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Garden Moths 2012
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Common, which usually has small or absent discal spot, Wormwood has a distinct spotHalf-cocked wrote: »17 species caught last night in the rain. Need help with these 2:
A Common or Wormwood Pug?
Another Brown House-mothand this, about 10mm long:
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Sorry bad photos today... was in a hurry and it was raining!
Is this a Small Square Spot?
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And this
I'm coming up with too many possibilities! I think I'd left the flash on there so may look paler that it was.
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Different moth but maybe the same?
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YesSorry bad photos today... was in a hurry and it was raining!
Is this a Small Square Spot?
Both Rustic Shoulder-knotAnd this
I'm coming up with too many possibilities! I think I'd left the flash on there so may look paler that it was.
Different moth but maybe the same?
This is the answer to so many id requests at this time of year. It just isn't as strongly marked as the other species about at moment. But the shoulder mark can be seen in both your pics.0 -
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Good catch last night with 40 moths of 21 species.
648 White Shouldered House Moth
1376 Small Magpie
1727 Silver Ground Carpet
1728 Garden Carpet x5
1764 Common Marbled Carpet
1834 Common Pug
1904 Scorched Wing
1906 Brimstone
1958 Clouded Silver
1992 Small Elephant Hawk Moth
2060 White ermine
2061 Buff Ermine
2120 Ingrailed Clay x2
2123 Small Square Spot x 2
2147 Shears
2326 Clouded Bordered Brindle x9
2334 Rustic Shoulder Knot x 6
2337x Marbled Minor
2380 Treble Lines
2422 Beautiful Golden y
2449 Dark Spectacle
+ 2 cockchafers + 1 Sexton Beetle (necrodes litteralis I think)
plus a few wings in the trap
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put the actinic out last night. Up bright and early to get it in before the rain started
Clouded Bordered Brindle x 9
Rustic Shoulder Knot x 2
Peppered Moth x 2
1 x Small Angle Shades
plus 1 big micro or small macro that I haven't identified yet
With the small angle shades I wondered if my marbled minor from Friday was mis-identified.0 -
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YesHalf-cocked wrote: »Great catch LB!
Mine was pretty poor, not worth listing here.
Is this a Broken-barred Carpet?
Obviously 7.5mmId please. Not even sure if its a Moth. its 0.75MM nose to tail.
I think it is a moth and possibly a Coleophora species, most of which need dissecting to ID.
No, I had a number of Lead Belle last weekend which had wings closed. This could be anotherWould this be a Dingy Shell?
I think Hedya species, need better photoAnother micro. Thanks easier said than done! 0 -
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Obviously 7.5mm
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No it was 0.75mm just about able to see with the naked eye:) Had to put an ext tube on the macro lense to get pic.Wouldnt be easy to dissect at that size:)0 -
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Cold and windy here last night. Easy to count the moths this moring.
Buff Ermine x 2.
White Ermine x 2
Flame Shoulder x 1
Small Square-spot x 1
Gold Spot x 1
Had the trap in a friends garden last week,got this Green Silver-lines.0 -
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A couple of mating pairs I've seen in my garden these past couple days.
Ghost Moth this evening
The male is the ghost.....:)
Six-spot Burnet on Monday evening
Staying with 6-spot Burnet
6 weeks ago I found about 15 larvae amongst Bird's foot Trefoil
the cocoons are usually quite obvious, both empty and occupied, but it took me a while to find even one. This one was quite low down.
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super pics MM.
Had my first Large Yellow Underwing of the year in the trap this morning. I'll be seeing a lot more of those I think.
Also 2x Heart and Dart, 2 x Clounded Bordered Brindle and a Middle Barred Minor.
Surprisingly low numbers again.
Yesterday my son saw a moth on the trampoline. He says it was brown and the same size as "normal" moths but skinnier. It had 4 or 5 white spots on each wing and didn't have a fluffy head:D Nothing in the book matches so I reckon we must have a super rarity
He also says he wants to be a moth-finder when he grows up. What's the salary like? :pac:
Can also add Garden Carpet and Garden Grass Veneer to that list. Must have been hiding on the bottom of the trap.0 -
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I had my first Poplar Hawkmoth of the year in the trap this morning
Also..
3 x White Ermine
2 x Buff Ermine
1 x Heart and Dart
1 x Map Winged Swift
1 x Ghost (female)
plus a couple of carpets that got away before I got a good look.
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Still waiting here.My copy must have gone via ChinaHalf-cocked wrote: »That new Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Britain & Ireland finally arrived yesterday (mis-sent to Australia for some reason according to An Post). It looks great, illustrations are excellent and lots of info. I've already added a few species to my garden list! One thing I won't be doing is trying to pronounce any of the Latin names out loud;)
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I've ID'd the 2 pics below as Dusky Brocades but stand open to correction:
and got this nicely marhed Dark Arches:
Got some Micros too, awful time trying to ID even with the new field guide. Think they are Scoparia ambigualis but possibly pyralella?0 -
It is Dark ArchesHalf-cocked wrote: »I had this one ID'd a s a Dark Arches - anyone think it might be something else
They are double brooded.Half-cocked wrote: »Caught a Setaceous Hebrew Character last night - didn't realize they were around this early.
I'd mostly likely Mottled. Here Willow has a later flight season, but of course it could be different in your patchHalf-cocked wrote: »Got about 30 moths, all the usual suspects except 1 Beauty which escaped before I could decide if it was Willow or Mottled:mad:
Top one is, but next one down is Dark Arches. Usually Dark arches is obviously larger than most moths in the trap. If this one was a Dusky Brocade size then it joins the many reports of small moths this year.Half-cocked wrote: »I've ID'd the 2 pics below as Dusky Brocades but stand open to correction:
I do think it is S. ambigualis, but there probably is some overlap in appearance.Got some Micros too, awful time trying to ID even with the new field guide. Think they are Scoparia ambigualis but possibly pyralella?0 -
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28 species last night including some micros. Lots of season firsts plus a few brand new for the garden. Having some difficulties IDing a few:
I think this is a Small Mottled Willow?
and a Pale Mottled Willow?
and an oddly coloured Mottled Beauty?
All with Mottled in the name!
Other species caught were:
Common Pug 4
Heart & Dart 29
Poplar Hawkmoth 1
Scoparia ambigualis 9
Garden Carpet 3
Mottled Beauty 3
Dusky Brocade 4
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Common Marbled Carpet 4
Scalloped Hazel 3
Burnished Brass 1
Marbled Minor agg 3
Flame Shoulder 1
White Shouldered House Moth 1
Brown House Moth 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Common Swift 1
Dark Arches 2
Bright Line Brown-eye 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Cinnibar 1
Lozotaenia forsterana 2
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
Chrysoteuchia culmella 10 -
A promising evening had turned to horrible rain by morning. Still had a few moths.
Cinnabar x1 (surprised me as I'd never seen them round here before)
Heart & Dart x3
White Ermine x 3
Buff Ermine x3
plus a few micros that I ignored due to wanting out of the rain!
Also the two below. I've the first tagged as Light Arches and the second? looks similar but different and darker but maybe just the angle and lighting?
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