{"id":7600,"date":"2014-05-17T21:08:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T21:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:37:16","slug":"moth-trap-15th-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/moth-trap-15th-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Moth Trap 15th May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffa500;\"><strong>Best moth trap so far this year with a good selection of species, including two semi-rares for South Derbyshire<\/strong><\/span>. The change in the weather definately made the difference as the evening was dry and warm.<\/p>\n<p>In no particluar order &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>1 Pale Prominent; 1 Green Carpet; 3 Garden Carpet; 1 Brimstone Moth; 1 Flame Shoulder; 1 <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Chocolate-tip*<\/span>; 2 Foxglove Pug; 1 Mottled Pug; 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart; 3 Scalloped Hazel; 1 <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Yellow-barred Brindle*<\/strong><\/span>; 1 Small&nbsp;Phoenix (insulata); 2 Rustic Shoulder-knot;&nbsp;<em>2 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella); 2 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella); 7 Bryotropha affinis; 1 Twenty Plumed Moth; 5 Light-brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana);&nbsp;3&nbsp;<\/em>Chockchaffer<\/p>\n<p>Following images all trapped in my garden and photographed on 16th May 2014<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62464153.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate-tip-62464153\" width=\"850\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62464153.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62464153-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62464153-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62464153-700x450.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62544154.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate-tip-62544154\" width=\"850\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62544154.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62544154-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62544154-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Chocolate-tip-62544154-700x498.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above two images &#8211; <strong>Chocolate-tip<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;A rare but increasing species in South Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Yellow-barred-Brindle-62684155.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow-barred-Brindle-62684155\" width=\"850\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Yellow-barred-Brindle-62684155.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Yellow-barred-Brindle-62684155-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Yellow-barred-Brindle-62684155-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Yellow-barred-Brindle-62684155-700x502.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellow-barred Brindle <\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;A&nbsp;Scarce and local species in Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61604149.jpg\" alt=\"Pale-Prominent-61604149\" width=\"850\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61604149.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61604149-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61604149-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61604149-700x493.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61734148.jpg\" alt=\"Pale-Prominent-61734148\" width=\"850\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61734148.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61734148-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61734148-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pale-Prominent-61734148-700x439.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above two images &#8211; <strong>Pale Prominent &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;Singles trapped each year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Flame-Shoulder-63034156.jpg\" alt=\"Flame-Shoulder-63034156\" width=\"850\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Flame-Shoulder-63034156.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Flame-Shoulder-63034156-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Flame-Shoulder-63034156-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Flame-Shoulder-63034156-700x472.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flame Shoulder <\/strong>&#8211; A nice fresh specimen &nbsp;&#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Brimstone-Moth-62214151.jpg\" alt=\"Brimstone-Moth-62214151\" width=\"850\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Brimstone-Moth-62214151.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Brimstone-Moth-62214151-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Brimstone-Moth-62214151-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Brimstone-Moth-62214151-700x508.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brimstone Moth <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Foxglove-Pug-63344158.jpg\" alt=\"Foxglove-Pug-63344158\" width=\"850\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Foxglove-Pug-63344158.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Foxglove-Pug-63344158-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Foxglove-Pug-63344158-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Foxglove-Pug-63344158-700x499.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Foxglove Pug<\/strong> &nbsp;&#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-62054150.jpg\" alt=\"Rustic-Shoulder-knot-62054150\" width=\"850\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-62054150.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-62054150-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-62054150-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-62054150-700x541.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-63184157.jpg\" alt=\"Rustic-Shoulder-knot-63184157\" width=\"850\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-63184157.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-63184157-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-63184157-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Rustic-Shoulder-knot-63184157-700x530.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above two images &#8211; <strong>Rustic Shoulder-knot<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Elephant-Hawk-pupa-63594161.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant-Hawk-pupa-63594161\" width=\"850\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Elephant-Hawk-pupa-63594161.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Elephant-Hawk-pupa-63594161-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Elephant-Hawk-pupa-63594161-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Elephant-Hawk-pupa-63594161-700x448.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Found in amongst my moth pots in my garden shed. I think this is an Elephant Hawkmoth Pupae?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best moth trap so far this year with a good selection of species, including two semi-rares for South Derbyshire. The change in the weather definately made the difference as the evening was dry and warm. In no particluar order &#8211; 1 Pale Prominent; 1 Green Carpet; 3 Garden Carpet; 1 Brimstone Moth; 1 Flame Shoulder; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}