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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Well the onslaught of the usual suspects is still going strong, but the amount of species turning up to the trap has really ground to a halt.I have just listed extras that I got on this night, that did not feature in the previous nights catch, as time is of a premium lately.Rusty Dot Pearl was new for the garden albeit extremely washed out, and heralds probably the end of migrant activity for now, as we are expecting the wind to swing around from the north.Another possibly good record would be the micro, Gelechia nigra. It is a scarce moth nationwide and there is only one confirmed record from Hertfordshire in 1890! Labeled as extinct at present.Unfortunately needs must and the moth has been pinned ready for genitalia dissection, see what you think, I hope I am right.Another good one for the garden was the Tortrix, Cochylis molliculana. This species is certainly spreading northwards, having first seen it on the coast a few years back, then last year on my parents farm South-east of here.Catch Report - 21/08/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap Macro Moths1x Lime-speck Pug [NFY]1x Oak Hook-tip2x Marbled Beauty1x Maple ProminentMicro Moths1x Gelechia nigra???? pending1x Udea ferrugalis[NFG]1x Cochylis molliculana [NFG]1x Clepsis consimilana1x Catoptria falsella2x Acleris variegana1x Carcina quercana1x Cydia splendana1x Evergestis forficalis1x Cacoecimorpha pronubana
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Dorsal.Nontype MZLU-LEP00004659
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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13th July 2013: Broxbourne Wood, Hertfordshire13th July 2013: Broxbourne Wood, HertfordshireI am not sure if it was the phenomenally hot day on Saturday, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius, or the fact that this trip was to one of the county hot-spots for all things ecological, but we did have a staggering 27 people turn up for the Herts Moth Group trip to Broxbourne Wood National Nature Reserve on 13th July 2013. The West Car Park was completely filled; at one point a police car nosed in, looked, probably thought we were a bunch of weirdos and immediately drove off having turned on his blue lights! In addition to myself, five other people had brought traps and so, as darkness approached, we made use of the fact that the wood has a long and straight ride up the middle; traps were loaded into my Landrover and dropped off at intervals along the ride where they were set up by their owners. In all we ended up with 10 lights here, stretched over a linear distance of 700 metres but, of course, dipping into the sides and various clearings. I confess that I was rather lazy and only one of these (the furthest from the car park) was mine, but as it turned out we really did not need the other five I had in the vehicle. Once these lights were fired up, I also set up a sheet on the side of the Landrover in the West Car Park. People were then free to wander along the trap line and/or stay at the sheet and see what came in.Almost immediately, the moths started coming and they were still coming as the last four of us packed up the last trap at just after 3 am (most people having left in stages between midnight and about 2 am). I am pretty sure that if we had stayed another hour until daybreak we could easily have added a dozen or more further species to the list, but as it is we had to make do with a total of 208 moth species! Very recently, I was moaning that hundred nights were a thing of the past (and of course, when moth-ers talk of hundred nights they mean 100 macros). Well our macro total on Saturday night was 116 species. The astute will realise that this means we had 92 species of micro, but to my knowledge there are at least 3 further species awaiting dissection and it is possible that when this list appears that someone will e-mail me with others that I have overlooked. There are some rather good moths for Hertfordshire in the list use the Herts Moth Book (or if you are under 50, the web site) to look them up. In number order, I might perhaps suggest you look up, amongst others, 397: Glyphipterix thrasonella (rare in the county); 1088: Pseudosciaphila branderiana (very local); 1449: Elegia similella (nationally scarce); 1494: Capperia britanniodactyla (last recorded in the county at this site); 1771a: Thera cupressata Cypress Carpet (recent colonist first county record was in 2006); 1943: Hypomecis roboraria Great Oak Beauty (extremely local we had several in the traps and at the sheet); 2039: Atolmis rubricollis Red-necked Footman (almost certainly part of the recent immigration we had 6). Two species, in the form of 0926: Phalonidia manniana and 1375: Ostrinia nubilalis have recently been split into two species each we have