It was a lot more quieter this morning, but not surprising considering the drop in temperature. Total's today included 45 moths including 10 species and are as follows, 2 Merveille du Jour, 1 Large Wainscot, 1 Feathered Thorn, 10 Red and Green Carpet, 2 Common Marbled Carpet, 9 Feathered Gothics, 10 Lunar Underwing, 2 Red line Quakers, 3 Large Yellow Underwing and 5 Black Rustics.
Thursday 18th October
Top Picture Green-brindled Crescent Bottom Picture Large Wainscot |
Wednesday 17th October
Top Picture Merveille du Jour moth Bottom Picture Feathered Thorn |
Thursday 11th October
A total of 70 moths were noted including 8 species, total's are as follows: 33 Feathered Gothics, 25 Lunar Underwing, 3 Broad - bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 Common Rustic, 1 Dusky Sallow, 2 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Burnished Brass and 3 Centre-barred Sallow.
Wednesday 10th October
A good night for the moth trap with a total of 146 moths including 8 species. Total's are as follows: 82 Feathered Gothics, 36 Lunar Underwing, 2 Broad - bordered Yellow Underwing, 8 Common Rustic, 2 Dusky Sallow, 12 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Burnished Brass and 3 Centre-barred Sallow.
Friday 28th September
Clifden Nonpareil |
Tuesday 18th September
The overnight conditions of blustery winds certainly didn't help this mornings total of just 54 moths, in this was 12 species which included, 4 Bright-line Brown-eye, 6 The Flame, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 9 Large Yellow Underwings, 6 Common Rustics, 1 Poplar Grey, 1 Red Underwing, 3 Magpie Moth, 3 Broad-boarded Yellow Underwing, 3 Large Thorn, 4 Hart and Club and 10 Feathered Gothics.
It was another quiet night in the trap with a total of just 70 including just 10 species. Total's are as follows: 1 Light Emerald, 2 Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 The Flame, 8 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 43 Large Yellow Underwings, 2 Common Rustics, 1 Poplar Grey, 1 Red Underwing, 3 Magpie Moth and 7 Feathered Gothics.
Thursday 13th September
A poor night in the moth trap with just 57 in total including just 9 species, and are as follows: 2 Light Emerald, 2 Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 The Flame, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 40 Large Yellow Underwings, 4 Common Rustics, 1 Poplar Grey, 1 Red Underwings and 3 Feathered Gothics.
Wednesday 12th September
Frosted Orange |
Tuesday 11th September
An overnight catch produced 70 moths and included 11 species. Total's are as follows: 2 Light Emerald, 4 Bright-line Brown-eye, 3 The Flame, 17 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 6 Large Yellow Underwings, 10 Common Rustics, 3 Poplar Grey, 2 Red Underwings, 13 Feathered Gothics, 3 Common Wainscot and 7 Hart and Dart.
Tuesday 4th September
From the top Centre-barred Sallow, Feathered Gothic and Light Emerald |
Friday 31st August
A poor overnight catch with just 59 moths and 9 species which included 17 Large Yellow Underwings, 9 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, 5 Common Footman, 1 Snout, 7 Common Rustics, 2 Dan Bar, 5 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 6 The Flame and 7 Small Magpie.
Thursday 23rd August
Although it was nearly half of the moths caught from the previous night a total of 127 was still pretty good and did include 15 species, best of all was a stunning Garden Tiger which was seen early evening only. Others noted were 3 Buff Ermine, 2 Brimstone, 5 Light Emerald, 1 Blood vein, 2 Burnished Brass, 30 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, 9 Light Arches, 2 Dark Arches, 41 Common Rustics, 10 Hart and Darts, 15 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Common Footman, 1 Small Magpie and 3 Large Yellow Underwings.
Wednesday 22nd August
It was a fairly disappointing overnight catch of just 38 moths, but surprisingly it involved a total of 20 species and included, 1 Small Elephant Hawk Moth, 2 Burnished Brass, 1 Grey Dagger, 2 Hart and Dart, 5 Common Rustic, 2 Common Wainscot, 2 Buff Ermine, 3 Dark Arches, 2 Buff Tip, 2 Large Yellow Underwing, 3 Flame Shoulder, 2 The Flame, 1 Black Rustic, 1 Black Arches, 3 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Dot Moth, 1 Drinker, 1 Small Magpie, 1 Ruby Tiger, and 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing.
Friday 13th July
Pine Hawk Moth Left and Privet Hawk Moth Right (Woodland Area) |
Thursday 5th July
Elephant Hawk Moths (Woodland Area) |
Thursday 28th June
A quiet night of trapping with just 32 Moths including 9 different species seen, these included 2 Large Yellow Underwings, 1 Peppered Moth, 3 Common Footman, 5 Hart and Dart, 7 Buff Ermine, 5 White Ermine, 4 Common Wainscot, 3 Dark Arches and 2 The Flame.
Thursday 21st June
Eyed Hawk Moth (Walled Garden) |
A quiet night with 40 moths caught in total including 12 different species. Best of all was an Eyed Hawk and Drinker moth, with the others being 6 Buff Ermines, 4 Hart and Dart, 9 White Ermine, 3 Garden Carpets, 4 Common Wainscot, 4 Common Footman, 3 Small Magpies, 2 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Dark Arches, and 2 Common Rustics.
A fairly good overnight of trapping with 81 Moths including 15 different species seen, these included 8 Large Yellow Underwings, 3 Peppered Moth, 6 Common Footman, 7 Hart and Dart, 1 Red Underwing, 11 Buff Ermine, 9 White Ermine, 4 Common Wainscots 3 Silver Y, 6 Common Rustics, 4 Flame, 6 Flame Shoulder, 4 Garden Carpet, 8 Burnished Brass and 1 Yellow Shell.
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