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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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A quick update from a field trip I did the other night.Not a huge amont, but was nice to see my second and third ever Morophaga choragellaThere is still one micro pending....anyone?Cheers.A Stiff breeeze from the North and clear. Temp down to 10c at 1.10am08/07/13 - 1x 125w MV Robinson, 1x 160w MBT Trap and 1x 80w Actinic Trap - 9.45pm til 1.00amMacro Moths5x Barred Straw2x Blotched Emerald5x Brown Rustic2x Buff Arches1x Buff Ermine1x Burnished Brass1x Clay2x Clouded Silver1x Common Carpet1x Common Emerald1x Common Footman2x Common Marbled Carpet3x Common Swift1x Common Wainscot1x Common Wave2x Common White Wave5x Double Square-spot8x Flame2x Green Pug4x Heart & Dart2x Ingrailed Clay1x July Highflyer2x Large Nutmeg2x Light Emerald3x Maple Prominent2x Marbled Minor5x Mottled Beauty1x Poplar Grey1x Privet Hawk-moth5x Riband Wave2x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x Setaceous Hebrew Character2x Silver-ground Carpet1x Small Fan-foot15x Snout2x Straw Dot1x Swallow-tailed Moth1x White ErmineMicro Moths15x Aleimma loeflingiana5x Archips podana2x Celypha lacunana1x Cnephasia sp10x Pandemis cerasana2x Prays fraxinella (typical form)2x Scoparia ambigualis2x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Elophila nymphaeata3x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Agapeta hamana2x Epiblema uddmanniana2x Eucosma cana5x Hedya pruniana4x Plutella xylostella1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Ditula angustiorana10x Chrysoteuchia culmela20x Tortrix viridana5x Udea olivalis1x Epiblema trimaculana1x Coleophora sp2x Crambus perlella1x Aphelia paleana1x Endrosis sarcitrella2x Morophaga choragella2x Mompha ochraceella15x Archips xylosteana3x Cochylimorpha straminea1x Aphomia sociella3x Blastobasis lacticolella2x Argyresthia retinella1x Phycitodes binaevella1x Paraswammerdamia albicapitella1x Epinotia immundana1x Epinotia abbreviana
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Bits and bobs from Back garden and Parents farm Just a quick update, had a walk around the garden and also the farm and found some more new species for the year. I am struggling with the 2 Mompha species found in my garden, they are probably just Mompha subbistrigella, but one is very colourful for that particular species. I shall be back up there tonight with the Herts moth group. 06-06-13 - Braughing Farmland - Daytime netting 1x Crambus lathoniellus 2x Silver-ground Carpet 7x Cinnabar 1x Epiblema costipunctana 2x Epiblema cirsiana 10x Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana 1x Mompha epilobiella 07-06-13 - Back garden - Daytime 1x Argyresthia trifasciata [NFG] 2x Mompha sp [NFG] 1x Angle Shades
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Catch Report - Braughing 22/07/12 - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapAnother great catch and still ticking over quite nicely.A good variety but as the trend continues this year, numbers are down quite considerably.Scarce Silver-lines was probably the best Macro Moth, having only seen 2 previous to this one and Teleiopsis diffinis and Argyresthia bonnetella were 2 new Micro's for my records (shame it flew off just as I went to photograph it)The next few nights look even warmer, tonight I shall be trapping for the very last time on the farm for awhile, and then on Tuesday I shall be back to Gade Springs in Hemel Hempstead.Catch Report - Braughing 22/07/12 - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap and 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap Macro Moths1x