Barnetby-Le-Wold Moth Bonanza.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:48 pm

Had a Moth trapping session in my garden last night,unfortunately rain stopped play at 12.00 am,but the following species are what we caught,in order of appearance:

Privet Hawkmoth - 1 found roosting on my garden shed before we had even set up,and a first for my garden too!!.
Small fan-footed Wave - 1
Small Blood-vein - 3
Snout - 4
Small-dusty Wave - 3
Smoky Wainscot - 11
Swallowtail - 4
Brimstone - 3
Riband Wave - 6
Yellow Shell - 1
Dark/Grey Dagger - 2
Small Magpie - 2
Buff Ermine -1
Willow Beauty - 5
Heart and Dart - 2
Buff Arches - 2
Common Footman - 1
Common Emerald - 2
Flame Shoulder - 3
Dark barred twin-spot Carpet - 1
Dark Arches - 5
The Flame - 3
Bright-line brown eye - 3
Light Arches - 1
Clay - 2
Peppered Moth - 1
Dot Moth - 1
Drinker - 1
Plain-golden Y - 2
Large-elephant Hawkmoth - 1
Large-yellow Underwing - 3
Double-square spot - 2
Uncertain - 4
Dusky Brocade - 1
Gothic - 1
Garden Pebble - 2.

In all 36 species in a very small garden,just shows what is out there.

Regards

Steve,with Dave Wright,Chris Atkin and Alan Dawes.

Roy Harvey · **Joined:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:23 pm **Posts:** 956

A nice selection Steve - including two hawk-moths!
We will put our trap out tonight and see what appears at Grasby.

Roy

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:30 pm

Another attempt at a Moth night last night in my garden, ended abruptly due to the gorgeous summer weather we are experiencing,the following species are what we recorded:

Small fan-footed Wave - 1
Privet Hawkmoth - 1
Small-blood Vein - 1
Common Footman - 5
Willow Beauty - 1
Buff Arches - 1
Common Wainscot - 1
Snout - 1
Brimstone Moth - 3
Dark Arches - 4
Clouded Border - 1
White-plume Moth - 1
Spectacle - 1
Smoky Wainscot - 2
Double-square Spot - 1
Riband Wave - 2
Common Rustic - 3
Poplar Grey - 1
Light Arches - 1
Uncertain - 1
Fanfoot - 1
Garden Carpet - 2
Dark/Grey Dagger - 2
Drak-barred twin spot Carpet - 1
Red twin-spot Carpet - 1.

Regards

Steve,with Alan Dawes,Chris Atkin and Dave Wright.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:51 am

A Successfull session of trapping at last,albeit for just over 2 hrs(some of us do have to work),saw the following species recorded:

Small-blood Vein 5
White-plume Moth 1
Straw Dot 2
Large-yellow Underwing 19
Riband Wave 13
Yellow Shell 3
Snout 2
Miller 1
Large-twin spot Carpet 1
Smoky Wainscot 19
Dark Arches 4
Poplar Hawkmoth 1
Privet Hawkmoth 1
Poplar Grey 2
Fanfoot 3
Lesser broad-bordered yellow Underwing 4
Mother of Pearl 2
Ruby Tiger 1
Light Arches 5
Brimstone Moth 2
Marbled Beauty 8
Common Footman 1
Small fan-footed Wave 3
Spectacle 4
Dark/Grey Dagger 3
Beautiful Hooktip 1
Bright-line brown-eye 1
Clouded Border 1
Heart and Dart 2
Yellow Tail 1
Peach Blossum 1
Lesser-yellow Underwing 7
Clay 2
Common Pug 1
Meal Moth 1
Small-angle Shades 2
Dunbar 1
Common/Lesser common Rustic 4
Middle-barred Minor 1
Sycamore 1
Uncertain 4
Dot Moth 1
Marbled Minor 1
Cabbage Moth 1

A very productive couple of hours,and a total of 44 species.

