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Field Trip - Ashwell Quarry - 11/06/17 On Sunday night I did another field trip because of the warm weather... but still knackered from the previous night I did struggle a bit through the night as expected. I arrived at 8pm, did a little netting and then relaxed for a bit before setting up five traps over the reserve. All of the traps were sited out of the wind as this would hopefully make the moths easier to spot and encourage them to settle better. The night actually started cloudy, quite contrary to the clear skies predicted (Not that I was in a position to moan, this meant the temperature would hold up better). The sky did finally clear and the wind increased with some big gusts and a temperature drop to 11 degrees by 2am meant that it was time to pack up. Highlights for me were my first Hertfordshire records of Dark Spectacle and Telechrysis tripuncta, both quite uncommon moths in the County. It was also nice to see Epinotia signatana, one of my favourite Epinotia's with the distinct black bar on the wing and some really fresh Geometer's, namely Common Emerald and Large Twin-spot Carpet. Catch Report - 11/06/17 - Ashwell Quarry - North-west Herts - 5 traps in total - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 40w Actinic + 15w LED Trap 1x 80w Actinic Trap 69 Macros & 40 Micros 109 species Macro Moths Barred Straw 3 Barred Yellow 3 Beautiful Hook-tip l Blue-bordered Carpet l Bright-line Brown-eye l Brimstone 3 Brown Rustic l Buff Ermine l Burnished Brass l Campion l Cinnabar l Clay l Clouded Brindle l Clouded Silver l Common Carpet 3 Common Emerald l Common Footman l Common Marbled Carpet l Common Pug l Common Swift 7 Common Wainscot l Dark Arches l Dark Spectacle l Double Square-spot l Fern l Flame 3 Flame Shoulder l Green Carpet l Green Pug l Grey Dagger l Grey Pug l Haworth's Pug l Heart & Dart l Ingrailed Clay l Large Nutmeg l Large Twin-spot Carpet l Large Yellow Underwing l Light Arches l Light Brocade l Light Emerald l Marbled Minor 10 Middle-barred Minor 2 Mottled Beauty 2 Mottled Rustic l Orange Footman l Pale Prominent l Privet Hawk-moth l Purple Bar l Riband Wave l Ruddy Carpet 2 Rustic Shoulder-knot l Scorched Wing l Setaceous Hebrew Character 3 Shaded Pug 2 Shoulder striped Wainscot l Silver-ground Carpet l Small fan-foot 2 Small Square-spot l Small Waved umber l Smoky Wainscot l Snout 15 Spectacle 8 Straw Dot l Tawny Marbled Minor l Treble Brown Spot l Turnip Moth l Uncertain l Willow Beauty 4 Wood Carpet l Micro Moths Anania hortulata l Ancylis achatana l Aphelia paleana l Archips podana l Blastobasis lacticolella l Bryotropha terrella l Bucculatrix bechsteinella l Celypha lacunana8 Chrysoteuchia culmella 2 Clepsis consimilana 2 Cnephasia sp l Cochylimorpha straminea 2 Cochylis atricapitana l Coleophora sp l Crambus lathoniellus l Elachista apicipunctella 1 Epiblema costipunctana 1 Epinotia signatana 2 Epiphyas postvittana l Eucosma cana l Eudonia lacustrata l Hedya nubiferana l Hedya pruniana l Hoffmanophila pseudospretella l Luquetia lobella l Monopis weaverella l Nemapogon cloacella 2 Nephopterix angustella l Notocelia trimaculana l Notocelia uddmanniana l Pandemis cerasana l Paraswammerdamia albicapitella l Phtheochroa sodaliana 2 Prays fraxinella l Pseudargyrotoza conwagana l Pterophorus pentadactyla 10 Scoparia ambigualis l Scoparia pyralella l Telechrysis tripuncta l Udea olivalis l
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Description: Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), Turnip Moth, to Robinson trap, Hellerup, Denmark, 15/16 June 2012 Magyar: A vetési bagolylepke (Agrotis segetum) a rovarok (Insecta) osztályának a lepkék (Lepidoptera) rendjéhez, ezen belül a bagolylepkefélék (Noctuidae) családjához tartozó faj. Date: 16 June 2012, 18:50. Source:
Agrotis segetum. Author:
Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Camera location
55° 44′ 06.65″ N, 12° 33′ 45.78″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 55.735181; 12.562716.
