tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898868137066736732024-03-19T08:48:48.129+00:00Upper Thames MothsA Blog for moth recorders in Bucks, Berks and OxonPeter Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828069795222628270noreply@blogger.comBlogger6733125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-50697250275542795472024-03-16T10:18:00.001+00:002024-03-16T10:18:49.360+00:00Westcott, Bucks<div style="text-align: left;">The first half of March proved to be a bit disappointing after all that promise of an early spring following the very mild weather in February. It was back to rather more seasonal chillier nights for much of the period and there was very little let-up in the rain which has meant that much of the lawn in our back garden is still under water even now. There was moth activity every night but it wasn't until the 9th that a new species was added to the garden year-list. The following take that list to 50 species for the year, of which 47 are adult moths:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> (9th) <i>Acleris literana</i><br /> (11th) Red Chestnut</div><div style="text-align: left;"> (12th) Grey Shoulder-knot, Twin-spotted Quaker</div><div style="text-align: left;"> (13th) Early Thorn, Early Grey</div><div style="text-align: left;"> (14th) <i>Pammene giganteana</i> (to MOL pheromone lure at 11am) </div><div style="text-align: left;"> (15th) <i>Agonopterix arenella</i>, Double-striped Pug</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The 12th produced a very acceptable return to the actinic with just over 80 moths altogether, but the catches on most other nights haven't achieved even half that number. Micros have been in short supply with only <i>Agonopterix heracliana</i> and <i>Emmelina monodactyla</i> appearing with any kind of regularity. The <i>Acleris literana </i>(9th) was very nice to see although it had a chunk missing from one wing and wasn't as nicely marked as Martin Harvey's example back in February (see <a href="https://upperthamesmoths.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-new-species.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">here</span></b></a>).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The local bat population was tempted out of hibernation early by our mild February weather and at least one medium-sized individual (almost certainly Brown Long-eared) has been on patrol in the garden on most nights during this period. I've certainly lost the odd Orthosia or two each session, and probably more than that judging by the sets of wings left lying around near the light. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztawj8tYWRM5orZnS1Qh5Y_SD9FWAxd39DEF19qeE1IbUlk9kez4pZfXjJUKdePaeGprIZO7A4R4IdFWqOna1mOpQLSl9iVwYq7XwYM-becHIYXFbEo5QKC8pONwUWqlQEDrpU135KEM3Psrlel1WY_OXqr8lNETLI_e-oZUEMD_JaxFE9rt-kyLYxBJ1/s1000/DSCN3720a%20Acleris%20literana.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1000" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztawj8tYWRM5orZnS1Qh5Y_SD9FWAxd39DEF19qeE1IbUlk9kez4pZfXjJUKdePaeGprIZO7A4R4IdFWqOna1mOpQLSl9iVwYq7XwYM-becHIYXFbEo5QKC8pONwUWqlQEDrpU135KEM3Psrlel1WY_OXqr8lNETLI_e-oZUEMD_JaxFE9rt-kyLYxBJ1/s320/DSCN3720a%20Acleris%20literana.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Acleris literana</i>, Westcott 9th March</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQwLBYkyWlG69tgVNO8XuOpHHeEPTu0tpCG-VuJI1KXvVClDXkLpvfWt1Z0b2pA31yo5EJk9-QPDOnHRqApl84GYFiOeoyzXJtbrem0xp9qtA4YmhnmDWmQwEaW4Y0OSgYklyzkVYxArt7NKWvkBXwhxF-YYjbBDQBAMwvNEBf8hqLNRUF2mSgxmpIREk/s1000/DSCN3729a%20Red%20Chestnut.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1000" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQwLBYkyWlG69tgVNO8XuOpHHeEPTu0tpCG-VuJI1KXvVClDXkLpvfWt1Z0b2pA31yo5EJk9-QPDOnHRqApl84GYFiOeoyzXJtbrem0xp9qtA4YmhnmDWmQwEaW4Y0OSgYklyzkVYxArt7NKWvkBXwhxF-YYjbBDQBAMwvNEBf8hqLNRUF2mSgxmpIREk/s320/DSCN3729a%20Red%20Chestnut.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Chestnut, Westcott 11th March</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUtzqTRuTfX5KjkOr40Hvz3n5bDE32afsb3Ws__b7X62KUHttvcRavED2GQ_yoTjoK_RCeDhia3vLLkQVsZYWwRhc7-byqEQ4-gPCpVnoVDHqMmKtX5ylPtQoB7_2t5BjzZsCGcs47J3O_mke2wH7DBFLYQMnuuaTbDz6os3PyLMJMFclqGK9DW-wo1ww/s1000/DSCN3739a%20Twin-spot%20Quaker.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUtzqTRuTfX5KjkOr40Hvz3n5bDE32afsb3Ws__b7X62KUHttvcRavED2GQ_yoTjoK_RCeDhia3vLLkQVsZYWwRhc7-byqEQ4-gPCpVnoVDHqMmKtX5ylPtQoB7_2t5BjzZsCGcs47J3O_mke2wH7DBFLYQMnuuaTbDz6os3PyLMJMFclqGK9DW-wo1ww/s320/DSCN3739a%20Twin-spot%20Quaker.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twin-spotted Quaker, Westcott 12th March</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO2tjpfi6RnJgvaRLnOUC9S1IXM7yODUl4pwPRmh6A1W-1dhLQUa6UQU9VAjBMA_Psz-2n586gVXBRhHpqp84rI65cDMnX3py7MjZSWkMsJ76tP29VpCUX_zoGkIcM0wL4Dv40mwINGoB8lrEhsfINx2xCACQ6MqAhXYw01mB0dQS2nrHezqafUHjtRdj/s1000/DSCN3750a%20Early%20Thorn.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1000" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO2tjpfi6RnJgvaRLnOUC9S1IXM7yODUl4pwPRmh6A1W-1dhLQUa6UQU9VAjBMA_Psz-2n586gVXBRhHpqp84rI65cDMnX3py7MjZSWkMsJ76tP29VpCUX_zoGkIcM0wL4Dv40mwINGoB8lrEhsfINx2xCACQ6MqAhXYw01mB0dQS2nrHezqafUHjtRdj/s320/DSCN3750a%20Early%20Thorn.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early Thorn, Westcott 13th March</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVL-bQmpxwa6WXoaibdM_C2pc1hl8A2h5ZXysYu7c6uwKdn-nxIRSMfcndNuxtjyYIu0jiLWKf6PCRy4P1fokgd2VC9izZ_Ze8NxK2JouPUS9kUPNKsQmZ6luiX7nDsOWyJs2c8jb4eaEiboEUcKxLLJYoyOk9GIObErZ746JYO9_DppGCnfYnTG2wMjE/s1000/DSCN3745a%20Early%20Grey.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1000" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVL-bQmpxwa6WXoaibdM_C2pc1hl8A2h5ZXysYu7c6uwKdn-nxIRSMfcndNuxtjyYIu0jiLWKf6PCRy4P1fokgd2VC9izZ_Ze8NxK2JouPUS9kUPNKsQmZ6luiX7nDsOWyJs2c8jb4eaEiboEUcKxLLJYoyOk9GIObErZ746JYO9_DppGCnfYnTG2wMjE/s320/DSCN3745a%20Early%20Grey.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early Grey, Westcott 13th March</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Dave Wilton</span></b> Westcott, Bucks </div>Dave Wiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-35954418541599682712024-03-14T18:03:00.000+00:002024-03-14T18:03:48.405+00:00Numbers on the rise in woodland<div style="text-align: left;">Last night I spent the three hours from dusk at Finemere Wood, Bucks, my first away trapping anywhere since December. This wasn't in the hope of getting anything exciting but mainly to check that the equipment (generators in particular) was working satisfactorily prior to the season ahead. Well over 1,000 moths of 22 species came to the two MV traps and, much as expected, Small Quaker (354) and Common Quaker (524) were the most numerous, followed by Oak Beauty (54) as the next in line. The other macro-moths seen were March Moth (12), Shoulder Stripe (1), Water Carpet (2), Brindled Pug (3), Early Thorn (2), Pale Brindled Beauty (1), Small Brindled Beauty (17), Engrailed (1), Early Grey (1), Chestnut (20), Satellite (1), Clouded Drab (23), Lead-coloured Drab (20), Twin-spotted Quaker (7), Hebrew Character (32) & Red Chestnut (33). The lack of Spring Usher came as no real surprise as it started so early this year and must be over by now, but it seemed odd not to get a single Yellow Horned because they've started to appear elsewhere in oak woodland. Apart from <i>Diurnea fagella</i> (28) the micros were in very short supply, the only others to turn up being <i>Tortricodes alternella</i> (3, like Spring Usher presumably almost over by now) & <i>Acleris ferrugana/notana</i> (1).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcQPgMHCBjYXVejc-E4P0C-JBGKTUumtZbI-3cFNCwRVsrBsh40MmNpw3d00OjJUOPr9Q-dIYZ5l-IjD5UFY8YXKDLEsinJvj-uAM8OLTlyTbztOC8gc9lA0CWaXEbEkX9cIJtAsPujFGa9lIZZi_9YEKNDrPqKDh-FLbPtMTfbD8kV_SuYgvMEgvs3RJ/s1000/DSCN3758a%20Water%20Carpet%20Finemere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1000" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcQPgMHCBjYXVejc-E4P0C-JBGKTUumtZbI-3cFNCwRVsrBsh40MmNpw3d00OjJUOPr9Q-dIYZ5l-IjD5UFY8YXKDLEsinJvj-uAM8OLTlyTbztOC8gc9lA0CWaXEbEkX9cIJtAsPujFGa9lIZZi_9YEKNDrPqKDh-FLbPtMTfbD8kV_SuYgvMEgvs3RJ/s320/DSCN3758a%20Water%20Carpet%20Finemere.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water Carpet, Finemere Wood 13th March</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyNCiMt4rkwSLZgD8nPS1Ht_uqFiOL_J1VqG-cCJoApOzEIiA9Genvk6xRY0QkO2z0ZiuIYq5JACZ_ktBtveVtJ5tMrWq2UDsdUczEpIKfB4oXZf52R6ba0qPGlKt_1XI1pVlJ8KArX7v6rK6H3xC1ZtROsbry1hEEhBH8o59Jp0kc_Ac0pbRc6T0ew9A/s1000/DSCN3761a%20Brindled%20Pug%20Finemere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1000" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyNCiMt4rkwSLZgD8nPS1Ht_uqFiOL_J1VqG-cCJoApOzEIiA9Genvk6xRY0QkO2z0ZiuIYq5JACZ_ktBtveVtJ5tMrWq2UDsdUczEpIKfB4oXZf52R6ba0qPGlKt_1XI1pVlJ8KArX7v6rK6H3xC1ZtROsbry1hEEhBH8o59Jp0kc_Ac0pbRc6T0ew9A/s320/DSCN3761a%20Brindled%20Pug%20Finemere.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brindled Pug, Finemere Wood 13th March</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Dave Wilton</span></b> Westcott, Bucks </div>Dave Wiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-18513164861284814352024-03-13T08:34:00.002+00:002024-03-13T08:34:51.456+00:00Alstromoeriana?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98WVPu9HW7GDjxV5nefo89lx1P7NnbSgtqmL23BpL1jfIsmWKypmqpvwgllMGMcRDdoExDpoK6WNlNraIrzfj1sWgV1vv0uEwrNnUApkLQCtoE1ed_-ROmB94gGqNxkhHc2IFC-bdMy2vJT62e04g0-WhHY7TfHKQLG9yiKxCeXsj3Ji8R20GN7UZUJo/s1776/IMG_6748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="1636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98WVPu9HW7GDjxV5nefo89lx1P7NnbSgtqmL23BpL1jfIsmWKypmqpvwgllMGMcRDdoExDpoK6WNlNraIrzfj1sWgV1vv0uEwrNnUApkLQCtoE1ed_-ROmB94gGqNxkhHc2IFC-bdMy2vJT62e04g0-WhHY7TfHKQLG9yiKxCeXsj3Ji8R20GN7UZUJo/s320/IMG_6748.JPG" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_-Y4ZEFOERJ2lb2uiVJGEdnlsUeffzvI-Ry8p06tDRN3qAPKHzlyIoiunClPEh9AWOLL-zCLb10j0eUX1VBTRZU_CKnZx40NyHVUvUXBoOwf3hKI3424CMBzyyDOLemcm4SzZBuf_gy6X7U268XM_CSwLqzlP6JOF5lHjz7a89Hiw5zVtTR_QAeSbFY/s3024/IMG_6747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2341" data-original-width="3024" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_-Y4ZEFOERJ2lb2uiVJGEdnlsUeffzvI-Ry8p06tDRN3qAPKHzlyIoiunClPEh9AWOLL-zCLb10j0eUX1VBTRZU_CKnZx40NyHVUvUXBoOwf3hKI3424CMBzyyDOLemcm4SzZBuf_gy6X7U268XM_CSwLqzlP6JOF5lHjz7a89Hiw5zVtTR_QAeSbFY/s320/IMG_6747.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd be grateful for help with this micro whose 'fan' pattern I don't recognise, though in other respects it seems to fit <i>Agonopterix alstromoeriana</i> which also came two nights ago. We have Alstromerias in the garden, the famous 'Poor Man's Orchid' now also of filling station fame. Perhaps the lines are wing-fold creases? Meanwhile it was very cheering to get the first showy moth of the year last night, this Oak Beauty below. <b><span style="color: #ffa400;"><a href="http://martinsmoths.blogspot.com">Martin Wainwright Thrupp Oxon</a></span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAjPclMToD8DTIYPEBW3RqZBwmtTffMw4ymHajwk6iZ6bg7sT7_GdCSeKcGn1yll5V9p1TMOMUHGCQtYSyqaGypTYuO8oHh3hY9jpELM1Qd8q7-XfvF6bSKmCEWNZ_urZjy0CyONa6HvyFlxquM9JGdndlecQX7mLw3uUXH-B7rgCAGrCf8x6QMxqOHE/s2908/IMG_6760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="2765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAjPclMToD8DTIYPEBW3RqZBwmtTffMw4ymHajwk6iZ6bg7sT7_GdCSeKcGn1yll5V9p1TMOMUHGCQtYSyqaGypTYuO8oHh3hY9jpELM1Qd8q7-XfvF6bSKmCEWNZ_urZjy0CyONa6HvyFlxquM9JGdndlecQX7mLw3uUXH-B7rgCAGrCf8x6QMxqOHE/s320/IMG_6760.