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Post by htcdude on Apr 6, 2016 11:39:14 GMT
Another disappointing trap this morning: Hebrew Character Clouded Drab (NFY) 2 moths, 2 species Also a single Stenophylax permistus. Nige
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Post by htcdude on Apr 8, 2016 15:44:25 GMT
Ran the trap at another site locally last night with a bit more success: Powdered Quaker (NFY) Hebrew Character x2 Clouded Drab x3 Common Quaker x11 17 moths of 4 species Nige
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Post by aeshna5 on May 29, 2016 6:19:10 GMT
At Perivale Wood at the crack of dawn this morning to see what the local trapper had in 3 traps:
Willow Beauty Ingrailed Clay 8 Middle-barred Minor 2 Chocolate Tip Notocelia cyonsbatella Hedya pruniana 2 Common Swift 2 Tachystola acroxantha 2 Orange Footman Heart + Dart 2 Small Squarespot Common White Wave Silver Y Green Carpet Yellow-barred Brindle Treble Lines Garden Pebble Shuttle-shaped Dart Ptycholena lecheana
Plus 1 Hornet + 3 Click Beetle sp.
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Post by htcdude on Jun 14, 2016 10:52:52 GMT
Glad the weather has finally picked up, done a number of traps recently. Most recent trap contained a single Gypsonoma oppressana, a rare visitor to Wiltshire.
Nige
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Post by htcdude on Jun 16, 2016 9:39:05 GMT
A bag of mixed weather last night, I ran the trap for the first time this year in a little village down the road:
109 moths of 37 species, 5 NFY and 1 Wilts tick
Common Swift Mompha subbistrigella Phtheochroa rugosana Light Brown Apple Moth x10 Clepsis consimilana Celypha striana Plum Tortrix Scoparia ambigualis x5 Crambus lathoniellus x6 Small Magpie x4 Common Pug x4 Willow Beauty x9 (NFY) Common White Wave (NFY) Scorched Wing Privet Hawk-moth Poplar Hawk-moth x3 Pale Tussock White Ermine x5 Buff Ermine x5 Heart & Club Heart & Dart x22 Large Yellow Underwing x3 (NFY) Ingrailed Clay Small Square-spot Bright-line Brown-eye Shears Rustic Shoulder-knot x5 Marbled Minor agg Middle-barred Minor Mottled Rustic x2 Pale Mottled Willow Treble Lines Nut-tree Tussock (NFY) Burnished Brass Spectacle Straw Dot x3 Small Fan-foot (NFY, Wilts tick)
Nige
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Post by htcdude on Jun 17, 2016 10:40:34 GMT
Quieter in the trap at home this morning with only 47 moths of 22 species, still 6 new for the year:
Diamond-back Moth x3 Timothy Tortrix (NFY) Light Brown Apple Moth x2 Plum Tortrix Garden Grass-veneer x4 (NFY) Small Magpie x3 Treble Brown Spot Common Pug x2 Green Pug Brimstone Peppered Moth Light Emerald (NFY) Elephant Hawk-moth Heart & Dart x15 Flame Shoulder Double Square-spot (NFY) Bright-line Brown-eye Common Wainscot Dark Arches x2 Marbled Minor agg x2 Uncertain (NFY) Plain Golden Y (NFY)
Nige
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Post by htcdude on Jun 21, 2016 18:48:29 GMT
A fairly poor haul in the garden this morning, with 3 new for the year:
55 moths of 26 species
Common Swift Diamond-back Moth Blastodacna hellerella Brown House Moth x6 Timothy Tortrix Light Brown Apple Moth x3 Epinotia bilunana x3 Garden Grass-veneer x5 Scoparia ambigualis x2 Metznaria forficella (NFY) Small Magpie Treble Brown Spot x3 Barred Yellow (NFY) Common Pug x2 Green Pug Common Footman (NFY) Buff Ermine Heart & Dart x6 Large Yellow Underwing Poplar Grey Rustic Shoudler-knot Tawny Marbled Minor x6 Treble Lines Uncertain Mottled Rustic x2 Straw Dot x2
Nige
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Post by htcdude on Jun 24, 2016 13:31:47 GMT
1 garden tick - Blastobasis lacticolella, and 3 NFY - Marbled Beauty, Lozotaenia forsterana and Clay
56 moths of 29 species:
Diamond-back Moth x2 Brown House Moth Blastobasis lacticolella Agapeta hamana Lozotaenia forsterana Plum Tortrix Garden Grass-veneer x4 Scoparia ambigualis x2 Small Magpie x4 Green Pug Common Marbled Carpet x2 Peppered Moth Light Emerald Elephant Hawk-moth Buff Ermine Cinnabar Heart & Club x2 Heart & Dart x8 The Flame Large Yellow Underwing x5 Clay Poplar Grey Marbled Beauty Dark Arches x3 Large Nutmeg Tawny Marbled Minor x2 Uncertain x3 Pale Mottled Willow x2 Straw Dot
Thanks,
Nige
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Post by htcdude on Jun 28, 2016 9:39:36 GMT
Only 56 moths of 22 species last night. 6 NFY - Ancylis achatana, Blue-bordered Carpet, Yellow Shell, Lilac Beauty, Square-spot Rustic and Riband Wave.
Full list:
Tachystola acroxantha Light Brown Apple Moth x7 Celypha striana Plum Tortrix x2 Ancylis achatana Garden Grass-veneer x10 Small Magpie x2 Treble Brown Spot Riband Wave Yellow Shell Blue-bordered Carpet Common Marbled Carpet Lilac Beauty Heart and Dart x9 The Flame Large Yellow Underwing x2 Square-spot Rustic Bright-line Brown-eye Tawny Marbled Minor x8 Uncertain Burnished Brass x2 Snout
Nige
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