Scarce Silver-lines [NFY]2x Waved Black2x Latticed Heath1x Yellow Shell 2x Buff-tip3x Peppered Moth1x Buff Arches4x Snout14x Dark Arches3x Beautiful Hook-tip19x Common Footman6x Uncertain2x Scalloped Oak1x July Highflyer11x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing10x Large Yellow Underwing2x Dun-bar2x Riband Wave1x Heart & Dart3x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Yellow-tail2x Poplar Grey5x Light Arches5x Mottled Rustic5x Dwarf Cream Wave7x Common Rustic1x Pos Lesser Common Rustic3x Privet Hawk-moth2x Poplar Hawk-moth2x Southern Wainscot1x Drinker1x Engrailed15x Smoky Wainscot3x Clay2x Setaceous Hebrew Character1x Flame2x Least Carpet1x Dot Moth1x Swallow-tailed Moth1x Dingy Footman2x Rustic1x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Single-dotted Wave1x Nut-tree Tussock1x Small Emerald1x Purple Thorn1x Scarce Footman1x Clouded Silver1x Ghost Moth2x Green Pug1x Willow Beauty1x Short-cloaked Moth3x Common Wainscot5x Common Rustic1x Pos Lesser Common RusticMicro Moths1x Teleiopsis diffinis [NEW!] 1x Argyresthia bonnetella [NEW!]3x Eucosma campoliliana [NFY]1x Argyresthia brockeella [NFY]1x Ancylis achatana 1x Blastodacna hellerella 3x Udea prunalis2x Cochylis hybridella2x Endothenia gentianaeana1x Acleris forsskaleana3x Mompha ochraceella11x Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella4x White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella2x Case-bearing Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella1x Large Tabby Aglossa pinguinalis3x Endotricha flammealis1x Batia lunaris 1x Sitochroa verticalis2x Lathronympha strigana2x Phlyctaenia coronata2x Aethes cnicana1x Monochroa palustrella2x Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella2x Epiblema sp1x Bee Moth Aphomia sociella9x Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis1x Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana7x Coleophora sp6x Metzneria lappella5x Agapeta hamana 2x Yponomeuta sp2x Batia unitella55x Chrysoteuchia culmella3x Phycita roborella2x Celypha striana1x Dipleurina lacustrata2x Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana2x Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana5x Endotricha flammealis4x Cnephasia sp1x Ephestia parasitella2x Eucosma cana3x Eudonia mercurella 1x Emmelina monodactyla2x Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana3x Celypha lacunana2x Crambus perlella2x Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana3x White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla6x Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata2x Catoptria falsella
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David, Roger, Steve and myself tried a session trapping on the Westbrook Hay site consisting of unimproved grassland and surrounding ancient woodland.We parked up and intended to run a few traps from the Old Barn electrics and then walk with a few traps and the genny to somewhere towards Ramacre Wood, overlooking Hay Wood as well. Unfortunately the electric sockets in the Old Barn did not work (although strangely all the lights did) so after setting up two traps and laying 100 metres of cable to find they wouldn't work, we had to pack it all up and go to plan B, take all but one of the traps with us alongside the bridlepath leading to Ramacre Wood.This part of Westbrook Hay has been previously untrapped, unfortunately it was very humid (good for moths) and we were plagued by Horse-flies, well I was! One got the tip of my index finger but I got off lightly luckily.Not to be put off anymore, as soon as I pulled the cord on the generator the wind got up! You couldn't make it up!Luckily the wind was on and off, but when it was on