Well it's high time I got this blog back on track really isn't it!? So I shall tidy up all my mothing news since my return from Scotland (which seems like ages ago!)
There has been three Fridays since Scotland, so that's three nights of mothing for me.
During the night of the 15th I caught 40 moths of 14 species, and they were:
1 Scorched Carpet
1 Water Carpet
3 Double-striped Pug
2 Brimstone
2 Early Thorn
6 Brindled Beauty
1 Muslin Moth
1 Small Quaker
11 Common Quaker
3 Clouded Drab
1 Twin-spotted Quaker
7 Hebrew Character
1 Mullein Moth
2 Early Grey
Mullein Moth
Water Carpet
The variation in Brindled Beauties!
On the 22nd I caught 32 moths of 15 species...
1 Garden Carpet
1 Small Phoenix
1 Small Rivulet
1 V-Pug
2 Double-striped Pug
1 Waved Umber
4 Brimstone
1 Lunar Marbled Brown
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Flame Shoulder
8 Common Quaker
1 Clouded Drab
6 Hebrew Character
1 Early Grey
2 Nut-tree Tussock
And finally on the 29th I trapped 17 moths of 13 species...
1 Common Swift
1 Red Twin-spot Carpet
1 Garden Carpet
2 Common Carpet
1 Waved Umber
2 Brimstone
1 Poplar Hawkmoth
1 Pale Tussock
1 Heart and Dart
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Common Quaker
2 Hebrew Character
2 Nut-tree Tussock
Poplar Hawkmoth
Common Swift
To round off all my insect news, I've had several looks around Lower Bruckland Ponds during the past few weeks hoping for a Vagrant Emperor or two - I've found Lesser Emp here so would love to complete the set! So far I have had no luck (and was VERY gripped tonight when I looked HERE), although there are good numbers of Odonata on the wing.
The highlight of my visits here was actually a butterfly - this Dingy Skipper...
A site first for me
There has been three Fridays since Scotland, so that's three nights of mothing for me.
During the night of the 15th I caught 40 moths of 14 species, and they were:
1 Scorched Carpet
1 Water Carpet
3 Double-striped Pug
2 Brimstone
2 Early Thorn
6 Brindled Beauty
1 Muslin Moth
1 Small Quaker
11 Common Quaker
3 Clouded Drab
1 Twin-spotted Quaker
7 Hebrew Character
1 Mullein Moth
2 Early Grey
Mullein Moth
Water Carpet
The variation in Brindled Beauties!On the 22nd I caught 32 moths of 15 species...
1 Garden Carpet
1 Small Phoenix
1 Small Rivulet
1 V-Pug
2 Double-striped Pug
1 Waved Umber
4 Brimstone
1 Lunar Marbled Brown
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Flame Shoulder
8 Common Quaker
1 Clouded Drab
6 Hebrew Character
1 Early Grey
2 Nut-tree Tussock
And finally on the 29th I trapped 17 moths of 13 species...
1 Common Swift
1 Red Twin-spot Carpet
1 Garden Carpet
2 Common Carpet
1 Waved Umber
2 Brimstone
1 Poplar Hawkmoth
1 Pale Tussock
1 Heart and Dart
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Common Quaker
2 Hebrew Character
2 Nut-tree Tussock
Poplar Hawkmoth
Common SwiftTo round off all my insect news, I've had several looks around Lower Bruckland Ponds during the past few weeks hoping for a Vagrant Emperor or two - I've found Lesser Emp here so would love to complete the set! So far I have had no luck (and was VERY gripped tonight when I looked HERE), although there are good numbers of Odonata on the wing.
The highlight of my visits here was actually a butterfly - this Dingy Skipper...
A site first for meI really hope I get to see a nice spring Pom this year... I suppose it would help if I actually looked at the sea though...
Any reason you picked Friday for mothing, other than shift patterns perhaps? Good pics as always :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Tom, I would ideally like to have my traps out everynight - but at the moment have got too much on. So I decided to take part in the Garden Moth Scheme (link to the side below 'websites of interest to me), which gives my mothing some purpose I feel.
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