Garden Moth Recording 2011

littlebug

last night started calm but I woke to high winds and heavy rain :rolleyes: so again only one moth in the trap, a black rustic.

Half-cocked

Got our first ever Green-brindled Crescent last night:


Also this one which I can't ID for sure:

Mothman

It's Blairs Shoulder-knot. Not quite a Dublin first as I've just got other records in. The lack of records in Dublin is more to do with lack of recording than them not being there.

Mothman

Nectar sources are scarce at this time of year, so a torch light search at flowering ivy can be productive.

At one ivy clump tonight in my garden
21 Pink-barred Sallow
3 Brick
1 Yellow-lined quaker
1 Red-line quaker
1 Angle Shades
1 Green-brindled Crescent
a number of others that I didn't manage to identify. The highest single trap numbers of Pink-barred Sallow in the national database is 22.

I also counted 11 Silver Y in other parts of the garden.

Over ripe blackberries and other fruit can attract moths as well.

Mothman

Had traps on last night.

One of my favourites
Merveille du Jour


And one of a number of Vestals. Has been a large influx of this and many other species during past few days

littlebug

lots of squeals from upstairs last night "Mammeeee, there's a moth:eek:!" . For just a brief moment I thought I might be able to report some rare migrant or at least something nice to look at......... it was a Caddisfly :rolleyes:

Gardener3

Not much activity here - last night the 40W Actinic yielded just 6 moths of 5
species!
Green-brindled Crescent was new for the year and there were 2 x Silver Y.

Half-cocked

Thats double what I got - 1 Black Rustic and 2 Feathered Ranunculus.

littlebug

A big fat 0 for me again last night. Is it 4 weeks of GMS left? Maybe one more week and then I might exercise my 3 weeks off allowance for the last 3. Time to hang up the trap for the winter methinks.
Maybe I'll get an MV light for next year.

thebishop

Friday nights big catch:)
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla x 1 (I Think)
Light brown Apple moth x 3
Small Wainscot x 2
Rosy Rustic x 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing x 1
AWOL next week.

Half-cocked

Another Blairs Shoulder-knot last night. Not much else though.

Half-cocked

And for anyone who thinks moths can't be cute looking....;)

littlebug

I took advantage of yesterdays fine weather and put the trap out, not really expecting anything. I'm glad I did though as I had this fella...

Feathered Thorn? And if so... county first? (according to map on MothsIreland).




there was also an Emmelina Monodactyla and 2 others which escaped before I got a good look at them but were probably double striped pugs.

Mothman

littlebug wrote: »

Feathered Thorn? And if so... county first? (according to map on MothsIreland).

It is and because Feathered Thorn is an "out of season" species, it is under recorded

Half-cocked

One big fat zero last night (well not quite, did catch one completely faded and tattered noctuid that is beyond IDing).

littlebug

empty trap again for me this morning (apart from the caddisflies).

At least I know the caddisflies now... it's not that long ago that I thought they were moths.

Gardener3

Wild, wet and windy last night and if it hadn't been GMS I wouldn't have put the trap out!

Much to my surprise in the morning I found:
Acleris laterana/comariana
Angle Shades
Black Rustic
Common Marbled Carpet x 2
Green-brindled Crescent
Grey Pine Carpet
Merveille du Jour
Rusty-dot Pearl
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver Y x 3
Spruce Carpet
Yellow-line Quaker

Best results for quite a while!

Mothman

Friday night was very mild with min of 13C. Started windy and wet but calmed down.
First half of Oct here has been nearly warmest 2 weeks of the year, just 0.1C cooler than first 2 weeks of August. Half expecting out of season surprises, but nothing of that nature turned up.
Big change in the weather today.

0296 Calybites phasianipennella 1
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 5
1038x Acleris laterana/comariana 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 4
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 5
1767 Pine Carpet (Thera firmata) 2
1768 Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata) 3
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 4
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 5
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 14
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 1
2232 Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) 2
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 9
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 3
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 4
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 5
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 2
2265 Flounced Chestnut (Agrochola helvola) 1
2267 Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis) 2
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 14
2273 Pink-barred Sallow (Xanthia togata) 11
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 2
2375 Large Wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa) 7
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1

thebishop

4 moths on Friday night 2 of them new to me,wet and windy night.
Large Wainscot x 1
Black Rustic x 1
Setaeous Hebrew Character x 1
Light-brown Apple moth x 1

Mothman

My list from Fri night. Min of 11C, one of the better nights of the week.

0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 1
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 1
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 3
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 14
2232 Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) 2
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 4
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 3
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 2
2265 Flounced Chestnut (Agrochola helvola) 1
2267 Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis) 1
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 1
2273 Pink-barred Sallow (Xanthia togata) 4
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 1
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 1
2375 Large Wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa) 2

thebishop

Trapped on Sat night this week.One Moth. Spruce carpet I think.and two wasps to keep it company.

Half-cocked

I got one Brick Saturday night.

whyulittle

Came across this caterpillar this afternoon. It was alive, but only just.

It was crossing vehicle tracks, in long grass. Boggy wetlands on one side, with a large bog drain on the other side.

trebor28

anyone watch Frozen Planet on bbc last night?

there is a moth that lives high up in the arctic and it spends 14 years as a caterpillar due to the shortness of the summers, before turning into a moth!

then it mates for a few weeks and dies!

Mothman

whyulittle wrote: »

Came across this caterpillar this afternoon. It was alive, but only just.

It was crossing vehicle tracks, in long grass. Boggy wetlands on one side, with a large bog drain on the other side.

Fox moth.
They hibernate as full grown caterpillar which may explain the sluggishness, especially if it was not sunny.

Mothman

We had thundery showers on Thursday morning that I thought had potential to deliver some migrants.
Put trap on and counted 23 species in morning.
Min of 6C but remained above 12C till midnight and 10C till 4am

MV 125w
0468 Rhigognostis incarnatella 1
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 4
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 3
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) 1
1716 Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria) 2
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 3
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1768 Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata) 2
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 1
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 46
1923 Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) 8
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) 1
2245 Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) 2
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 4
2262 Brick (Agrochola circellaris) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 2
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 5
2273 Pink-barred Sallow (Xanthia togata) 5
2375 Large Wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1

Mothman

trebor28 wrote: »

anyone watch Frozen Planet on bbc last night?

there is a moth that lives high up in the arctic and it spends 14 years as a caterpillar due to the shortness of the summers, before turning into a moth!

then it mates for a few weeks and dies!

This is the Arctic Woolly Bear moth
While it is generally known to have about a 14 year life cycle, I think that there was a recent study that concluded it is actually about 7 years.

littlebug

As usual I'm only coming up with something unusual for this one below... which is probably something obvious it shouldn't be difficult this time of year! Two of these and a silver y at the trap on Inis Mór at the weekend. I was surprised by the small numbers but it was a beautiful moon and starlit night so my little actinic didn't get much of a look in

Mothman

littlebug wrote: »

As usual I'm only coming up with something unusual for this one below... which is probably something obvious it shouldn't be difficult this time of year!

I *think* this is a Brindled Ochre
I will need to cross reference but might not get round to it tonight
A species that hibernates AND does not feed as an adult. That's along time without filling up
A good record if it is, and probably a good record if its something else

littlebug

Mothman wrote: »

I *think* this is a Brindled Ochre
I will need to cross reference but might not get round to it tonight
A species that hibernates AND does not feed as an adult. That's along time without filling up
A good record if it is, and probably a good record if its something else

That's exactly what I thought it was I'd be delighted if that's right... the map is a little sparse looking