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Exemplar found: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Odintsovsky District, near village Pestovo, 02.08.2010, by light МО, Одинцовский р-н, окрестности деревни Пестово, 02.08.2010, на свет
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Summary[
edit] Description: Garden Catch 26/06/18 - Common but welcome That was the status of most of the moths in the trap this morning, common yes but alway nice to see for the first time each year. A rare moth is great and probably the most exciting aspect of moth trapping, but it's also nice to photograph mint examples and new forms of common moths at the same time. And also not forgetting garden firsts of common moths, like the Brown Scallop that was found on the brick wall behind the trap this morning! Not a particularly colourful moth mind but a welcome addition to the garden list all the same. Turnip Moth was also present and some lovely forms found, one of which really threw me and resembled a dark Crescent Dart! 2 Yellow Shells brought a splash of yellow, one was particularly fresh despite seemingly missing nearly all of it's antennaes! Garden species count for 2018 now upto 275. Here are the new for year species. Catch Report - 26/06/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths Brown Scallop [NFG] Small Fan-footed Wave Turnip Moth 4 Yellow Shell 2 Micro Moths Oegoconia sp. Date: 4 August 2018, 16:11. Source:
[2087] Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum). Author:
Ben Sale from Stevenage, UK.
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edit] Description: Polski: rolnica zbożówka (Agrotis segetum), imago na szybie okna, ul. Chorzowska 12a, Bytom-Rozbark. Date: 21 August 2020. Source: Own work. Author:
Adrian Tync.
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edit] Description: English: Mature caterpillar of Agrotis segetum Srpski (latinica): Zrela gusenica nocnog leptira Agrotis segetum. Date: 27 September 2020, 17:09:06. Source: Own work. Author:
Danilo.penic.
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edit] Description: 日本語: カブラヤガではと思われます。愛知県小牧市で撮影。. Date: 23 November 2020, 06:55:15. Source: Own work. Author:
KKPCW.
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Description: Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Turnip Moth (right), and Notocelia cynosbatella (Linnaeus, 1758) (left), to Robinson trap, Hellerup, Denmark, 30/31 May 2013. Date: 31 May 2013, 06:55. Source:
Agrotis segetum and Notocelia cynosbatella. Author:
Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Camera location
55° 44′ 06.69″ N, 12° 33′ 45.78″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 55.735193; 12.562716.
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Hexton Chalk Pit - Field Trip - 01/07/14 Roger and myself ran 3 traps at Hexton Chalk Pit on Tuesday evening, with Steve turning up at dusk for some moral support and staying with us until midnight. The reserve is a lovely habitat with a multitude of wildflowers growing on the chalk grassland. There are patches of bare chalk, but there could be more, as Bramble is starting to take over certain areas of the chalk grassland. The day had been mild and breezy with a high of around 21 degrees, but by dusk the sky was still crystal clear and the breeze was on the cool side and coats were worn pretty much from the off in fact hats wouldn't have felt out of place! with a low of 8 degrees when I was on my way home at 3am we were totally blown away by what we did manage to catch... For starters I managed 3 new Macro moths for me, Grey Arches, Reddish Light Arches and Royal Mantle (previously seen in Slovenia for the first time). Even better were some of the Micro's that turned up Firstly we had two Agonopterix liturosa, which currently is quite scarce in Herts with a handful of records. Secondly we had I would say 20+ of the Pyralid, Paratalanta hyalinalis. I had two, but one escaped whilst photographing them, typically only a photo of a battered one. One is with Roger. No records since 1937, confirmed! And a very good moth indeed. Other notable species included Satyr Pug, Dark Umber, Shark and 5 Wood Carpets (Only having previously seen one before, to record 5 in a single trip is quite overwhelming). On the Pyralid front we got Paratalanta hyalinalis in great numbers, along with 5 Ebulea crocealis and 5 Sitochroa verticalis. To round this post off, the session was an incredible insight in to just how important this habitat is despite it's small size and relative remoteness. A micro-climate indeed... I shall be going back! Catch Report - 01/07/14 - Hexton Chalk Pit - Hexton - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap. Numbers below are approximate 87 Macros and 44 Micros ( 131 species) Macro Moths 3x Barred Straw 1x Beautiful Golden-Y 20+ Blackneck 5x Bordered Sallow 7x Bright-line Brown-eye 5x Brimstone Moth 5x Brown Rustic 2x Brown Scallop 4x Brown-line Bright-eye 4x Buff Arches 1x Buff Ermine 1x Buff-tip 3x Burnished Brass 2x Cinnabar 5x Clay 10+ Clouded Border 2x Clouded Brindle 10+ Clouded Silver 5x Common Carpet 6x Common Footman 1x Common Rustic 2x Common Wainscot 1x Common Wave 6x Common White Wave 15+ Dark Arches 1x Dark Umber 1x Dot Moth 10+ Double Square-spot 1x Double-striped Pug 2x Dun-bar 1x Dusky Brocade 4x Dwarf Cream Wave 7x Elephant Hawk-moth 2x Fan-foot 25+ Fern 3x Flame 1x Flame Shoulder 1x Freyer's Pug 1x Garden Carpet 2x Green Pug 1x Grey Arches [NEW!] 3x Haworth's Pug 2x Heart & Club 20+ Heart & Dart 1x Iron Prominent 2x July Highflyer 5x Large Yellow Underwing 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 10x Light Arches 5x Light Emerald 3x Marbled Minor 1x Marbled White Spot 10x Mottled Beauty 5x Mottled Rustic 2x Peach Blossom 6x Peppered Moth 5x Pretty Chalk Carpet 3x Purple Bar 2x Reddish Light Arches [NEW!] 7x Riband Wave 2x Royal Mantle [NEW!] 1x Ruby Tiger 2x Rustic 1x Satyr Pug 15x Scarce Footman 2x Setaceous Hebrew Character 5x Shaded Pug 1x Shark 8x Shears 4x Short-cloaked Moth 1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot 4x Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2x Small Emerald 4x Small Fan-footed Wave 1x Small Phoenix 1x Small Waved Umber 1x Small Yellow Wave 8x Smoky Wainscot 5x Snout 2x Straw Dot 3x Swallow-tailed Moth 2x Tawny Marbled Minor 2x Tawny-barred Angle 1x Turnip Moth 10x Uncertain 3x Valerian Pug 2x Willow Beauty 5x Wood Carpet Micro Moths 2x Agonopterix liturosa [NEW!] 1x Bryotropha senectella [NEW!] 2x Epagoge grotiana 1x Stenoptilia pterodactyla 5x Ebulea crocealis 1x Marasmarcha lunaedactyla 4x Udea prunalis 1x Udea olivalis 1x Metzneria metzneriella 5x Celypha lacunana 1x Paraswammerdamia nebulella 1x Elachista atricomella 2x Archips xylosteana 2x Archips podana 2x Eurrhypara hortulata 2x Cnephasia sp 1x Phycitodes binaevella 1x Eucosma hohenwartiana 1x Eucosma cana 1x Cacoecimorpha pronubana 3x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1x Hedya pruniana 3x Hedya nubiferana 1x Coleophora sp 3x Marasmarcha lunaedactyla 1x Merrifieldia baliodactylus-leucodactyla? 20+ Paratalanta hyalinalis 5x Scoparia ambigualis 1x Tinea semifulvella 3x Acleris forsskaleana 1x Dipleurina lacustrata 2x Ephestia parasitella 1x Blastobasis lacticolella 2x Ancylis achatana 5x Sitochroa verticalis 1x Phycita roborella 1x Epiblema uddmanniana 1x Epiblema trimaculana 1x Agapeta hamana 1x Agapeta zoegana 5x Eudonia mercurella 4x Chrysoteuchia culmella 2x Pandemis cerasana 2x Pandemis heparana
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Description: Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), Turnip Moth, to Robinson trap, Hellerup, Denmark, 5/6 June 2012 Magyar: A vetési bagolylepke (Agrotis segetum) a rovarok (Insecta) osztályának a lepkék (Lepidoptera) rendjéhez, ezen belül a bagolylepkefélék (Noctuidae) családjához tartozó faj. Date: 6 June 2012, 19:56. Source:
Agrotis segetum. Author:
Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Camera location
55° 44′ 06.65″ N, 12° 33′ 45.78″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 55.735181; 12.562716.
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Summary[
edit] Description: Garden Catch 26/06/18 - Common but welcome That was the status of most of the moths in the trap this morning, common yes but alway nice to see for the first time each year. A rare moth is great and probably the most exciting aspect of moth trapping, but it's also nice to photograph mint examples and new forms of common moths at the same time. And also not forgetting garden firsts of common moths, like the Brown Scallop that was found on the brick wall behind the trap this morning! Not a particularly colourful moth mind but a welcome addition to the garden list all the same. Turnip Moth was also present and some lovely forms found, one of which really threw me and resembled a dark Crescent Dart! 2 Yellow Shells brought a splash of yellow, one was particularly fresh despite seemingly missing nearly all of it's antennaes! Garden species count for 2018 now upto 275. Here are the new for year species. Catch Report - 26/06/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths Brown Scallop [NFG] Small Fan-footed Wave Turnip Moth 4 Yellow Shell 2 Micro Moths Oegoconia sp. Date: 24 July 2018, 16:13. Source:
Turnip Moth. Author:
Ben Sale from Stevenage, UK.