it was blowing quite considerably. I thought we should put a trap on the bridlepath shielded from the wind, and this trap did pretty well indeed. All in all a great trip marred by a few niggles, you can't have it all I suppose. The catch was mainly made up of Middle-barred Minor, Straw Dot, Tortrix viridana, Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, Aleimma loeflingiana and Chrysoteuchia culmella. Highlights were Green Arches, White-point, Phlyctaenia perlucidalis, Alabonia geoffrella and Archips crataegana.Stenoptilia pterodactyla was potted up in my car, it must have still been in one of the traps as we were loading them in. Identified by its white costal streak. Catch Report - 20/06/14 - Westbrook Hay - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 40w Lucent Suitcase Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.59 Macros and 49 Micros ( 108 species)Macro Moths2x Beautiful Hook-tip5x Brimstone Moth2x Buff Ermine 2x Buff Footman1x Burnished Brass2x Clouded Border30+ Clouded Silver1x Common Marbled Carpet1x Common Swift2x Common Wainscot1x Common White Wave1x Coronet8x Dark Arches2x Double Square-spot1x Drinker2x Engrailed5x Fan-foot2x Flame3x Flame Shoulder1x Foxglove Pug2x Garden Carpet2x Ghost Moth1x Green Arches4x Green Silver-lines4x Grey Pug3x Heart & Club12x Heart & Dart2x Ingrailed Clay1x Large Nutmeg1x Large Twin-spot Carpet5x Large Yellow Underwing2x Light Arches1x Light Brocade4x Light Emerald1x Lobster Moth1x Maiden's Blush5x Marbled Minor2x Marbled White Spot20x Middle-barred Minor7x Mottled Beauty4x Mottled Rustic3x Peach Blossom2x Peppered Moth5x Riband Wave1x Scorched Wing2x Setaceous Hebrew Character1x Shears4x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Silver-ground Carpet1x Small Clouded Brindle5x Small Square-spot2x Snout20+ Straw Dot2x Treble Brown Spot8x Uncertain3x White Ermine1x White-point1x Willow Beauty3x Yellow ShellMicro Moths1x Alabonia geoffrella [NEW!]1x Blastobasis laticolella1x Zeiraphera isertana1x Swammerdamia pyrella1x Bryotropha terrella1x Parachronistis albiceps8x Epinotia abbreviana1x Ancylis achatana2x Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Agonopterix arenella7x Aphomia sociella20+ Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20+ Tortrix viridana 50+ Chrysoteuchia culmella10x Pabdemis cerasana5x Pandemis heparana4x Celypha lacunana2x Archips podana1x Archips crataegana2x Hedya pruniana10x Hedya nubiferana2x Clepsis consimilana1x Acentria ephemerella2x Argyresthia albistria1x Argyresthia conjugella2 Eudonia mercurella15+ Aleimma loeflingiana1x Phycita roborella2x Cnephasia sp1x Scrobipalpa acuminatella1x Ditula angustiorana1x Phlyctaenia perlucidalis1x Homoeosoma sinuella1x Orthopygia glaucinalis2x Crambus perlella5x Udea olivalis1x Udea prunalis1x Lozotaenia forsterana12x Archips xylosteana2x Celypha striana2x Crambus lathoniellus2x Scoparia ambigualis2x Anthophila fabriciana1x Elachista argentella1x Teleiodes luculella1x Emmetia marginea1x Stenoptilia pterodactyla
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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A Gem of a new moth! + another new MicroOn Wednesday night, I set-up the trap for the last time until Sunday night, as we are currently having a lovely weekend away.Although it rained most of the night and the trap was full of wasps come the morning...it was all very much worth it, with my first ever UK Gem, I was so excited to get this moth and am astonished how it got past all of the town and factory lights to end up in the bottom of my trap.The new Micro was Stenolechia gemmella, thinking it was initially a Carpatolechia species, it turned out to be this pretty species.
