A bit of a mad night with just over 450 moths of 31 species, with 367 Large Yellow underwings easily breaking my previous record. Lesser Yellow Underwing (13) and Square-spot Rustic (11) were the only others to get into double figures and Angle-striped Sallow was the only NFY.

 

[KenM]

A bit of a mad night with just over 450 moths of 31 species, with 367 Large Yellow underwings easily breaking my previous record. Lesser Yellow Underwing (13) and Square-spot Rustic (11) were the only others to get into double figures and Angle-striped Sallow was the only NFY.

WOW!👍

 

[Atropos]

A bit of a mad night with just over 450 moths of 31 species, with 367 Large Yellow underwings easily breaking my previous record. Lesser Yellow Underwing (13) and Square-spot Rustic (11) were the only others to get into double figures and Angle-striped Sallow was the only NFY.

Fantastic

 

[Steve Lister]

A nice start to the month with 97 of 17. An Orange Sallow is only my 4th in 20 years, backed up by Centre-barred Sallow, Light Emerald, Chinese Character and what could be a new emergence of Box-tree Moths.

 

[KenM]

A nice start to the month with 97 of 17. An Orange Sallow is only my 4th in 20 years,

My last night’s Orange Sallow was my 1st in 20 years, an interesting timescale return on a species that is regarded as common and widespread.😮

 

[wheatearlp]

16 of 25 last night/am to include another common widespread moth that became a lifer for me Orange Sallow plus Cypress Pug and Swallowtail (FOYS).

Late for a Swallowtail Ken! What's the moth in your last pic., I can't place it?

 

[aeshna5]

Late for a Swallowtail Ken! What's the moth in your last pic., I can't place it?

The last one is the Aussie adventive, Musotima nitidalis.

 

[Atropos]

The last one is the Aussie adventive, Musotima nitidalis.

and one that this Aussie moth-er hasnt caught...and it has been recorded north of Cairns....

 

[KenM]

and one that this Aussie moth-er hasnt caught...and it has been recorded north of Cairns....

👍😮

 

[Farnboro John]

Snout on the window this evening.

John

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Snout on the window this evening.

John

Strange way to nod off.

 

[Farnboro John]

Strange way to nod off.

Still jetlagged!

John

 

[Southern Viking]

Wish I could input here more than just sharing twitter posts from others, but the below was really gripping:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831382683685154927

I'll get myself some clearwing lures for next year. Live in a first floor flat though so can't realistically run a trap.

 

[KenM]

No fireworks last night/am, just 10 of 15 (not helped by rising at 6.30, just in time to see the Robin “winging away” from the trap.😩
However, a Yellow Shell and a “late” Mocha, was better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.🤣

 

[chipperatl]

Really slow here, and the 1st I didn't even get out to check the sheets. Spent most of the weekend trying to recover 200K pics from a HD that decided to quit on me in the middle of moving my Lightroom library.
Fleece-winged Dart

Large Tolype Moth

 

[JWN Andrewes]

A very suave looking Black Rustic was pick of the crop yesterday morning, with Lychnis &Turnip also notable.

 

[KenM]

It’s been pointed out to me, that I’ve inadvertently placed Thursday night’s thread in August Moths…apologies😩

Didn’t run the trap last night albeit I left the patio security light on and had-
3 Light Emeralds, 2 Square Dot Rustics, Willow Beauty and my first Red-Green Carpet of the season.

 

[Steve Lister]

Numbers have picked up this week, and the last two nights have produced catches of 145/21 and 171/24. Nothing particularly unusual but my catches of 10 Angle Shades and 15 Setaceous Hebrew Characters yesterday were both new records for my garden, only to be eclipsed by 24 and 25 respectively today.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Autumnal moths are pretty few & far between with my only Sallow being Centre-barred Sallow. Old Lady is having a good year locally & currently Large Yellow Underwings are in exceptional numbers capturing around 500 per night but otherwise Flounced Rustics have peaked & now Vine's Rustics & Setaceous Hebrew Charatcer make up numbers. Common Wainscot has had a reasonable late brood. A few L-album Wainscots & multiple Olive Pearls (Palpita vitrealis) & White-points at the moment.

A reasonable 96 species to 5 lights at our local rewilding site on Monday 3rd September included a very worn Porter's Rustic as well as Pandemis cinnamomeana, Acleris emargana, Beautiful Chinamark, Donacaula forficella, Spruce Carpet, Tawny-speckled Pug & Lilac Beauty.

I continue to identify Spiny Hooktip (Watsonalla uncinula) locally & had one on 3rd September with the opportunity to compare it to Oak Hooktips (Watsonalla bilunaria). That is subject to gendet really....

All the best

Paul