Moth Trap – National Moth Night – 5th July 2014

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Jul 072014
 
Moth Trap - National Moth Night - 5th July 2014

Part Two – National Moth Night 2014 taking place during 3-5th July 2014. My second trap over NMN weekend and my 9th trap of the year. Turning out to be overall the best trap of the year so far, adding a new species to my garden list – Tawny-barred Angle. A total of 37 species overnight on the 5th July, with a grand total over the two nights trapping of 51 species. The species list in no particular order – Mottled Willow 3; Heart and Dart 4; Chinese Character 1; Marbled Beauty 8; Common Footman 15;Dark/Grey Dagger agg 2; Double-striped […]

Moth Trap – overnight 3rd July 2014

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Jul 062014
 
Moth Trap - overnight 3rd July 2014

National Moth Night 2014, the annual celebration of moths and moth recording, takesplace on three days and nights, 3-5 July 2014. I decided to run two traps during the period and my first one was overnight on 3rd. July is traditionally the best month of the year for quantity of species and in past years during a warm July evening, my garden trap had been rammed full of moths. So I was slightly disappointed on opening the trap early morning on the 4th July, numbers were low, possibly due to a windy evening and the temperature dropping slightly. I’ve still not […]

Moth Trap 26th June 2014 – overnight

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Jun 272014
 
Moth Trap 26th June 2014 - overnight

The 7th Trap of the year and despite overnight drizzle and rain, just under 30 species with several new ones for the year and a new micro for the garden – Teleiodes vulgella. A good year for Elephant Hawkmoth as another three in the trap, taking the months total to a dozen, the most I’ve caught in a season so far. A total of 26 species in no particular order. Miller 1; Foxglove Pug 3; Garden Carpet 1; Riband Wave 4; Dark Arches 10; Willow Beauty 1; Flame 1; Marbled Minor 8; Heart & Dart 12; Rustic 1; Double Square-spot […]

Moth Trap 12th June 2014 – overnight

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Jun 152014
 
Moth Trap 12th June 2014 - overnight

My fifth and best trap of the year so far. Produced, in no particular order, the following 23 species:- Snout 1 (2nd Generation); 1 Dark/Grey Dagger; 2 Freyer’s Pug; 7 Heart & Dart; 1 Poplar Hawkmoth; 1 Elephant Hawkmoth; 8 Willow Beauty; 1 Dark Arches; 1 Flame; 2 Flame Shoulder; 1 Bright-line Brown-eye; 2 Marbled Minor; 1 Fanfoot; 1 Puss Moth; 1 Cinnabar; 1 Buff Ermine; 3 Common Pug; 5 Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth); 3 Bryotropha affinis; 1 Endrosis sarcitrella (White-shouldered House-moth); 2 Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth); 1 Eudonia mercurella; 1 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (garden tick). Puss Moth – Derbyshire – June 13th […]

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