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What a night!With the MV Robinson Trap back in action, it was time to see what graced the trap come Monday morning.I was pretty darned pleased to say the least, there were literally loads of moths.Unfortunately the birds still beat me to a few of the bigger moths. I got up at 6 to find a year first Swallow-tailed Moth wings, but luckily the best was in the trap! Nearly 200 moths last night with 22 New species for the year...probably a record catch for the garden.Again mostly micros but it was certainly a Wave night with Small Dusty, Common White, Riband, Small Fan-footed, Dwarf Cream, Treble Brown Spot and Single-dotted Wave!Elephant Hawk-moth, Haworths Pug, Dingy Shears and Epagoge grotiana were pick of the bunch. But best of all, both of the micros Argyresthia cupressella and Swammerdamia caesiella were new ones for me. Argyresthia cupressella if correct will be the 4th County record for Hertfordshire. All these new ones suddenly sees me at 240 species for the year though still some way to beat 385 species I had last year, still things are still possible as out of the 240 species so far this year an amazing 36 species have been new for the garden I had a night off last night as it had teamed it down for a few hours before darkness and the vegetation was sopping.Catch Report - 21/06/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 160w MBT Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Common Emerald [NFY]1x Swallow-tailed Moth [NFY]1x Haworth's Pug [NFY]1x Light Arches [NFY]1x Elephant Hawk-moth [NFY]1x Dingy Shears [NFY]2x Barred Yellow [NFY]1x Small Fan-footed Wave [NFY]1x Single-dotted Wave [NFY]1x Clay [NFY]3x Marbled Minor2x Dwarf Cream Wave1x Small Dusty Wave7x Treble Brown Spot5x Dark Arches 2x Willow Beauty2x Common White Wave1x Common Pug2x Green Pug 2x Buff-tip1x Buff Ermine1x Beautiful Hook-tip1x Common Wainscot 1x Flame1x Cabbage Moth1x Double-striped Pug2x Peppered Moth 2x Grey Pug 6x Common Footman 3x Flame Shoulder 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 2x Heart & Club 2x Fan-foot 3x Dot Moth 1x Brimstone 22x Uncertain 6x Mottled Beauty 3x Riband Wave 4x Light Emerald 4x Double Square-spot 29x Heart & Dart 19x Mottled Rustic1x Vine's Rustic1x SnoutMicro Moths 1x Argyresthia cupressella [NEW!]1x Swammerdamia caesiella [NEW!] 2x Scythropia crataegella [NFG]1x Ancylis achatana [NFG]1x Argyresthia goedartella [NFY] 1x Yponomeuta evonymella [NFY]1x Carcina quercana [NFY]2x Oegoconia sp [NFY] 1x Epagoge grotiana [NFY]1x Hypsopygia costalis [NFY]1x Pterophorus pentadactyla [NFY]1x Argyresthia pruniella [NFY]3x Phycita roborella1x Phyllonorycter coryli 2x Udea prunalis1x Agapeta hamana1x Endotricha flammealis1x Coleophora sp 5x Udea olivalis 3x Aphomia sociella 7x Aleimma loeflingiana 3x Tortrix viridana15x Chrysoteuchia culmella 2x Ditula angustiorana 1x Eurrhypara hortulata3x Hedya pruniana1x Celypha striana 3x Epiblema uddmanniana 2x Celypha lacunana1x Archips podana 5x Scoparia ambigualis2x Epiphyas postvittana1x Dipleurina lacustrata4x Emmelina monodactyla
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Moths galore!Well things have all of a sudden picked up here in my garden with a huge selection ofspecies and after a high of 27c the night was clear, but boy did it stay warm at aminimum of 15c even under clear skies, the moths were everywhere this morning andno doubt I missed a few.I don't normally run the trap at the weekend, but after going for a walk for morefood for our caterpillars and seeing so much flying about, I am glad I did!Best Macro moths for me were garden first's of Red-necked Footman and Lobster Moth.Also both Toadflax and Foxglove Pug in one night was a surprise, another two new ones forthe garden, all in all 24 were