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Description: Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Turnip Moth, to Robinson trap, Hellerup, Denmark, 30/31 May 2013 Magyar: A vetési bagolylepke (Agrotis segetum) a rovarok (Insecta) osztályának a lepkék (Lepidoptera) rendjéhez, ezen belül a bagolylepkefélék (Noctuidae) családjához tartozó faj. Date: 31 May 2013, 06:58. Source:
Agrotis segetum. Author:
Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Camera location
55° 44′ 06.69″ N, 12° 33′ 45.78″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 55.735193; 12.562716.
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Catch Report - 19/06/12 - Back Garden/Farmland Had a blistering night last night running 2 traps on the farm. Mild conditions have obviously helped more species come on the wing and yesterday was warm and calm and this theme continued well into the night, with a low this morning at 4.45am of 12c. 2 Lobster Moths were a nice surprise this morning, a Moth that I have only ever seen in mature Oak Woodland and only ever in numbers in Essex (Thorndon Country Park) Another moth that surprised me was 2 specimens (1 worn) of the Figure of Eighty moth, one that I rarely see (perhaps in decline?) Interesting Micro's including a 3rd County record of Phtheochroa inopiana and the rarely recorded Isotrias rectifasciana featured in last nights catch. Also an 2 examples of Cochylis molliculana turned up to the trap, quite a scarce moth in Hertfordshire, and no doubt spreading from its nearby stronghold in Essex. All in all I noted 15 new species for the year with 2 of them new to me. Today looks to be even warmer, so the traps will be on once again tonight Catch Report - Braughing 19/06/12 - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 2x Lobster Moth [NFY] 2x Figure of Eighty [NFY] 1x Dwarf Cream Wave [NFY] 1x Light Arches [NFY] 1x Dusky Brocade [NFY] 1x Green Pug [NFY] 1x Treble Brown Spot [NFY] 2x Common Footman 8x Cinnabar 2x Common Pug 1x Buff-tip 2x Beautiful Golden-Y 1x Silver-Y 2x Lime Hawk-moth 1x Elephant Hawk-moth 1x Poplar Hawk-moth 1x Angle Shades 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 1x Burnished Brass 3x Brown Rustic 1x Clouded Border 2x Clouded Silver 3x Rustic Shoulder-knot 2x Peppered Moth 1x Turnip Moth 1x Light Emerald 1x Pale Tussock 1x Freyer's Pug 2x Garden Carpet 2x Flame Shoulder 2x Siver-ground Carpet 1x Common Marbled Carpet 2x Vine's Rustic 2x Marbled Minor sp. 1x Middle-barred Minor 2x Mottled Rustic 2x Double Square-spot 4x Large Nutmeg 8x Nutmeg 1x Common Wainscot 3x Shoulder-striped Wainscot 19x Common Swift 5x Ingrailed Clay 2x White Ermine 2x Dark Arches 1x Large Yellow Underwing 3x Treble Lines 3x Snout 1x Small Square-spot 1x Grey Pug 6x Flame 4x Heart & Dart 2x Rustic Shoulder-knot 3x Green Carpet 1x Buff Ermine 1x Spectacle 8x Setaceous Hebrew Character Micro Moths 1x Isotrias rectifasciana [NEW!] 1x Phtheochroa inopiana [NEW!] 1x Eucosma cana [NFY] 1x Degeer's Longhorn Nemophora degeerella [NFY] 1x Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana [NFY] 1x Endothenia marginana [NFY] 1x Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana [NFY] 1x Metzneria metzneriella [NFY] 1x Teleiodes luculella [NFY] 1x Pea Moth Cydia nigricana [NFY] 1x Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana [NFY] 3x Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana 2x Cochylis molliculana 1x Blastobasis lacticolella 2x Agapeta hamana 2x Celypha striana 1x Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1x Argyresthia sp. 3x Scoparia ambigualis 1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 2x Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella 3x Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 1x Coleophora sp. 6x Udea olivalis 2x Epiblema cynosbatella 14x Celypha lacunana 2x Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata 2x Chrysoteuchia culmella
