The Lincolnshire Bird Club

07.03.2015
First moth captures of year.
15w actinic over Skinner trap.
Six moths of five species
Oak beauty 1
Pale brindled beauty 1
Common quaker 2
Chestnut 1
Agonopterix ocellana 1

Cheers
Brian

Hi there
Had my actinic lamp out last night (11 April).
27 moths of 7 species including:
Twin-spot quaker 2
Red chestnut 3
Early grey 2
Powdered quaker 1

Cheers
Brian

24 April 2015
Had actinic lamp out again.
28 moths of 13 species caught including:
Purple thorn, shuttle-shaped dart, red twin-spot carpet, powdered quaker, garden carpet, mint moth, angle shades, pebble prominent and double-striped pug.
By-catch: queen wasp and the burying beetle Nicrophorus humator.

Cheers
Brian

11/05/15
Actinic lamp in garden overnight.
Still only getting low numbers.
15 moths of 8 species including:
Cabbage moth, spectacle and rustic shoulder-knot.

Cheers
Brian

15 MAY
Actinic lamp overnight in garden with better results.
35 moths of 21 species including:
Chocolate-tip 1 (new for garden)
Plus mottled pug, foxglove pug, pebble prominent, bright-line brown-eye, angle shades, green carpet and waved umber.

22 May
Actinic lamp in garden overnight produced 27 moths of 20 species including:
Swallow prominent, buff ermine, bee moth, blood-vein, garden pebble, pale mottled willow, campion, marbled minor agg and Vine's rustic.
Cheers
Brian

3 June
Actinic lamp overnight produced 19 moths of 17 species including:
White ermine
Turnip moth
Grey pine carpet
Treble lines
small magpie
Bee moth
Common wainscot

25 June
With actinic lamp managed 50 species (at least 115 moths) including:
Small elephant hawk
Drinker
Barred yellow
Silver Y
Plain Golden Y
Lychnis
Broad-barred white
Fan-foot
Double square-spot
Small Clouded Brindle
Small dusty wave
Wormwood pug

With excellent weather this week I tried out actinic lamp in garden on Tuesday night (30th June) and MV bulb on Wednesday night (1st July). Both were placed over a Skinner trap and in same location in garden. Weather conditions similar on both nights (very warm, dry and light winds).
With actinic lamp caught about 80 moths of 37 species including triple-spotted clay, foxglove pug, privet hawk, sandy carpet and short-cloaked moth.
With MV lamp caught over 220 moths of 58 species including small fan-foot, light emerald, common emerald, elephant hawk, peach blossom, silver Y, diamondback moth, beautiful hook-tip, broad-barred white, lychnis, clay, red-barred tortrix and Limnacacia phragmitella. A much higher percentage of micros were noted with the MV bulb.

Cheers
Brian

Evening of the 10th July recorded over 190 moths (52 species) with actinic lamp including hummingbird hawk (nectaring near trap), elephant hawk, small elephant hawk, Endotricha flammealis, small blood-vein, swallowtail, drinker, scarce footman (5), coxcomb prominent, cabbage, Eudonia lacustrata and a heart and dart with odd-looking marking. The hummingbird hawk still in garden (especially attracted to red valerian) on the 11th.

Also, couldn't resist the Chambers Wood experience and popped-in on Saturday morning (11th July) and saw 2 purple emperors (attracted to dog poo on track towards 'Five-ways'), at least 8 white admirals, broad-bordered bee hawk and hummingbird hawk.
Cheers
Brian

15 July 2015
MV bulb used overnight. Over 170 moths of 53 species including:
Miller
Shark
Scalloped oak
Dwarf cream wave
Spectacle
Drinker
Short-cloaked moth
Clay (7)
Scarce footman (4)
Elephant hawk (3)
Gold triangle
Swallowtail
Burnished brass (3)

Also, a common shrew was seen running around near the trap at about 4.30am.

Cheers
Brian

15 August
MV bulb overnight produced 35 species (70+ moths) including:
Rush veneer 1
Evergestis pallidata 1
Silver Y 2
Gold-spot 1
Mint moth 2
Magpie 1
Cochylis atricapitana 1
Orange swift 1
White-spotted pug 1
Lesser broad-bordered yellow-underwing 11

Cheers
Brian

Moth trapping in garden over last couple of nights quite good although nothing particularly scarce:
20 August 2015 (Actinic lamp)
At least 380 moths of 47 species including
Silver Y 10
Greater swallow prominent 1
Orange swift 3
Copper underwing 1
Dusky thorn 1
Six-striped rustic 1
Tawny speckled pug 2
Knot-grass 1

21 August 2015 (MV bulb)
At least 375 moths of 51 species including
Gold-spot 12
Silver Y 9
Poplar hawk 1
Copper underwing 1
Dusky thorn 1
Six-striped rustic 5
Rosy rustic 1
Calamotropha paludella 1
plus harlequin ladybird

Night of 4th Sept
Actinic lamp produced about 88 moths of 17 species including:
Centre-barred sallow 2
Silver Y 2
Vine's rustic 1
Garden rose tortrix 1
Most numerous were large yellow underwing, square-spot rustic and Agriphila geniculea.

Cheers
Brian

Night of 10th September.
As part of MothNight 2015 weekend put MV bulb out.
Occasional light rain and fairly cool.
22 moths of 14 species including rosy rustic, dusky thorn and silver Y.

Night of 11th September. Heavy rain and windy.
Actinic light at window produced a silver Y, 2 brown house moths and garden rose tortrix.

Night of 12th September. Dry but cool.
MV bulb produced 52 moths of 16 species including silver Y, lunar underwing, sallow and green carpet.