new for the garden and were 4 new for the year.2 examples of the tiny little Ectoedemia decentella and a single Argyresthia retinellawere both new moths for me, well chuffed!Interestingly the only species of Hawk-moth I have had in my garden since last August has beenthe Poplar Hawk-moth, where at my last house I recorded Lime, Eyed, Poplar, Privet, Elephantand Pine on an annual basis.213 moths of 87 species total (51 Macro - 36 Micro) Catch Report - 06/07/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trapMacro Moths1x Red-necked Footman [NFG]1x Lobster Moth [NFG]1x Fan-foot [NFG]1x Foxglove Pug [NFG]1x Toadflax Pug [NFG]1x Small Blood-vein [NFG]1x Miller [NFG]1x Buff Ermine [NFG]1x Fern [NFG]1x Buff Arches [NFG]1x Maiden's Blush [NFY]4x Treble Brown-spot1x Grey Pug4x Common Footman5x Brimstone Moth4x Willow Beauty2x Maple Prominent3x Flame Shoulder2x Flame4x Dot Moth2x Green Silver-lines3x Peppered Moth3x Mottled Beauty3x Treble Brown Spot2x Pale Prominent2x Common Marbled Carpet25x Uncertain3x Heart & Club1x Light Emerald3x Barred Yellow3x Snout1x Large Yellow Underwing2x Marbled Minor1x Ingrailed Clay1x Brown Rustic1x Pale Mottled Willow21x Heart & Dart1x Rustic Shoulder-knot5x Mottled Rustic3x Dark Arches1x Garden Carpet1x Freyer's Pug1x Spectacle7x Double Square-spot1x Green Pug1x Grey Dagger1x Beautiful Golden-Y3x Straw Dot1x Angle Shades2x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Common Pug Micro Moths2x Ectoedemia decentella [NEW!]1x Epiblema uddmanniana [NFG]1x Argyresthia retinella [NEW!]1x Aphelia paleana [NFG]1x Anthophila fabriciana [NFG]1x Epiblema cirsiana (hindwing dark 'checked') [NFG]2x Hedya nubiferana [NFG]1x Ephestia parasitella [NFG]1x Epiblema trimaculana [NFG]1x Pammene aurana [NFG]1x Archips podana [NFG]1x Archips xylosteana [NFG]1x Crambus pascuella [NFG]1x Trachycera suavella [NFG]1x Coleophora sp [NFY]1x Tinea semifulvella [NFY]1x Spilonota ocellana [NFY]3x Udea olivalis2x Celypha lacunana3x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Scoparia ambigualis1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla2x Celypha striana1x Emmelina monodactyla6x Aleimma loeflingiana8x Tortrix viridana1x Aphomia sociella1x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Bryotropha terrella6x Epiphyas postvittana3x Chrysoteuchia culmella1x Hedya pruniana2x Argyresthia spinosella3x Pandemis cerasana2x Crambus lathoniellus1x Caloptilia alchimiella
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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A more than 'Minor' successA great catch last night with plenty to be pleased about, it certainly was a night of the Minor's! with hopefully Rufous, and Tawny Marbled to add to Marbled and Middle-barred Minor.Beautiful Golden-Y was the Macro highlight.I think tonight will be the last 'muggy' night so I will take advantage of that, just incase I get some more species for the garden.Catch Report - 19/06/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap102 moths of 41 speciesMacro Moths1x Beautiful Golden-Y [NFG]1x Pale Tussock [NFG]1x Pale Prominent [NFG]1x Middle-barred Minor [NFG]1x Tawny Marbled Minor (to be gen det and added to garden list) [NFG]1x Rufous Minor (to be gen det and added to garden list) [NFG]1x Spruce Carpet [NFY]1x Light Emerald [NFY]1x Straw Dot [NFY]4x Clouded Silver6x Green Carpet2x Willow Beauty4x Common Pug7x Large Nutmeg2x Brimstone Moth5x Rustic Shoulder-knot9x Garden Carpet5x Common Marbled Carpet6x Common Swift2x Marbled Minor1x Peppered Moth9x Heart & Dart1x Freyer's Pug3x Mottled Rustic1x Mottled Pug1x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Ingrailed Clay2x Brown RusticMicro moths1x Teleiodes luculella [NFG]1x Hedya pruniana [NFG]1x Aphomia sociella [NFG]1x Argyresthia sp (to be gen det) [NFG]3x Celypha lacunana [NFY]2x Crambus lathoniellus1x Scoparia ambigualis2x Syndemis musculana5x Epiphyas postvittana1x Epiblema cynosbatella1x Caloptilia alchimiella1x Plutella xylostella