retained specimens but not yet looked at these critically. It was good to have both Aethes cnicana and Aethes rubigana so they could be compared and there were other species pairs too, which made the evening informative as well as fun (e.g., Clouded Brindle and Clouded Bordered-brindle). Happily, the numbers of individuals of each species appear to have resumed a near normal setting, although there were singles of just a few species. There were several Satin Beauties, mostly in my trap at the far end of the line and at the end of the session around 2.30 am. Here too, I am told by others, Violet Ground Beetles (Carabus violaceus) were making off with large numbers of Leopard Moths that had not made it all the way to the safety of the trap! Good numbers of Great Oak Beauty emphasise the nature of the woodland habitat at Broxbourne.Those marked with an asterisk (*) have been named by genitalia dissection. Thanks to all the trap operators who gave me lists of moths from their traps throughout the course of the evening. Please tell me if I missed anything.C.W.PlantBelow I have listed the species that were present in my traps.As the group was spread out, my traps got different species to what the others got, the best species by far were 2 scarce Map-winged Swifts that came to the Actinic.Also the rare micros wee very pleasing to see in my traps.12/07/13 Broxbourne Woods - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Trap run from 9.45pm until 3.00amGhost MothMap-winged SwiftTischeria ekebladellaLeopard MothCaloptilia alchimiellaArgyresthia goedartellaScythropia crataegellaYponomeuta evonymellaParaswammerdamia nebulella [NEW!] Cedestis gysseleniella [NEW!]Prays fraxinellaPlutella xylostella Ypsolopha ustellaColeophora flavipennellaBatia unitellaCarcina quercanaPseudatemelia flavifrontella [NEW!]Parachronistis albiceps [NEW!]Teleiodes vulgellaTeleiodes luculellaBlastodacna hellerellaPhalonidia mannianaAgapeta hamanaAethes cnicanaCochylis atricapitanaPandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Archips podana Archips xylosteana Lozotaeniodes formosanus Epagoge grotiana Ditula angustioranaPseudargyrotoza conwaganaCnephasia asseclana*Aleimma loeflingianaTortrix viridanaSpatalistis bifasciana [NEW!]Celypha lacunanaHedya prunianaHedya nubiferanaHedya salicellaApotomis turbidanaAncylis achatana Zeiraphera isertanaEpiblema uddmannianaEucosma canaEucosma obumbratanaSpilonota ocellanaRhyacionia pinivoranaChrysoteuchia culmellaCrambus lathoniellusCatoptria pinellaDipleurina lacustrataEurrhypara hortulataPerinephela lancealisUdea prunalisUdea olivalis Endotricha flammealis Phycita roborellaEphestia parasitellaCapperia britanniodactyla [NEW!]Pterophorus pentadactylaAdaina microdactylaDrinkerPebble Hook-tipPeach BlossomBuff ArchesFigure of EightyBlotched EmeraldCommon EmeraldClay Triple-linesBlood-veinLeast CarpetSmall Fan-footed WaveTreble Brown SpotRiband WaveSilver-ground CarpetCommon CarpetBarred StrawCommon Marbled CarpetBarred YellowBlue-bordered CarpetGrey Pine Carpet July HighflyerSmall RivuletFoxglove PugWormwood PugCurrant PugGrey PugGreen PugDouble-striped PugSmall White WaveSmall Yellow WaveClouded BorderTawny-barred AngleBrown Silver-lineBordered BeautyLilac BeautySwallow-tailed MothPeppered MothWillow BeautyMottled BeautySatin Beauty [NEW!]Great Oak BeautyPale Oak BeautyEngrailedBrindled White-spotBordered WhiteCommon White WaveCommon WaveClouded SilverLight EmeraldBarred RedPoplar Hawk-mothElephant Hawk-mothBuff-tipLobster MothIron ProminentPebble ProminentMaple ProminentPale ProminentYellow-tailRosy FootmanRed-necked FootmanScarce FootmanBuff FootmanCommon FootmanBuff ErmineShort-cloaked MothHeart and ClubFlameFlame ShoulderLarge Yellow UnderwingIngrailed ClayDouble Square-spotSmoky WainscotMinor Shoulder-knotPoplar GreyMillerGrey DaggerBird's WingSmall Angle ShadesDark ArchesLight ArchesClouded-bordered BrindleClouded BrindleDusky BrocadeRufous Minor*Tawny Marbled MinorSmall Dotted BuffUncertainMarbled White SpotScarce Silver-linesOak NycteolineBurnished BrassBeautiful Golden YSpectacleBeautiful Hook-tipStraw DotSnoutFan-footSmall Fan-foot
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Braughing Farmland - East Herts
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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A trip down to Dungeness in Kent on Saturday night proved to be the coolest conditions we have experienced for a while, with clear skies, bright moon and misty air coming from the sea. As you can imagine it wasn't great and the moths were few and far between, but I did manage a few new ones for me. Yellow Belle, Pale Grass Eggar, Antler Moth, Celypha cespitana, Aroga velocella and Cynaeda dentalis were all new for me. There are still some Bactra's to confirm and a few unidentified micros to sort out.All in all despite the catastrophic weather I was pleased to pick up some new ones.