Regards

Steve.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:04 pm

Another session with the trap last night, resulted in the following species:

Marbled Beauty 3
Large-yellow Underwing 16
Small-blood Vein 2
Yellow Shell 3
Straw Dot 1
Clay-triple Lines 1
Double-square Spot 1
Lesser-yellow Underwing 4
Poplar Hawkmoth 3
Clay 1
Ruby Tiger 1
Riband Wave 4
Small Magpie 2
Buff Ermine 1
Mother-of- Pearl 4
Lesser broad-bordered yellow Underwing 3
Swallowtailed Moth 3
Brimstone 2
Single-dotted Wave 2
Small fan-footed Wave 2
Common Footman 3
Dark Arches 2
Light Arches 2
Grey/Dark Dagger 2
Smoky Wainscot 5
Common/Lesser common Rustic 2
Cloaked Minor 1
Common Pug 1
Red twin-spot Carpet 2
Common Wainscot 2
Shaded-broad Bar 1
Gothic 2
Garden Carpet 1
Purple Bar 1
The Flame 2
Bright-line-brown eye 1
Yellow Tail 1
Uncertain 1
Willow Beauty 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Bee Moth 1
Common-white Wave 1
Triangle Plume 1
Many-plumed Moth 1
White-satin Moth 1
Small Fanfoot 1
Wormwood Pug 1
Least-yellow Underwing 1
Broad-bordered yellow Underwing 1
Dark barred twin-spot Carpet 1
Emmelina Monodactyla 1
Garden Pebble 1
Pyrausta aurata 1
Garden-rose Tortrix 1
Thistle Ermine 2

Another cracking session,producing 55 Species.

Regards

Steve.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:04 pm

01.08.08.
21.20-00.05.
Dingy Footman 3
Riband Wave 26
Mother-of Pearl 4
Small-blood Vein 3
Ruby Tiger 5
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1 female
Lesser-yellow Underwing 5
Lesser-broad bordered Yellow Underwing 21
Smoky Wainscot 6
Marbled Beauty 4
Dusky Sallow 1
Red twin-spot Carpet 4
Willow Beauty 4
Dark Arches 6
Chinese Character 3
Common Footman 1
Magpie 1
Flame Shoulder 3
Large-yellow Underwing 15
Common Carpet 1
Light Arches 1
Lime-speck Pug 3
Snout 1
The Flame 1
Spectacle 1
Heart and Dart 1
Shaded-broad Bar 1
Common Pug 1
Single-dotted Wave 1
Bordered Pug 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Poplar Grey 1
Dark Brocade 1
Sallow Kitten 1
Common/Lesser common Rustic 3
Straw Underwing 1
Common Wainscot 1
Hedge Rustic 1

Not a bad effort considering the cooler conditions last night,a total of 38 species and 9 new additions for the garden list.

Regards

Steve.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:51 am

10.08.08. 9.15-12.00

Large-yellow Underwing 33
Silver Y 1
Orange Swift 6
Garden Carpet 3
Common/Lesser Common Rustic 14
Riband Wave 2
Square-spot Rustic 1
Lesser broad-bordered yellow-Underwing 26
Dark/Grey Dagger 1
Straw Dot 2
Brimstone 2
Flame Shoulder 3
Lesser-yellow Underwing 8
Red twin-spot Carpet 1
Cabbage Moth 1
Willow Beauty 2
Setacous-hebrew Character 7
Tawny-speckled Pug 1
Light Arches 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 8
Dark Arches 2
Dusky Sallow 1
The Flame 1
Marbled Beauty 1
Garden Dart 1
Small-square Spot 1
Dark Brocade 1
Clay 1
Mother of Pearl 4
Rhomboid Tortrix 2
Agriphila tristella 2
Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla 1
Gold Triangle 1
Spindle Ermine 1
Agriphila Straminella 2
Orchard Ermine 1
White shouldered house Moth 1
Brown-house Moth 1

Not a bad effort,considering the wind.

Regards

Steve.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:09 pm

9.00-11.40.

Another effort at trapping resulted in 3 new species for the garden,they where Common-marbled Carpet,Iron Prominent and two cracking Gold Spot(This was also a new moth for me).The full list is as follows:

Lesser-yellow Underwing 1
Square-spot Rustic 4
Brimstone 1
Common/Lesser common Rustic 2
Lesser broad-bordered yellow-Underwing 9
Flame Shoulder 3
Large-yellow Underwing 11
Straw Dot 1
Angle Shades 1
Setacous-hebrew Character 4
Dingy Footman 1
Gold Spot 2
Ingrailed Clay 5
Lime-speck Pug 1
Mother of Pearl 2
Willow Beauty 2
Agriphila tristella 5
Common-marbled Carpet 1
Orange Swift 5
Shuttl-shaped Dart 1
Riband Wave 1
Small-blood Vein 1
Red twin-spot Carpet 1
Iron Prominent 1
Rhomboid Tortrix 4
Ebulea crocealis 2
Agriphila straminella 2

Regards

Steve,with Alan Dawes and Dave Wright.

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