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Catch Report - 01/08/11 - Farmland/Back Garden - HertfordshireFirst trappings of August and a superb catch was awaiting me at 5am, after the warmest night we have had this year, with no less than 75 species of Macro Moth, I could not believe it! best moths included A first for the year Dusky Thorn, one I don't get very much and is still only my 3rd ever one, new for my garden Black Arches, Dark Umber and another Waved Black and Square-spotted Clay.Also 18 Ruby Tiger's was just silly!I'm pretty sure I had a Rufous Minor, which would have been new, but it flew off before I could pot it, so I am not counting it!A new Micro Moth was observed, that being a single specimen of Argyresthia albistria a Blackthorn feeder.Catch Report - 01/08/11 - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Farmland/back gardenMacro Moths1x Beautiful Hook-tip2x Black Arches1x Blood-vein3x Bright-line Brown-eye4x Brimstone Moth4x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing3x Brown-line Bright-eye2x Buff Ermine3x Buff Footman1x Burnished Brass5x Clay6x Cloaked Minor2x Clouded Border2x Common Carpet20x Common Footman7x Common Rustic1x Common Swift5x Dark Arches1x Dark Umber2x Dingy Footman5x Double Square-spot6x Dun-bar5x Dusky Sallow1x Dusky Thorn [NFY]6x Dwarf Cream Wave1x Flame Shoulder2x Heart & Dart1x July Highflyer1x Large Twin-spot Carpet4x Large Yellow Underwing14x Latticed Heath5x Least Carpet5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Lesser Swallow Prominent3x Lesser Yellow Underwing3x Lime-speck Pug2x Maple Pug1x Marbled Beauty1x Marbled Minor2x Middle-barred Minor2x Mouse Moth1x Nut-tree Tussock4x Nutmeg1x Orange Swift1x Pebble Prominent1x Poplar Hawk-moth3x Red Twin-spot Carpet14x Riband Wave1x Rosy Rustic18x Ruby Tiger2x Rustic1x Scalloped Oak3x Scarce Footman1x Setaceous Hebrew Character6x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Single-dotted Wave1x Slender Brindle1x Small Emerald2x Small Fan-footed Wave2x Small Scallop2x Small Waved Umber1x Smoky Wainscot1x Square-spotted Clay1x Straw Dot1x Straw Underwing1x Turnip Moth12x Uncertain1x Waved Black3x White Satin Moth1x White-spotted Pug3x Willow Beauty1x Yellow Shell4x Yellow-tailMicro Moths1x Argyresthia albistria [NEW!]1x Agriphila tristella [NFY]1x Cnephasia sp.3x Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana3x Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella1x Emmelina monodactyla1x Udea prunalis2x Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella22x Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis2x Endotricha flammealis3x Agapeta hamana1x Scoparia ambigualis2x Cochylis atricapitana29x Chrysoteuchia culmella5x Celypha striana7x Phycita roborella5x Batia unitella3x Dipleurina lacustrata2x Crambus perlella5x Eucosma cana1x Azalea Leaf Miner Caloptilia azaleella
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Another mooch around the garden...Yielded a freshly hatched Green-veined White, almost above where the Field Mustard plant was last year. I can only assume that it used this as it's food plant last year.Also a single Anthophila fabriciana (which seems to be an annual occurrence of one individual) observed on the Nettles that I left to grow at the end of the garden.Another micro, a very pretty Argyresthia spinosella was potted up as it tried to escape over to next door's garden (moths seem to have a preference for the other side!) The best shot I could get was a lid shot.3 Adela reamurella were also enjoying themselves and basking in the warm sunshine on one of our shrubs.
