Species List for 26/4/2015

Down to 3.9 deg C but at least each trap had at least one moth!

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	3
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	8

Species List for 25/4/2015

Back to 5 deg C min. Only 80 no 2 and Actinic 15 W had any moths!

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	2

Species List for 24/4/2015

A better variety with a slightly warmer night.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1

Species List for 23/4/2015

Good to see a Satellite, one of  my favourite  names for a  moth. Such imagination is not shown by the names of some new additions.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	7
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	5
2256	Eupsilia transversa	Satellite	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1

Species List for 22/4/2015

A parsnip Moth was the only addition to this years tiny list.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
672	Depressaria heraclei	Parsnip Moth	1
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2182	Orthosia cruda	Small Quaker	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3

Species List for 21/4/2015

A dark morph Shuttle-shaped Dart put in an appearance, and on the same date as last years débutante.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2

Species List for 20/4/2015

The first Pale Pinion of the year.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	8
2236	Lithophane hepatica	Pale Pinion	1

Species List for 19/4/2015

Down to about 4 deg C and very few moths.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	7

Species List for 18/4/2015

Cooler, but the first pug of the year.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2

Species List for 17/4/2015

A warmer night brought a few more moths.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2182	Orthosia cruda	Small Quaker	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	6
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	2

Species List for 16/4/2015

Good to see a migrant Dark Sword-grass, but still little else.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	4
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1

Species List for 15/4/2015

A bit more ambition today, I put out three traps, (would have been four but one failed to work. How do wires come loose in the winter when they're not used?).  So today is the result of one 125W MV (back right), one 80 W MV (back left) and an Actinic, in the front garden.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
0464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	6
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	3
2258	Conistra vaccinii	Chestnut	2

Sp3cies List for 14/4/2015

Little signs of spring arriving, at last|!

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1663	Alsophila aescularia	March Moth	1
1917	Selenia dentaria	Early Thorn	1
2182	Orthosia cruda	Small Quaker	2
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	7
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3

Species List for 13/4/2015

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
2182	Orthosia cruda	Small Quaker	2
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	4
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1

Species List for 12/4/2015

Still pretty poor but a Tawny Pinion was new for the year and only the third I've had here.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2182	Orthosia cruda	Small Quaker	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3
2235	Lithophane semibrunnea	Tawny Pinion	1
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1

Tawny Pinion, a good surprise for the day.

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Species List for 11/4/2015

Not a lot, but the first Powered Quaker of the year.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2186	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1

Species list for 10/4/2015

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2188	Orthosia SP	Drab sp	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1

 I get lots of Clouded Drabs, and this one looks rather smaller than usual and the wings more rounded. I have wondered about Lead Drab, any opinions?

This next photo is rather over-exposed, but the antennae are visible.

Species List for a 9/4/2015

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	4
2189	Orthosia munda	Twin-spotted Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	12
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	2

Species List for a 8/4/2015

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	5

Species List for a 7/4/2015

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	8
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2189	Orthosia munda	Twin-spotted Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4

Species list for 6/4/2015

More of the same, or rather, less of the same!

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1

Species list for 5/4/2015

It is difficult to find much to get excited about on the mothing front, but at least the total number of moths got to double figures last night.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	7
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	2

Species Lissts for 1/4/2015 to 4/4/2015

Mothing here remains resolutely dismal.

 

Species List for  4/4/2015
Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	5
Species List 3/4/2015
Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4
Species List for  2/4/2015
Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	2
Species List for 1/4/2015
Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2

Species Lists for 29/3/2015 to 31/3/2015

Last year on 30/3/2014 I caught 80 moths, of 13 species, including my first Dotted Chestnut. This year the same date was cold and very windy and I caught a big fat zero. Such are the vagaries of this frustrating hobby.

Both the other days were also quite cold and windy, with only three moths between them.

Species List for 31st March 2015

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2

Species List for 29th March 2015

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3

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