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Hexton Chalk Pit - Field Trip - 01/07/14Roger 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 upFirstly 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 approximate87 Macros and 44 Micros ( 131 species)Macro Moths3x Barred Straw1x Beautiful Golden-Y20+ Blackneck5x Bordered Sallow7x Bright-line Brown-eye5x Brimstone Moth5x Brown Rustic2x Brown Scallop4x Brown-line Bright-eye4x Buff Arches1x Buff Ermine1x Buff-tip3x Burnished Brass2x Cinnabar5x Clay10+ Clouded Border2x Clouded Brindle10+ Clouded Silver5x Common Carpet6x Common Footman1x Common Rustic2x Common Wainscot1x Common Wave6x Common White Wave15+ Dark Arches1x Dark Umber1x Dot Moth10+ Double Square-spot1x Double-striped Pug2x Dun-bar1x Dusky Brocade4x Dwarf Cream Wave7x Elephant Hawk-moth2x Fan-foot25+ Fern3x Flame1x Flame Shoulder1x Freyer's Pug1x Garden Carpet2x Green Pug1x Grey Arches [NEW!]3x Haworth's Pug2x Heart & Club20+ Heart & Dart1x Iron Prominent2x July Highflyer5x Large Yellow Underwing1x Lesser Yellow Underwing10x Light Arches5x Light Emerald3x Marbled Minor1x Marbled White Spot10x Mottled Beauty5x Mottled Rustic2x Peach Blossom6x Peppered Moth5x Pretty Chalk Carpet3x Purple Bar2x Reddish Light Arches [NEW!]7x Riband Wave2x Royal Mantle [NEW!]1x Ruby Tiger2x Rustic1x Satyr Pug15x Scarce Footman2x Setaceous Hebrew Character5x Shaded Pug1x Shark8x Shears4x Short-cloaked Moth1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot4x Small Elephant Hawk-moth2x Small Emerald4x Small Fan-footed Wave1x Small Phoenix1x Small Waved Umber1x Small Yellow Wave8x Smoky Wainscot5x Snout2x Straw Dot3x Swallow-tailed Moth2x Tawny Marbled Minor2x Tawny-barred Angle1x Turnip Moth10x Uncertain3x Valerian Pug2x Willow Beauty5x Wood CarpetMicro Moths2x Agonopterix liturosa [NEW!] 1x Bryotropha senectella [NEW!]2x Epagoge grotiana1x Stenoptilia pterodactyla5x Ebulea crocealis1x Marasmarcha lunaedactyla4x Udea prunalis1x Udea olivalis1x Metzneria metzneriella5x Celypha lacunana1x Paraswammerdamia nebulella1x Elachista atricomella2x Archips xylosteana2x Archips podana2x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Cnephasia sp1x Phycitodes binaevella1x Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Eucosma cana1x Cacoecimorpha pronubana3x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Hedya pruniana3x Hedya nubiferana1x Coleophora sp3x Marasmarcha lunaedactyla1x Merrifieldia baliodactylus-leucodactyla?20+ Paratalanta hyalinalis5x Scoparia ambigualis1x Tinea semifulvella3x Acleris forsskaleana1x Dipleurina lacustrata 2x Ephestia parasitella1x Blastobasis lacticolella2x Ancylis achatana5x Sitochroa verticalis1x Phycita roborella1x Epiblema uddmanniana1x Epiblema trimaculana1x Agapeta hamana1x Agapeta zoegana5x Eudonia mercurella4x Chrysoteuchia culmella2x Pandemis cerasana2x Pandemis heparana
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Jimena de la Frontera, Andaluca, Espaa
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Ingwavuma, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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Hollebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium