Garden Moth Recording 2011

Mothman

Gardener3 wrote: »

I am totally stumped with this one - if it wasn't September I'd be wondering Square Spot ......

Can't see it being anything else. There are always anomalies, this being one.

Mothman

Warmest night of year with min temp above 16C, but always wet and windy.
The following in trap

0658 Carcina quercana 1
0873 Blastobasis adustella 3
1038x Acleris laterana/comariana 4
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 3
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 17
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 7
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata) 1
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 22
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 6
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 115
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 37
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 1
2274 Sallow (Xanthia icteritia) 1
2297 Copper Underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea) 1
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 1
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 3
2350 Small Wainscot (Chortodes pygmina) 1
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 10
2368 Crescent (Celaena leucostigma) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 2

littlebug

A few more last night on a warmer night. The only "easy" ones were the LBBYUs,

I also had what I thought were a Bright Line Brown Eye, Dark Arches and Double Striped Pug but think it's too late for them?
I had another pale coloured moth that looked a bit like a miller or grey dagger (without the daggers:D) but smaller. Without my book I'm looking at the "what's flying now" pages and not seeing likely candidates. Any ideas?
I also don't have facility for uploading pics just now :rolleyes:

So yet another morning of misidentifications

Mothman

littlebug wrote: »

I also had what I thought were a Bright Line Brown Eye, Dark Arches and Double Striped Pug but think it's too late for them?

Any of these can be on the wing now.

As for the grey one you mentioned, nothing obvious comes to mind.

I'll await the photos

littlebug

Mothman wrote: »

Any of these can be on the wing now.

I'll assume I've identified correctly then so (for a change).

As for the grey one you mentioned, nothing obvious comes to mind.

I'll await the photos

:rolleyes: it's on my phone... can't find the cable thingamy for transfer so you could be waiting a while:o
I'll keep trawling the pics and see if I can find an obvious candidate.

Half-cocked

Caught 'my' Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing again the other night. She's identifiable as the same one by the wear and tear.

littlebug

I found the thingamy:)



Is grey shoulder knot a possibility? Or is it something really obvious that I'm missing?

thebishop

Trapped on Sat night instead of Friday.Strong wind and heavy showers. Easy to count them.
Large Yellow underwing x 2
Lesser Broad -Bordered yellow underwing x 1
Light Brown Apple moth x 4
Rosy Rustic x 4
Square- spot Rustic x 1
Small Square-spot x 1

Half-cocked

Some of last nights haul:

Black Rustic:


Angle Shades:


Feathered Ranunculus (?):


Copper Underwing:


Silver Y:

Mothman

Half-cocked wrote: »

Feathered Ranunculus (?):

Yes

Mothman

littlebug wrote: »

I found the thingamy:)

Is grey shoulder knot a possibility? Or is it something really obvious that I'm missing?

Sorry missed this

This is a Grey Chi, one I've never seen

littlebug

Mothman wrote: »

This is a Grey Chi, one I've never seen

Cool:cool: I've just looked at the map. Not terribly widespread I see so nice to have found

Half-cocked

Mothman wrote: »

Yes

Wasn't sure, caught 3 but this one was a bit smaller than the others.

littlebug

I tend to look at the "what's flying now" sections on these two sites for guidance.

http://back-garden-moths.co.uk
http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/flying_tonight.php

I don't see Grey Chi there... so I'll forgive myself for not figuring it out !
Still haven't found the book

littlebug

Fairly heavy rain here last night and not even one moth in the trap. That's a first.

thebishop

Thunder "Showers" here (First one lasted more than 3 hours) strong winds. 4 moths.
Square-spot Rustic x 1
Lesser Yellow-underwing x 1
Gold spot x 1
Small Wainscot x 1

littlebug

How did everyone do this weekend? I had a busy few days/ nights so didn't bother trapping. I noticed lots of (fairly sizeable) moths out while I was driving home late last night... now why don't they make it to my garden!

Mothman

My list from Fri night

0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 3
1038x Acleris laterana/comariana 4
1076 Celypha lacunana 5
1138 Epinotia nisella 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 2
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 3
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 5
1768 Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 3
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 8
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 7
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 8
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 2
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 100
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 16
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 1
2232 Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) 2
2248 Brindled Green (Dryobotodes eremita) 1
2265 Flounced Chestnut (Agrochola helvola) 1
2267 Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis) 2
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 3
2273 Pink-barred Sallow (Xanthia togata) 3
2274 Sallow (Xanthia icteritia) 1
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 2
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 10
2364 Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) 2
2367 Haworth's Minor (Celaena haworthii) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1

littlebug

Mothman wrote: »

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 100

:eek:

Mothman

littlebug wrote: »

:eek:

and yet more than 50 times I've had more with a max count of 693!

thebishop

Despite it being a mild night on Friday, not many moths about.
Common Wainscot x 2
Small Wainscot x 1
Straw Dot x 1

littlebug

I put the trap out last night in lieu of friday night and yet again nothing in the trap but caddisflies:(.

Mothman

There could have been quite an influx with this warm southerly wind.

Could be a surprise in traps during next few days

littlebug

Well I've put the trap out... but I won't hold my breath :pac:

Mothman

Just the one immigrant species amongst the 37 species.
But it was same immigrant species that I've been getting last couple weeks anyway.

littlebug

3 moths, 1 Silver Y, a beautiful Black Rustic and another small pug type that I haven't figured out yet.
So nothing exotic but nice to have moths for a change!

Half-cocked

Just back from Down and Donegal, caught quite a few species but highlight for me was this Frosted Orange:


and also found this Poplar Hawkmoth caterpillar (?):

littlebug

Anything interesting in the traps over the weekend? On a fairly wet Friday night I just had a wainscot (common I think) so nothing startling here. Well there was one other moth that at first glance seemed like a new one to me and at second glance, having turned my back for a few seconds, was gone :rolleyes:

It's calm and mild here tonight so the trap is out again.

Mothman

Huge influx of moths to south and east coasts last night. Butterflies and a dragonfly in trap as well.
At least one species which was recorded in 3 locations across Wexford and Waterford was previously unrecorded in Ireland.

I couldn't put traps on last night but have some on tonight but don't think there'll be many surprises in them

thebishop

First dry Friday night in weeks but nobody told the Moths:)
Light Brown Apple Moth x 10
Large Yellow Underwing x 1
Angle Shades x 2
Cmmon Wainscot x 1
Setaceous Hebrew-character x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 3
Flounced Chestnut x 1


Had two of these on Friday night. One was well worn. this one was in perfect condition.