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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David, Roger, Steve and myself tried a session trapping on the Westbrook Hay site consisting of unimproved grassland and surrounding ancient woodland.We parked up and intended to run a few traps from the Old Barn electrics and then walk with a few traps and the genny to somewhere towards Ramacre Wood, overlooking Hay Wood as well. Unfortunately the electric sockets in the Old Barn did not work (although strangely all the lights did) so after setting up two traps and laying 100 metres of cable to find they wouldn't work, we had to pack it all up and go to plan B, take all but one of the traps with us alongside the bridlepath leading to Ramacre Wood.This part of Westbrook Hay has been previously untrapped, unfortunately it was very humid (good for moths) and we were plagued by Horse-flies, well I was! One got the tip of my index finger but I got off lightly luckily.Not to be put off anymore, as soon as I pulled the cord on the generator the wind got up! You couldn't make it up!Luckily the wind was on and off, but when it was on it was blowing quite considerably. I thought we should put a trap on the bridlepath shielded from the wind, and this trap did pretty well indeed. All in all a great trip marred by a few niggles, you can't have it all I suppose. The catch was mainly made up of Middle-barred Minor, Straw Dot, Tortrix viridana, Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, Aleimma loeflingiana and Chrysoteuchia culmella. Highlights were Green Arches, White-point, Phlyctaenia perlucidalis, Alabonia geoffrella and Archips crataegana.Stenoptilia pterodactyla was potted up in my car, it must have still been in one of the traps as we were loading them in. Identified by its white costal streak. Catch Report - 20/06/14 - Westbrook Hay - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 40w Lucent Suitcase Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.59 Macros and 49 Micros ( 108 species)Macro Moths2x Beautiful Hook-tip5x Brimstone Moth2x Buff Ermine 2x Buff Footman1x Burnished Brass2x Clouded Border30+ Clouded Silver1x Common Marbled Carpet1x Common Swift2x Common Wainscot1x Common White Wave1x Coronet8x Dark Arches2x Double Square-spot1x Drinker2x Engrailed5x Fan-foot2x Flame3x Flame Shoulder1x Foxglove Pug2x Garden Carpet2x Ghost Moth1x Green Arches4x Green Silver-lines4x Grey Pug3x Heart & Club12x Heart & Dart2x Ingrailed Clay1x Large Nutmeg1x Large Twin-spot Carpet5x Large Yellow Underwing2x Light Arches1x Light Brocade4x Light Emerald1x Lobster Moth1x Maiden's Blush5x Marbled Minor2x Marbled White Spot20x Middle-barred Minor7x Mottled Beauty4x Mottled Rustic3x Peach Blossom2x Peppered Moth5x Riband Wave1x Scorched Wing2x Setaceous Hebrew Character1x Shears4x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Silver-ground Carpet1x Small Clouded Brindle5x Small Square-spot2x Snout20+ Straw Dot2x Treble Brown Spot8x Uncertain3x White Ermine1x White-point1x Willow Beauty3x Yellow ShellMicro Moths1x Alabonia geoffrella [NEW!]1x Blastobasis laticolella1x Zeiraphera isertana1x Swammerdamia pyrella1x Bryotropha terrella1x Parachronistis albiceps8x Epinotia abbreviana1x Ancylis achatana2x Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Agonopterix arenella7x Aphomia sociella20+ Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20+ Tortrix viridana 50+ Chrysoteuchia culmella10x Pabdemis cerasana5x Pandemis heparana4x Celypha lacunana2x Archips podana1x Archips crataegana2x Hedya pruniana10x Hedya nubiferana2x Clepsis consimilana1x Acentria ephemerella2x Argyresthia albistria1x Argyresthia conjugella2 Eudonia mercurella15+ Aleimma loeflingiana1x Phycita roborella2x Cnephasia sp1x Scrobipalpa acuminatella1x Ditula angustiorana1x Phlyctaenia perlucidalis1x Homoeosoma sinuella1x Orthopygia glaucinalis2x Crambus perlella5x Udea olivalis1x Udea prunalis1x Lozotaenia forsterana12x Archips xylosteana2x Celypha striana2x Crambus lathoniellus2x Scoparia ambigualis2x Anthophila fabriciana1x Elachista argentella1x Teleiodes luculella1x Emmetia marginea1x Stenoptilia pterodactyla