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4 days of mothing and a change of weather I've been pretty lazy lately updating my blog and so here is a combined list of moths including all of the new for year species since the 22nd of July until the 30th. In the time I trapped 4 times and each time the catch has got slightly lower each time. This slow down I usually expect to see at the end of August, but with species such as Square-spot Rustic, Rosy Rustic and Straw Underwing it kind of feels like that time of year already. Some great new moths for the year last week including the rarely seen Nutmeg (with just 3 records now for the garden and last seen in 2014). Nutmeg is a strange one for me. It seems to have poor years for about 5 or 6 consecutive years then an explosion happens like in 2012 where I trapped no less than 220 over two traps on the farm at Braughing Friars. Also Ypsolopha scabrella, which was a garden first in 2013 returned after a four year absence and not just one but 4 over the week and all different specimens as they were potted up. Udea ferrugalis was recorded as well, a migrant that has turned up for the last 5 years running and my earliest garden record by 29 days, I actually caught two of them on different nights which was pleasing. Last week saw a spurt of migrants with a year first Nomophila noctuella also recorded and no less than 35 Silver-Y's over the week. Unbelievably I missed out on Copper Underwing last year, a common moth and which was a year first on the 28th of July. But saving the best until last was a new Macro Moth for the garden and a truly un-welcome visitor if you work for DEFRA, the Oak Processionary Moth. Really pleased to trap this presumed wanderer from its stronghold population in the Thames Valley and in many districts of London. Unfortunately, it was in a pretty dire state but it still counts and I believe only the second record for Hertfordshire. The year list now sits on 414 species with the year totals so far being 2016 - [372] 2015 - [401] 2014 - [423] 2013 - [385] So I need 9 species to level with the best year in 2014, that should be easily attainable with about 20 common species 'expected' to turn up before the year ends. That is all for now... back to trapping for me. Catch Report - 22/07/17 to 30/07/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Oak Processionary [NEW!] 3x Copper Underwing [NFY] 1x Least Yellow Underwing [NFY] 1x Nutmeg [NFY] 1x Straw Underwing [NFY] 1x White-spotted Pug [NFY] 1x Blood-vein 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 4x Brimstone Moth 2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 76x Common Rustic 2x Common Wainscot 2x Dark Arches 1x Dingy Footman 1x Dot Moth 5x Double-striped Pug 3x Dun-bar 1x July Highflyer 1x Knot Grass 5x Large Yellow Underwing 5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 1x Lychnis 1x Maiden's Blush 5x Maple Pug 5x Mottled Beauty 8x Nut-tree Tussock 1x Pale Mottled Willow 1x Pale Prominent 1x Peppered Moth 1x Poplar Hawk-moth 1x Red Twin-spot Carpet 10x Riband Wave 2x Ruby Tiger 5x Rustic 1x Scalloped Oak 5x Shuttle-shaped Dart 35x Silver-Y 1x Small Waved Umber 1x Smoky Wainscot 4x Straw Dot 1x Tree-lichen Beauty 3x Turnip Moth 3x Uncertain 2x Willow Beauty 1x Yellow-tail Micro Moths 1x Catoptria pinella [NFY] 1x Epinotia tenerana [ NFY] 1x Hypatima rhomboidella [NFY] 1x Nomophila noctuella [NFY] 1x Phyllonorycter geniculella [NFY] 1x Phyllonorycter messaniella [NFY] 2x Udea ferrugalis [NFY] 4x Ypsolopha scabrella [NFY] 1x Acleris forsskaleana 2x Acrobasis advenella 5x Acrobasis suavella 3x Agriphila tristella 45x Agriphila straminella 1x Aleimma loeflingiana 2x Amblyptilia acanthdactyla 4x Argyresthia albistria 45x Blastobasis adustella 1x Bucculatrix ulmella 10x Chrysoteuchia culmella 1x Cnephasia sp 1x Coleophora sp 2x Cydia fagiglandana 2x Cydia pomonella 2x Cydia splendana 1x Endrosis sarcitrella 4x Emmelina monodactyla 5x Endotricha flammealis 1x Epiphyas postvittana 35x Eudonia lacustrata 30x Eudonia mercurella 2x Evergestis forficalis 1x Lyonetia clerkella 4x Pammene aurita 1x Pammene fasciana 1x Pandemis corylana 1x Phyllonorycter harrisella 45x Pleuroptya ruralis 15x Spilonota ocellana 4x Yponomeuta evonymella 1x Ypsolopha sequella
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