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What a night!With the MV Robinson Trap back in action, it was time to see what graced the trap come Monday morning.I was pretty darned pleased to say the least, there were literally loads of moths.Unfortunately the birds still beat me to a few of the bigger moths. I got up at 6 to find a year first Swallow-tailed Moth wings, but luckily the best was in the trap! Nearly 200 moths last night with 22 New species for the year...probably a record catch for the garden.Again mostly micros but it was certainly a Wave night with Small Dusty, Common White, Riband, Small Fan-footed, Dwarf Cream, Treble Brown Spot and Single-dotted Wave!Elephant Hawk-moth, Haworths Pug, Dingy Shears and Epagoge grotiana were pick of the bunch. But best of all, both of the micros Argyresthia cupressella and Swammerdamia caesiella were new ones for me. Argyresthia cupressella if correct will be the 4th County record for Hertfordshire. All these new ones suddenly sees me at 240 species for the year though still some way to beat 385 species I had last year, still things are still possible as out of the 240 species so far this year an amazing 36 species have been new for the garden I had a night off last night as it had teamed it down for a few hours before darkness and the vegetation was sopping.Catch Report - 21/06/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 160w MBT Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Common Emerald [NFY]1x Swallow-tailed Moth [NFY]1x Haworth's Pug [NFY]1x Light Arches [NFY]1x Elephant Hawk-moth [NFY]1x Dingy Shears [NFY]2x Barred Yellow [NFY]1x Small Fan-footed Wave [NFY]1x Single-dotted Wave [NFY]1x Clay [NFY]3x Marbled Minor2x Dwarf Cream Wave1x Small Dusty Wave7x Treble Brown Spot5x Dark Arches 2x Willow Beauty2x Common White Wave1x Common Pug2x Green Pug 2x Buff-tip1x Buff Ermine1x Beautiful Hook-tip1x Common Wainscot 1x Flame1x Cabbage Moth1x Double-striped Pug2x Peppered Moth 2x Grey Pug 6x Common Footman 3x Flame Shoulder 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 2x Heart & Club 2x Fan-foot 3x Dot Moth 1x Brimstone 22x Uncertain 6x Mottled Beauty 3x Riband Wave 4x Light Emerald 4x Double Square-spot 29x Heart & Dart 19x Mottled Rustic1x Vine's Rustic1x SnoutMicro Moths 1x Argyresthia cupressella [NEW!]1x Swammerdamia caesiella [NEW!] 2x Scythropia crataegella [NFG]1x Ancylis achatana [NFG]1x Argyresthia goedartella [NFY] 1x Yponomeuta evonymella [NFY]1x Carcina quercana [NFY]2x Oegoconia sp [NFY] 1x Epagoge grotiana [NFY]1x Hypsopygia costalis [NFY]1x Pterophorus pentadactyla [NFY]1x Argyresthia pruniella [NFY]3x Phycita roborella1x Phyllonorycter coryli 2x Udea prunalis1x Agapeta hamana1x Endotricha flammealis1x Coleophora sp 5x Udea olivalis 3x Aphomia sociella 7x Aleimma loeflingiana 3x Tortrix viridana15x Chrysoteuchia culmella 2x Ditula angustiorana 1x Eurrhypara hortulata3x Hedya pruniana1x Celypha striana 3x Epiblema uddmanniana 2x Celypha lacunana1x Archips podana 5x Scoparia ambigualis2x Epiphyas postvittana1x Dipleurina lacustrata4x Emmelina monodactyla
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs,. SO7347
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs,. SO7347