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Martin Wainwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276936577536929319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-79069937906371029312024-03-11T18:02:00.001+00:002024-03-11T18:02:19.595+00:00id help please Acleris? Quaker/Drab?<p> Grateful for id help please with this tortrix - an Acleris spp perhaps? </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsUTUSkMh5WIFUEApMgejVYEeKrYJGW73ksRQu6ImlW1acDJF1KwAUjw5Z852rRN2M61WqyuZFQ2VGlAtYM1SVkMNfH3dddChgshAr_zE3Ovj5nw-5s_gUOiOXKoSXMziYVaGjHMwNAhbAnzGdFMsNe1TdJ9_A6Q7nkrlVAjeEdkjbi67MWTakRsC-8IZ/s4608/P3090060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsUTUSkMh5WIFUEApMgejVYEeKrYJGW73ksRQu6ImlW1acDJF1KwAUjw5Z852rRN2M61WqyuZFQ2VGlAtYM1SVkMNfH3dddChgshAr_zE3Ovj5nw-5s_gUOiOXKoSXMziYVaGjHMwNAhbAnzGdFMsNe1TdJ9_A6Q7nkrlVAjeEdkjbi67MWTakRsC-8IZ/s320/P3090060.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_LHp7XCYIK4dkKncEyADdFaVELVTRjtyUpVfT3xuHNOB2hmQw64r5PYo_rbvfqejZtgbFuWuNK_b0A9pd1AcWNHH8IpsnenSAnDzsk5xh1zF5whvrRpd6GhOfw4oiQo8Ek1CvlTSbCgfpp4bWsEfEDlmLld6t8RLLQ5x63-FFn53ABEMB8QlEKn_1HUu/s4608/clouded%20drab%20query.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_LHp7XCYIK4dkKncEyADdFaVELVTRjtyUpVfT3xuHNOB2hmQw64r5PYo_rbvfqejZtgbFuWuNK_b0A9pd1AcWNHH8IpsnenSAnDzsk5xh1zF5whvrRpd6GhOfw4oiQo8Ek1CvlTSbCgfpp4bWsEfEDlmLld6t8RLLQ5x63-FFn53ABEMB8QlEKn_1HUu/s320/clouded%20drab%20query.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> And is the macro Clouded Drab or a dark Common Quaker or something else?<br /><p></p>Mary-Anne Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14412436530694022058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-43647879362301935992024-03-10T17:42:00.003+00:002024-03-10T17:42:52.318+00:00Pale or Tawny Pinion<p> Hi there,</p><p>I'm thinking Tawny (which would be new for our local commons in Cholesbury/Hawridge) but I would appreciate confirmation. The dark pointed shoulders look right, but the diagnostic blackish bar isn't at all clear - but then it's worn, having survived the wettest winter on record!</p><p>Please tell me it isn't just a very dark Pale Pinion!!</p><p>Thanks, David</p><p>PS It's amazing what can fall out of a bird feeder when you clean it out!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwYw2GSaAIR8xGYe1tZgWsuDD3H0h483fdrtLJRfhCItAiBY4aM5ph6qce_ytu6vZsV0lC2PIINIy03qeTqP_8jXMN67eIljGk7hQocMfF1EJJSm0SEdOFdpv7TzaG4AISdhIorDoMOwBDMAUFD1XlawVu2AcqOGdNfBghtGhfHGJeIfuZBoGyMBTUOas/s5472/_MG_9910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwYw2GSaAIR8xGYe1tZgWsuDD3H0h483fdrtLJRfhCItAiBY4aM5ph6qce_ytu6vZsV0lC2PIINIy03qeTqP_8jXMN67eIljGk7hQocMfF1EJJSm0SEdOFdpv7TzaG4AISdhIorDoMOwBDMAUFD1XlawVu2AcqOGdNfBghtGhfHGJeIfuZBoGyMBTUOas/s320/_MG_9910.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AmNSa0j4ByG-7_VL4l8luCCSI1v3onlhANYUCqyv58seWW9HQw8W_CcTtu8uGU8p_fNm0CM6SWLQqbYLV-FN9iHmAU_AlGFsyM-a2SIU3i1T-MucQp3M6dc0D8Y0vy3SZMCaD-jkQp23XhPcOf_H1zM8-OT5Oa9EIBn9XGL4cOLPU4A3nBOb5jlQhsdc/s5472/_MG_9912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AmNSa0j4ByG-7_VL4l8luCCSI1v3onlhANYUCqyv58seWW9HQw8W_CcTtu8uGU8p_fNm0CM6SWLQqbYLV-FN9iHmAU_AlGFsyM-a2SIU3i1T-MucQp3M6dc0D8Y0vy3SZMCaD-jkQp23XhPcOf_H1zM8-OT5Oa9EIBn9XGL4cOLPU4A3nBOb5jlQhsdc/s320/_MG_9912.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dC-Lv5BTQwd6J6gweFXF94-KT2QVoFh95H6IE-yhyqbPSjrPvjm_fTh9KDKRxpBFWlMUg1IvT0QiKC3lCLJ8hS2KEBPsai7-WgjhSZuoNQWMXxzFDg5hYZNvZ8mWWOBXVNWLumaIyJP4I0eZSP479EfSabbAvwxwJZnU0IqQ6RjkOo7mQH0TPKdNAOLp/s4378/_MG_9914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2919" data-original-width="4378" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dC-Lv5BTQwd6J6gweFXF94-KT2QVoFh95H6IE-yhyqbPSjrPvjm_fTh9KDKRxpBFWlMUg1IvT0QiKC3lCLJ8hS2KEBPsai7-WgjhSZuoNQWMXxzFDg5hYZNvZ8mWWOBXVNWLumaIyJP4I0eZSP479EfSabbAvwxwJZnU0IqQ6RjkOo7mQH0TPKdNAOLp/s320/_MG_9914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp05bZZYTNJiOc8WhLP4MnjV9pIplug1tgrx6xRGxHFGDqZf92DoGiE6n6DlN-PY1Cmfapb6mRrQkHnzBHPhRUlQ_ZMzxpF_UIcFcwEVLT4KqXM9QX-tDU5nSX9T5vfvfdQXxlQYoFQiHuS8Grx5t-YT8kMsxStrm8dSq_mMkp3aE2eIADWQyHsQ2De2Lf/s5472/_MG_9917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp05bZZYTNJiOc8WhLP4MnjV9pIplug1tgrx6xRGxHFGDqZf92DoGiE6n6DlN-PY1Cmfapb6mRrQkHnzBHPhRUlQ_ZMzxpF_UIcFcwEVLT4KqXM9QX-tDU5nSX9T5vfvfdQXxlQYoFQiHuS8Grx5t-YT8kMsxStrm8dSq_mMkp3aE2eIADWQyHsQ2De2Lf/s320/_MG_9917.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoauQqRWaJ2j5k-kKL-0BPWcbF6xevdW_q1cCozoQOMqLVOwv4bUeIHA4Njgq7kX42LTxy7p1ynNx3fvRfWt28O8v4GZrhHlMi0-vXe2YM_eJoH5EpYIrloQkdjalf2zSn0ZnrgnWUC19V1BeKLxtR10bgj3ib0frEycodldKPELUw1juaNhkWXqXx8cLT/s5472/_MG_9922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoauQqRWaJ2j5k-kKL-0BPWcbF6xevdW_q1cCozoQOMqLVOwv4bUeIHA4Njgq7kX42LTxy7p1ynNx3fvRfWt28O8v4GZrhHlMi0-vXe2YM_eJoH5EpYIrloQkdjalf2zSn0ZnrgnWUC19V1BeKLxtR10bgj3ib0frEycodldKPELUw1juaNhkWXqXx8cLT/s320/_MG_9922.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>David Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00178380532177028989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-68511194308154115892024-03-09T16:53:00.000+00:002024-03-09T16:53:36.143+00:00Yellow HornedI had this Yellow Horned visit my garden trap last night, which is only the second record for my garden, the first being back in 2018.
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Steve Trigg, CookhamSteve Trigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17848975639483729158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-29881863128396147432024-03-09T09:52:00.000+00:002024-03-09T09:52:51.063+00:00Blossom Underwing<p> Amongst rather slim pickings last night, this Blossom Underwing appears to be the earliest for the region by about six days, unless there are earlier 2023 records not yet in the Atlas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8dDRFLjLoRWTVWhMAd2_0PK5TRQ2ito5xjuM5EpOWefshwSrldwYas_ES2zyLUO7TkxIJm7HLGP9xZCgG8Yl2vOMzYhCmDXNrVZbsMbE1XI-CK5JRZQNIZhlV6_1lNXZ5yYZr9ZY067Xw_Ko2bVJtrFXBkssq8c7G__rd-rQgQ2FrkrHW8tKU85qufE/s1507/Blossom%20Underwing%2009%20Mar%202024%20001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="1320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8dDRFLjLoRWTVWhMAd2_0PK5TRQ2ito5xjuM5EpOWefshwSrldwYas_ES2zyLUO7TkxIJm7HLGP9xZCgG8Yl2vOMzYhCmDXNrVZbsMbE1XI-CK5JRZQNIZhlV6_1lNXZ5yYZr9ZY067Xw_Ko2bVJtrFXBkssq8c7G__rd-rQgQ2FrkrHW8tKU85qufE/s320/Blossom%20Underwing%2009%20Mar%202024%20001.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Phil Tizzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979649955847830327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-48359827612359675952024-03-04T21:09:00.001+00:002024-03-05T12:21:30.928+00:00Struggling<p> I am struggling with the macro on the right ,trapped on 25th September.I thought Knot Grass but too late.Any thoughts?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdHuAatgcMQFJqn-0Me9_2eHD2B0P6D3pNRVDQeLYj9vlVXo_hEipcAcWY6HL_7j5aAgj_c2hTZvkFUTFpSVmoz2YoffJaROaQXZxLIy7_OxJhEScTgFz6aRNVWTLqcVvmSas10TNuGKRx5qvud53jQdCMcU5vJhFbnioi0bvQbbOoj3jfLnwEUwAY6cc/s1938/IMG_0829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="1938" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdHuAatgcMQFJqn-0Me9_2eHD2B0P6D3pNRVDQeLYj9vlVXo_hEipcAcWY6HL_7j5aAgj_c2hTZvkFUTFpSVmoz2YoffJaROaQXZxLIy7_OxJhEScTgFz6aRNVWTLqcVvmSas10TNuGKRx5qvud53jQdCMcU5vJhFbnioi0bvQbbOoj3jfLnwEUwAY6cc/s320/IMG_0829.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Will Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932945860988929208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-82193123951000862752024-03-02T09:32:00.002+00:002024-03-02T09:32:22.889+00:00UK Moth Recorders Meeting<p>I watched a recording of this meeting, following the link posted by Dave, and was amazed to learn that 486 species of macro moth had been recorded in the NMRS in January! (At 7:52 mins into the recording). <br />I appreciate that this is UK-wide and possibly includes all life stages, but it still seems remarkable that more than half the UK's macro moths have been recorded in January. A similar story for micros, with 646 species recorded in January. Or am I completely misunderstanding what is being said?</p><p>Phil T</p>Phil Tizzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979649955847830327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-16790098640650475472024-03-01T21:47:00.001+00:002024-03-01T21:47:25.300+00:00Accidental indoor rearing<p>While counting the eleven <i>Nemapogon granella</i> adults in my kitchen late this afternoon, I noticed a fresh-looking <i>Cydia pomonella</i> amongst them. The <i>N. granella</i> breed in a bag of walnuts brought back from France in 2019. Peter checked the genitalia of a specimen in 2020.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8somwJm4FoMxcq6V6x2t4NvQdFGTBIjjMxCQRVH6H906wBuKXcDE6a2OWJ3LeHX4kfeK7ak7DHUyvAuiW0o73ifQvF1yLEJBIENF_RWd6Nz02MNIT4JLqjT8QXVPIWHrdNf1BVH-dVCj7dkEu-pzyGPE4jTLaW8tDnmQZya865643hk4hoRHKmWgVzH0/s1786/NL%202403%20-007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1786" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8somwJm4FoMxcq6V6x2t4NvQdFGTBIjjMxCQRVH6H906wBuKXcDE6a2OWJ3LeHX4kfeK7ak7DHUyvAuiW0o73ifQvF1yLEJBIENF_RWd6Nz02MNIT4JLqjT8QXVPIWHrdNf1BVH-dVCj7dkEu-pzyGPE4jTLaW8tDnmQZya865643hk4hoRHKmWgVzH0/s320/NL%202403%20-007.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Nemapogon granella</i> found indoors<br />Newton Longville, 1st March 2024</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The walnuts came from a tree in the garden of my wife's family home. During a visit in November 2019, we picked up the walnuts from the wet grass beneath the tree and dried them indoors by an open fire before putting them in a carrier bag and bringing it home to Newton Longville. The wet weather had partly-rotted the pericarp of the walnuts (the fleshy cover over the hard shell beneath) and we didn't really clean this off. It turns out that this is where the larvae of <i>N. granella</i> were feeding and the same bag of walnuts in the kitchen - more specifically the pericarp on them - has sustained several generations per year of <i>N. granella</i> since then: we decided not to disrupt it by eating the nuts. There can't be much pericarp left by now.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dPQlVVTuMMk3jYfmD-LPKU_i-EFVAh8L6FpnMkIJDpEBq8m5Wf-83wfUWfTpT6wYGnIEL31itEnmB4qezFptjSzKjj3C1NrKTe4j_a35TV6MbkuE1zPb_SPIEs5qzhHYSHhu4jk84CHWpHjl_r1jIbJMZZR8r2sMqE9OAg_6Cr0mn5FMJwapKFTlGNM/s1581/P1030809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1581" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dPQlVVTuMMk3jYfmD-LPKU_i-EFVAh8L6FpnMkIJDpEBq8m5Wf-83wfUWfTpT6wYGnIEL31itEnmB4qezFptjSzKjj3C1NrKTe4j_a35TV6MbkuE1zPb_SPIEs5qzhHYSHhu4jk84CHWpHjl_r1jIbJMZZR8r2sMqE9OAg_6Cr0mn5FMJwapKFTlGNM/s320/P1030809.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cydia pomonella</i> found indoors<br />Newton Longville, 1st March 2024</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We have apple trees in the garden and we definitely have Codling Moth, so it is probable that the <i>C. pomonella</i> got into the house as a larva within an apple earlier this autumn or winter and that it had then found somewhere to pupate and emerged extremely early as a result of the indoor warmth. We store the in the cold and bring just a few at a time into the kitchen for eating - the last was eaten a month ago - so the larva would have had only a short time in which to emerge from an apple before the apple was eaten.</p><p>Alternatively it is just possible that this is another species that has started to breed in the walnuts. <i>C. pomonella</i> is known to use walnut as a foodplant and I found online a French document from the 1920s that says specifically that they use the pericarp.</p><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tim Arnold</span></b><br />Newton Longville, Bucks</p>Tim Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520211945274178431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-24864639811646100822024-03-01T13:40:00.004+00:002024-03-01T17:08:35.761+00:00Westcott, Bucks<div style="text-align: left;">The weather proved to be rather different from that expected over the last two week period thanks to the Met Office's usual inability to correctly forecast night-time cloud cover (or lack thereof), so we ended up with three nights of frost under a bright moon. However, moths still turned out every single night meaning that I had no blanks at all in February which is probably a site record. The month proved to be one of the wettest on record locally (if not <i>the</i> wettest) and much of our garden has been under water for the majority of it, so I will be interested to see how those species which over-winter as larvae or pupae at or below ground level have fared.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">New arrivals were fewer than during the first half of the month but they continued to trickle in with the following added to the year-list: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> (15th) Red-green Carpet, Lead-coloured Drab, Oak Nycteoline</div><div style="text-align: left;"> (16th) Small Brindled Beauty</div><div style="text-align: left;"> (17th) <i>Epiphyas postvittana</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> (18th) <i>Eudonia angustea</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> (23rd) <i>Mompha jurassicella</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> (27th) <i>Diurnea fagella</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The above moths take the garden count for 2024 up to 37 adult species, comprising 22 macros (equalling 2019 as the highest count ever here by the end of February) and 15 micros (beating the previous record of 12 achieved last season). The number of individual moths seen in the garden over the first two months of the year came to just under 500 which I'm sure must also be a record.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3B8-iCdboSg8SaLgZxkSRA5L6VSb-CzzaaGBIhh5n7ud_1u45tYurUuyAa3GIDWllpCmE7Z1ReLQCokmgWD6HzlZznckzNMwA3unoKUsKZ22EAS92rKYBBO539gzd43NW-85Mu4enzPZo0hESEApfoHGDZkJtczKrnyjilSEYMU-DdGuuFoBa7xOG4uj/s1000/DSCN3717a%20Diurnea%20fagella.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1000" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3B8-iCdboSg8SaLgZxkSRA5L6VSb-CzzaaGBIhh5n7ud_1u45tYurUuyAa3GIDWllpCmE7Z1ReLQCokmgWD6HzlZznckzNMwA3unoKUsKZ22EAS92rKYBBO539gzd43NW-85Mu4enzPZo0hESEApfoHGDZkJtczKrnyjilSEYMU-DdGuuFoBa7xOG4uj/s320/DSCN3717a%20Diurnea%20fagella.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Diurnea fagella</i>, Westcott 27th February</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh288oy65pBrh77eDaaVyX3fBcbA4lWvEr1TsTLxEd9zS4qNJEEjcjIJWnA1yZoe2YBlwFg7HldPUtZn8mvlnvht2qR5tkfsZxEIL9cDpywb00MZHpbd-MRsvT-422qXzhNapKhI7FfqmhX4BWw5kTwxOdxZoLl-os_YbW0fO6TQ7viLMPAK7Lj7-PebsuV/s1000/DSCN3708a%20Mompha%20jurassicella%20perhaps.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1000" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh288oy65pBrh77eDaaVyX3fBcbA4lWvEr1TsTLxEd9zS4qNJEEjcjIJWnA1yZoe2YBlwFg7HldPUtZn8mvlnvht2qR5tkfsZxEIL9cDpywb00MZHpbd-MRsvT-422qXzhNapKhI7FfqmhX4BWw5kTwxOdxZoLl-os_YbW0fO6TQ7viLMPAK7Lj7-PebsuV/s320/DSCN3708a%20Mompha%20jurassicella%20perhaps.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Likely <i>Mompha jurassicella</i>, Westcott 23rd February</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLi7k3m3C7PsI6tlOEFWN6Nt3z_GGXvvz1y-toGeTPcAYbxscRRaQIJpgsQhBrq1euNEy7YK9HkAPVa7_2TWYkmZvjUYx84HI1H3AIqbL-k0FPzsRZZgpKEO3j8sKIPZwZh0hgEEVpdcLG54VRJXcQ8fC8WQ9PdNmOvp4B72-N3SxGMi6xpi__ALE4sA_M/s1000/DSCN3702a%20Eudonia%20angustea.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLi7k3m3C7PsI6tlOEFWN6Nt3z_GGXvvz1y-toGeTPcAYbxscRRaQIJpgsQhBrq1euNEy7YK9HkAPVa7_2TWYkmZvjUYx84HI1H3AIqbL-k0FPzsRZZgpKEO3j8sKIPZwZh0hgEEVpdcLG54VRJXcQ8fC8WQ9PdNmOvp4B72-N3SxGMi6xpi__ALE4sA_M/s320/DSCN3702a%20Eudonia%20angustea.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Eudonia angustea</i>, Westcott 18th February</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iVw1gayzGvV4HhmJqw3yfnFPqNCBMSak2sZbqd8hQBpNHF6OIpZcbk9-LbXFk-EhEuw2juJu8xpgamXQbpCtem_SBHAT-zmUb641fLN2qr6SGwdhcrIgKcR3VPVdvPquVRpv-DclrG2DZRIipYg6Tomhze5dZHSOexsHjzxV0ccS1-aJHR7hblAcbb8U/s1000/DSCN3660a%20Lead-coloured%20Drab.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1000" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iVw1gayzGvV4HhmJqw3yfnFPqNCBMSak2sZbqd8hQBpNHF6OIpZcbk9-LbXFk-EhEuw2juJu8xpgamXQbpCtem_SBHAT-zmUb641fLN2qr6SGwdhcrIgKcR3VPVdvPquVRpv-DclrG2DZRIipYg6Tomhze5dZHSOexsHjzxV0ccS1-aJHR7hblAcbb8U/s320/DSCN3660a%20Lead-coloured%20Drab.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lead-coloured Drab, Westcott 15th February</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm happy that the putative <i>Mompha jurassicella</i> will prove to be correctly identified but it has been retained for checking. The Lead-coloured Drab was a fairly nondescript individual, as they often are, but I've had a few more since the 15th which were slightly better marked.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A 7mm early-instar larva of Common Footman was found near the light on 16th February. That same night brought in the first caddis-fly of the season, illustrated below, while the previous night had produced the year's first smelly sexton beetle <i>Nicrophorus humator</i> as well as the large Vine Weevil <i>Otiorhynchus sulcatus</i>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SvN5EYeZLIQwu6MdNN6euaNMEaQC4DGuwQMLOsM4bSGwRkQ9P8S7IYs8YRdj7jCQytTM-6ld8B3xgDvAF_E2waBmpXKWKlboNPt8M_Vk1KuQToK-FZwY9EbJTiZZzxj0yMmU64mV_WQj-UhQyCpBFnjRcBF9askEWqGOAmwN_an82cwQraopY4v-0G6S/s1000/DSCN3688a%20Common%20Footman%20larva%207mm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1000" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SvN5EYeZLIQwu6MdNN6euaNMEaQC4DGuwQMLOsM4bSGwRkQ9P8S7IYs8YRdj7jCQytTM-6ld8B3xgDvAF_E2waBmpXKWKlboNPt8M_Vk1KuQToK-FZwY9EbJTiZZzxj0yMmU64mV_WQj-UhQyCpBFnjRcBF9askEWqGOAmwN_an82cwQraopY4v-0G6S/s320/DSCN3688a%20Common%20Footman%20larva%207mm.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larva of Common Footman, Westcott 16th February</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMeBQ3eaYtnNjYUhxt25yoQCxcomQCJWUjym2gNOJ-gHT5WU46TkwffyhegzVKT4DIe0-MVEIfZt1QsEkgxDYnPZgWKIP9JoHFx5Mbf0zzzYnvMJSqCVSEpep1DmYwyu6rPgG91JPindLgeYMcfknFqJQfhzkFAvMBapG4WMrNbIIu-gvCwuGvBiRuGRV/s1000/DSCN3681a%20Stenophylax%20permistus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1000" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMeBQ3eaYtnNjYUhxt25yoQCxcomQCJWUjym2gNOJ-gHT5WU46TkwffyhegzVKT4DIe0-MVEIfZt1QsEkgxDYnPZgWKIP9JoHFx5Mbf0zzzYnvMJSqCVSEpep1DmYwyu6rPgG91JPindLgeYMcfknFqJQfhzkFAvMBapG4WMrNbIIu-gvCwuGvBiRuGRV/s320/DSCN3681a%20Stenophylax%20permistus.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caddis <i>Stenophylax permistus</i>, Westcott 16th February</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Dave Wilton</span></b> Westcott, Bucks</div>Dave Wiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-23348016041549949672024-02-28T12:49:00.004+00:002024-02-28T12:54:56.791+00:00Recording of UK Moth Recorders' Meeting <p>For those who may have been unable to attend but still wish to see what went on, this year's annual UK Moth Recorders' Meeting, held in Birmingham at the end of January, is now available to watch on Butterfly Conservation's YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbrEFvZyOQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></b></a>. </p>Dave Wiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-56513487885631407162024-02-25T09:37:00.004+00:002024-02-25T11:24:21.019+00:00Caterpillar query<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmgM_MHKusPpwRMGJdl0N_DKEYF405bhKPn0mLOYtmHZBmtLfXACKActt0jDkRPJCNFpBRRQQToccg40Jx1VI5SLiulDsKib8LkrgkKj6dcxqJMogsEq6XX2j0WkCjTJRvpUC4-g813O01b3pkgomoFW8iW2BJrZSmOWWtYVDLspRYgqKQdzhryCEmOw/s2048/20A50D03-4DF8-42D7-A130-345589187BE0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmgM_MHKusPpwRMGJdl0N_DKEYF405bhKPn0mLOYtmHZBmtLfXACKActt0jDkRPJCNFpBRRQQToccg40Jx1VI5SLiulDsKib8LkrgkKj6dcxqJMogsEq6XX2j0WkCjTJRvpUC4-g813O01b3pkgomoFW8iW2BJrZSmOWWtYVDLspRYgqKQdzhryCEmOw/s320/20A50D03-4DF8-42D7-A130-345589187BE0.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p> Can anyone kindly help my granddaughter to ID this very small caterpillar - currently about 1cm long. I'll thank you by updating this post because I'm having the recently-discussed Comment problems (and am grateful for the advice given, which I'm working on). Our best guess so far is Yellow-tail. <b><span style="color: #ffa400;"><a href="http://martinsmoths.blogspot.com">Martin Wainwright, Thrupp, Oxon</a></span></b></p><p><b>Thanks very much Dave and Tim. She found the cattie near dead ivy leaves on the ground and a beech hedge and 'rescued' it because there didn't seem much for it to eat. I'll also check out that very helpful link. She wants to try to rear it, so I'm suggesting a mixed diet based on the poss IDs. Very much obliged. I tried again to do a Comment but no luck yet. All warmest and thanks too for speed M</b></p>Martin Wainwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276936577536929319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-57316542986707749592024-02-23T11:22:00.000+00:002024-02-23T11:22:49.437+00:00PhD student looking for help<p>Each of our County Moth Recorders has been contacted by Iona Cunningham-Eurich at UCL regarding a research project on nocturnal ichneumonid wasps and an edited version of her request appears below:</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My name is Iona Cunningham-Eurich, and I am a second-year
PhD student at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London,
and University College London (UCL), under the supervision
of Dr. Gavin Broad (NHM) and Prof. Seirian Sumner (UCL).
My research focuses on parasitoid wasps, specifically
comparing generalist and specialist species.
I am reaching out to the local moth-trapping community to find anyone who would be interested
in helping to collect wasp specimens.
We are aiming to collect geographically well-distributed
nocturnal parasitoids belonging to the genera <i>Netelia</i> and
<i>Ophion</i> between May and September of this year (2024).
These wasps are attracted to light, including moth traps, and
are easily recognisable given that they are relatively large and
orange. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The aims of this project are twofold: (1) to create a snapshot in
time of the diversity and distributions of UK nocturnal
parasitoids (information that is largely lacking) and (2) to
perform a molecular genetics project.
The collection process would proceed as follows: we will send
packs of tubes containing 70% ethanol to participants (the
specimens must be collected in ethanol for genetics). After
sampling, participants would send the tubes back to the
Natural History Museum every month or so. All equipment
and postage will be provided. Once we receive the wasps, we
will identify them and they will be integrated into the NHM
Hymenoptera collections (with credit to the collector). Some
will also be used for the genetics study.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We would like to hear from anyone who is interested, but
particularly from people who trap multiple times a month
in one or multiple woodland sites between May and
September.
Even if you are not personally interested in helping, please feel
free to share this email with other expert moth-trappers who
fulfil the above criteria and may be interested. However, please
note that due to limited funding, participation may need to be
capped.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Thank you for your interest and I hope to hear from you soon. </span></p><p>If interested please contact Iona direct at either <a href="mailto:iona.cunningham-eurich.16@ucl.ac.uk">iona.cunningham-eurich.16@ucl.ac.uk</a> or <a href="mailto:iona.cunninghameurich@nhm.ac.uk">iona.cunninghameurich@nhm.ac.uk</a></p><p><br /></p>Dave Wiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-35926801166176597942024-02-22T13:19:00.001+00:002024-02-22T13:19:27.534+00:00Mompha jurassicella?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0pFSQ-c7iTmLm067hzRriLBFDnBdVl3-JjoIsJyOnjBaiY6yXME4u2FmQERna7RW7AlFp32nvl0px2xCbbQlpn_oTM_auSk3TnRufChuP_qZHNob_Pb2NhgxhABMCASsiSwWDPiYigsxbAiQgnXct5WR8EIIGohN6xeYhvKk1_amGY9evVBY4jF8l1g/s1380/Mompha%20jurassicella%20prob%2022%20Feb%202024%20002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1380" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0pFSQ-c7iTmLm067hzRriLBFDnBdVl3-JjoIsJyOnjBaiY6yXME4u2FmQERna7RW7AlFp32nvl0px2xCbbQlpn_oTM_auSk3TnRufChuP_qZHNob_Pb2NhgxhABMCASsiSwWDPiYigsxbAiQgnXct5WR8EIIGohN6xeYhvKk1_amGY9evVBY4jF8l1g/s320/Mompha%20jurassicella%20prob%2022%20Feb%202024%20002a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsWKq7BC0xgjneweQDQK9_1wCgeU1DDXPE8RdikXYHZd_3BSR-QXArBfWHUrmhRFSKeHi5f91QfO-xGMbXKm3BXSrFD7F6ObLd51YqSN0Pv_qbqauu9nvejk6o3uPI3qx4EswA4v8snahqk1ynaLbmQBJDHbFVlvhgqU4_0Wz7Bbp40mYcqWid2Purz4/s2337/Mompha%20jurassicella%20prob%2022%20Feb%202024%20001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="2337" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsWKq7BC0xgjneweQDQK9_1wCgeU1DDXPE8RdikXYHZd_3BSR-QXArBfWHUrmhRFSKeHi5f91QfO-xGMbXKm3BXSrFD7F6ObLd51YqSN0Pv_qbqauu9nvejk6o3uPI3qx4EswA4v8snahqk1ynaLbmQBJDHbFVlvhgqU4_0Wz7Bbp40mYcqWid2Purz4/s320/Mompha%20jurassicella%20prob%2022%20Feb%202024%20001a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I believe this is Mompha jurassicella, found indoors this morning. Neither the Atlas nor Sterling & Parsons seem to suggest dissection is necessary, but I assume it would be the safer option, given that it seems pretty scarce in Bucks and nationally too? On the other hand perhaps it is something else entirely...<p></p><p>Phil T</p>Phil Tizzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979649955847830327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-66230759619310861402024-02-21T13:37:00.000+00:002024-02-21T13:37:21.469+00:00Bee Moth<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfWGbnZSE2j3PCPwjnRY-WAMerFiewGFSa9_RnTP5dkfSHqupqQ47MSrw8N5AIl0xPoShacK_3llAkfKH1UwsteM6GRuPpi-txfwbsMA24Kh0OjKJBLiSg9doIXYFg7ac-njLtGdg62XjrQyKMhH2u-evQmR8CoBahyphenhyphen77qOedYeOW-bSyQC8o2FnN1XA/s1609/Bee%20Moth%2021%20Feb%202024%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1609" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfWGbnZSE2j3PCPwjnRY-WAMerFiewGFSa9_RnTP5dkfSHqupqQ47MSrw8N5AIl0xPoShacK_3llAkfKH1UwsteM6GRuPpi-txfwbsMA24Kh0OjKJBLiSg9doIXYFg7ac-njLtGdg62XjrQyKMhH2u-evQmR8CoBahyphenhyphen77qOedYeOW-bSyQC8o2FnN1XA/s320/Bee%20Moth%2021%20Feb%202024%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This Bee Moth was fluttering around indoors this morning, but it seems to be quite a way outside the normal flight period. I was doing some work in the loft yesterday, where there are several old wasp nests, so I suspect that that is where it originated.</div> <p></p>Phil Tizzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979649955847830327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-12546382789094686882024-02-21T01:55:00.004+00:002024-02-21T01:55:47.229+00:00Help with comments<p> Help!! When I try to add a comment to a post I get the following image:</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">To leave a comment, click the button below to sign in with Google.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">There is a "Google" button belo this but when I click on it, I lose the comment box and go back to the blog page but in a different place to where I was trying to comment.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Can anyone help me with this please</span></p>Alan Diverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11707958017323132007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-13102763367035372662024-02-21T01:38:00.003+00:002024-02-21T01:56:56.312+00:00Chestnut or Dark Chesnut etc<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGiIIQuD_wh958kADWzCRCb2_h3yB_x3i_djJ6Pdz8CHGjP7zylQ8tWaKwu5Qz9DpeFQhXLoJcZp8C6mldOw_a0Ed3ESJgAxngR8-AEi5us_vIgYxMLDD6jv3Fl2eaT1TAJlm5g2TXJUt2L1bxfjOjw5qAJ1p74sRHt3q4TzbbzMCCBMVwb-I9Ehr/s1168/P1360734.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1115" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGiIIQuD_wh958kADWzCRCb2_h3yB_x3i_djJ6Pdz8CHGjP7zylQ8tWaKwu5Qz9DpeFQhXLoJcZp8C6mldOw_a0Ed3ESJgAxngR8-AEi5us_vIgYxMLDD6jv3Fl2eaT1TAJlm5g2TXJUt2L1bxfjOjw5qAJ1p74sRHt3q4TzbbzMCCBMVwb-I9Ehr/s320/P1360734.JPG" width="305" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzdev1WnrQCqxv3yivqWyMPhvfXeaGDRE9vKd85nDnuSIpChyphenhyphenyCUUTflyURtXek03FyEkR6FK653h6W-nSlrh8P3cpOdTKZM11otSG1lYEorS0Gwfdx0XQtOKQKQF-X2mToaxd8xFGwQnUnOmuzyN_JbEAQc6jZtHpRy2lDRsZuBROjRyYoKZQnKL/s1623/P1360731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1623" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzdev1WnrQCqxv3yivqWyMPhvfXeaGDRE9vKd85nDnuSIpChyphenhyphenyCUUTflyURtXek03FyEkR6FK653h6W-nSlrh8P3cpOdTKZM11otSG1lYEorS0Gwfdx0XQtOKQKQF-X2mToaxd8xFGwQnUnOmuzyN_JbEAQc6jZtHpRy2lDRsZuBROjRyYoKZQnKL/s320/P1360731.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How about this one Dave? I'm favouring Dark chestnut.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV2XsPUBwTPscB3SWF-OEdLOqLxlcxyCEqWmWaYUbUOWng73pXpH0bLew3bV3cjegm-KsZjre3BsEuCPFXjbjTolMHIVkJqcv_442ipghsDkXVjDAD9ftXDB8YAzosZ49JEuaKK8i5wWwWZPPbYDjrVtSh6_BFSDJQ7mVM1qCPE-otyG3ghK__xiI/s1711/P1360755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1711" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV2XsPUBwTPscB3SWF-OEdLOqLxlcxyCEqWmWaYUbUOWng73pXpH0bLew3bV3cjegm-KsZjre3BsEuCPFXjbjTolMHIVkJqcv_442ipghsDkXVjDAD9ftXDB8YAzosZ49JEuaKK8i5wWwWZPPbYDjrVtSh6_BFSDJQ7mVM1qCPE-otyG3ghK__xiI/s320/P1360755.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyxt0V4IH1hgB4MC9AF20-kHHEMnO4hqR55h_br8vJ74x1261Reu5xg16sMKzito359Gt8NMz3hIVIpV90HKJdylfUw8uumCdByJVJiApFKn4qAwV27zHdBFjRmqtxzBOqTNI9XbUcMsGaaOE4XSB-C1TjJP5CYm8g_wRPXo8IacWCkNia2ea2uL9/s2108/P1360782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1726" data-original-width="2108" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyxt0V4IH1hgB4MC9AF20-kHHEMnO4hqR55h_br8vJ74x1261Reu5xg16sMKzito359Gt8NMz3hIVIpV90HKJdylfUw8uumCdByJVJiApFKn4qAwV27zHdBFjRmqtxzBOqTNI9XbUcMsGaaOE4XSB-C1TjJP5CYm8g_wRPXo8IacWCkNia2ea2uL9/s320/P1360782.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">And would you be happy with common rather than small Quaker for this one?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tackley Heath</div><div style="text-align: left;">18 Feb 24</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Alan Diverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11707958017323132007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-73847926786713518942024-02-20T16:50:00.000+00:002024-02-20T16:50:20.157+00:00Pheromone success - in February?!<p>Spurred on by one or two recent reports from elsewhere in the country of <i>Pammene giganteana</i> flying already, I extracted the MOL pheromone lure from the freezer this afternoon and took it with me to Lapland Farm Meadows near Rushbeds, Bucks where it was left in a trap suspended under a couple of hedgerow oaks from 2.30pm while I did some searching for Brown Hairstreak eggs. The MOL lure (for <i>Grapholita molesta</i>) is one of a handful of lures to which <i>giganteana</i> is known to be attracted. Sure enough, by the time I returned to the same spot an hour later the little chap below was sitting in the trap.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK3XYaX7Vwpr4-RvjgNmwT6g8HIrP19qVKXGNwe-UTogbQlG17pU5Co0dcPlUfkKBLZFOC30TmOtmFya9GZ_7wIZYfh7NyYh6srL2CLpJB7rfQG75oMeoR9uby7GJziOMqE4c2rfmOTBEAWayZBVWDPUjijGdBI5QOmaeDNddIWap5pW6Cri8JYHt5P_0/s1000/DSCN3706a%20Pammene%20giganteana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1000" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK3XYaX7Vwpr4-RvjgNmwT6g8HIrP19qVKXGNwe-UTogbQlG17pU5Co0dcPlUfkKBLZFOC30TmOtmFya9GZ_7wIZYfh7NyYh6srL2CLpJB7rfQG75oMeoR9uby7GJziOMqE4c2rfmOTBEAWayZBVWDPUjijGdBI5QOmaeDNddIWap5pW6Cri8JYHt5P_0/s320/DSCN3706a%20Pammene%20giganteana.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pammene giganteana</i>, Lapland Farm Meadows 20th February</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Dave Wilton</span></b> Westcott, Bucks </p>Dave Wiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533795070964851106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-68756733691687356912024-02-19T18:41:00.000+00:002024-02-19T18:41:07.284+00:00iRecord verification (again)<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dave has recently made
several important points about submitting records to iRecord
(https://upperthamesmoths.blogspot.com/2024/01/irecord-verification.html)
to help with the verification process. As well echoing Dave's advice
(and again thanking you all for the terrific recording effort), I
would like to add a few comments on this topic based on my experience
as the VC22 verifier for photo records over the last few years (the
County Moth Recorder, Martin Harvey, does all non-photo records).</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Additional information</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many moths that come to
light are worn and some are 'difficult' species to identify, and it
is surprising that sometimes relatively contentious records are
submitted without any further information other than the recorder's
name, date, and location. While the recorder must have spent time on
the identification process (unless it is a guess!) quite often none
of this decision-making is imparted to the verifier. I know it takes
time, especially when one has a large number of entries to make, but
the more detail you can give the better. In addition, as Dave has
already noted, some species require a comment to get the record
accepted (e.g., that you have checked the hindwing colour of Hoary
Footman, or the extent of copper colour of the underside of the
hindwing of Svensson's Copper Underwing). Again, if you have recorded
a moth outside its usual flight period it is great if you can say so:
e.g. "Unusually early/late date, but checked carefully to
confirm the species". That way we know that the date is correct,
and was not the result of being mis-entered.</span></p>
<p class="western"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photos</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I echo Dave's plea
about adding photos: also please make the image sufficiently large
(or crop the original) and adequately exposed so that the verifier
can check the species without having to download the image to enlarge or darken/lighten it (surprisingly common in my
experience). For the many micro-moths that have a roof-like resting
position, a single close-up photo taken at an angle that allows
markings on the dorsum to be seen as well as those on the costa can
be sufficient for identification. However, especially where there is
some uncertainty about the ID or the moth is worn I find it extremely
helpful if photos at more than one angle are included with the record
(I hope that it goes without saying that taking images on a clear
background in natural light is often crucial).
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Generic records</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am relatively relaxed
about records being submitted at or 'relegated' to the genus on
iRecord when a species cannot be identified definitively. Thus, the
record remains on the system and should further information come to
light allowing a more secure identification they can be upgraded.
This might seem unlikely but possible examples of further information
like this in the new edition of the Field Guide to the Micro-moths
(Sterling, Parsons & Lewington 2023) are the absence of a black
spot near to the wing base to identify Willow Ermine <i>Yponomeuta
rorrella </i><span style="font-style: normal;">when compared to other
Small Ermines</span>, and the differences in length of labial palps
in distinguishing <i>Pandemis</i> species. Although,
as Dave has said, generic records will not be useful for further
species biodiversity analysis, and will be under-represented in
compilations of abundance (as in the UTB Moth Atlas), these records
do perhaps give some indication of the extent of the inaccuracy.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For those who are just
beginning to use iRecord (the recommended recording format for all
three vice-counties), there are short guides to getting started on
the website of Upper Thames branch of Butterfly Conservation
(https://www.upperthames-butterflies.org.uk/recording) and a Help
section on the iRecord website that includes a more comprehensive
guide as well as some helpful videos (https://irecord.org.uk/help).</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">John Thacker (with
input from Martin Harvey)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Harwell, Oxon</span></p>John Thackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06600490877716903552noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-3806888155440494552024-02-19T14:09:00.001+00:002024-02-19T14:09:32.494+00:00Oak Nycteoline?<p> This little moth which was found on the wall near MV trap last night,appeared to be a Tortrix but I recall making the same mistake last year..</p><p>This one is very pale and poorly marked.</p><p>Is my ID correct ?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJ8YsrNbzWg0KDD95wUTroRyOqiktqvaIyyeldyoGkD9v0QEW2rqkuh2Nj71sGsiBewQLvV2zHgWnnHykj2aOLp4K9IU-pDzV0E5S0g0Kytm_4iiob8Orf40qXQBbtfADLNhbR9u4H6cEO_oz9p0r5B5BmfaM3oP_r0mIiUvY8r8tZJ0gCR2ykl9RNUaG/s1652/IMG_0930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1652" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJ8YsrNbzWg0KDD95wUTroRyOqiktqvaIyyeldyoGkD9v0QEW2rqkuh2Nj71sGsiBewQLvV2zHgWnnHykj2aOLp4K9IU-pDzV0E5S0g0Kytm_4iiob8Orf40qXQBbtfADLNhbR9u4H6cEO_oz9p0r5B5BmfaM3oP_r0mIiUvY8r8tZJ0gCR2ykl9RNUaG/s320/IMG_0930.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Will Bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17932945860988929208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-63877108370828524342024-02-19T03:44:00.003+00:002024-02-21T12:46:32.438+00:00Grateful for help with ID<p style="text-align: center;"> Grateful for help with ID. All from Tackley Heath in last week.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdY8G4X2sTLk5hxWd38orthk3A82ZQjlrq_E4btjTb0IXWCyQK3vmxy74Vs6WyzDk0FCc3DIFC2mDL32-OjFflyzgrFNWYA4dJCvKSGu5GBBJ0heNdET2wp_ia5pHp9FpCJxfukb06olYoZkL9Hwhfq5QX34GW5R6c2j1pw5Ei4gqMoLs7eYYkPV5/s1242/Red%20chestnut%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1242" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdY8G4X2sTLk5hxWd38orthk3A82ZQjlrq_E4btjTb0IXWCyQK3vmxy74Vs6WyzDk0FCc3DIFC2mDL32-OjFflyzgrFNWYA4dJCvKSGu5GBBJ0heNdET2wp_ia5pHp9FpCJxfukb06olYoZkL9Hwhfq5QX34GW5R6c2j1pw5Ei4gqMoLs7eYYkPV5/w320-h265/Red%20chestnut%20(2).JPG" title="Red chestnut" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Chestnut<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBM0mPA1ed2bnDETFHWvoO5qQ5a80iJ2-u6q1lqXYkxyUPmsW1sSGSnjf7jwrDBfd1rB4LW_o0NrFOwgi2WR0zV09L4dJCLW0dcbiX4PPEicJh7L4sUiJbWHDs8K9GC2V2kBHUwKP7JOCOBBoEH-5Oe648hbKIrJ72xHhgNa51ryki3Bf1yrQgmu3v/s1593/Chestnut%20iR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1593" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBM0mPA1ed2bnDETFHWvoO5qQ5a80iJ2-u6q1lqXYkxyUPmsW1sSGSnjf7jwrDBfd1rB4LW_o0NrFOwgi2WR0zV09L4dJCLW0dcbiX4PPEicJh7L4sUiJbWHDs8K9GC2V2kBHUwKP7JOCOBBoEH-5Oe648hbKIrJ72xHhgNa51ryki3Bf1yrQgmu3v/s320/Chestnut%20iR.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chestnut</div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wNqmMVPk-W4X-ErZdIe11c-02sSLEbBco4bvr7fwJHm-43reSVVyJCyoGXvHTg_AQTjP4XYFli7N5OffWZz1Kne4RPd7Ode6yKydbAh8oFBzBRqlJJim79VNYs7nOT55AYwoznAtI3sMO147YiQpFt1f8DM0YXm3LDwVzbejjJHVvcLr-sfMvhv3/s1040/Tortricodes%20alternella%20iR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wNqmMVPk-W4X-ErZdIe11c-02sSLEbBco4bvr7fwJHm-43reSVVyJCyoGXvHTg_AQTjP4XYFli7N5OffWZz1Kne4RPd7Ode6yKydbAh8oFBzBRqlJJim79VNYs7nOT55AYwoznAtI3sMO147YiQpFt1f8DM0YXm3LDwVzbejjJHVvcLr-sfMvhv3/s320/Tortricodes%20alternella%20iR.JPG" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tortricodes alternella</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQOhbwti02EONNU0NVEhhggHLFq8wbiLqdHUHdWgstPvhKHgU7PBkb9-K55fgbTkrI2w0bR4V-FSilntU1tTJKdsV2QCxeP94-sZ6h27NkUkjfmjirplYkq19YG2ZaR6Iq73hjXCe2xECuWIal-blJ2kFYtV5asG7vd4skX34lPvu9wzZIdURVBzq/s1355/Tortricodes%20iR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1355" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQOhbwti02EONNU0NVEhhggHLFq8wbiLqdHUHdWgstPvhKHgU7PBkb9-K55fgbTkrI2w0bR4V-FSilntU1tTJKdsV2QCxeP94-sZ6h27NkUkjfmjirplYkq19YG2ZaR6Iq73hjXCe2xECuWIal-blJ2kFYtV5asG7vd4skX34lPvu9wzZIdURVBzq/s320/Tortricodes%20iR.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tortricodes alternalla (2 Same moth as above)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Alan Diver Tackley<div>19/2/24<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Alan Diverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11707958017323132007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-91951526224951786852024-02-18T07:23:00.001+00:002024-02-18T07:23:22.308+00:00An early Turnip<p> Assuming my identification is correct this Turnip seems quite early.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZArhM7Udz9RkWeXoeQONReDz8eBgu0pBhsq8O2OG1WP8ZIRdDYSs0DJS9IUTGdXG6Wc2FSgKd0Dbkii5Lqb91scSBXwt3_92htq5lnjp92SprWfELQx9-9hblyoGZE7ddA3KCQ_AAN_1OVXxBKUh-gp1a6nh9WliBhSsvZjMHSKYV4AGMvOXDcGoMFw/s4000/Turnip%20Feb%202024%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZArhM7Udz9RkWeXoeQONReDz8eBgu0pBhsq8O2OG1WP8ZIRdDYSs0DJS9IUTGdXG6Wc2FSgKd0Dbkii5Lqb91scSBXwt3_92htq5lnjp92SprWfELQx9-9hblyoGZE7ddA3KCQ_AAN_1OVXxBKUh-gp1a6nh9WliBhSsvZjMHSKYV4AGMvOXDcGoMFw/w400-h300/Turnip%20Feb%202024%20B.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpv2IU45wP4m2iQQkdax15_MfIQ-ui2afDuaog8P-g6A8OCEFo3CQiPpCQ-WalzIyN72Z-_LHwSffnnMnIdhyphenhyphenKdjX0JCTBfd6azjNXRd1aEUdUIEmqvNMz8sz3XoDGY9Bgj-PZYdwXMHnTdXPTXChl1H6zGVzOPM3XxIXkhmdczVBCrai4U7Z6ya1etI/s4000/Turnip%20Feb%202024%20A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpv2IU45wP4m2iQQkdax15_MfIQ-ui2afDuaog8P-g6A8OCEFo3CQiPpCQ-WalzIyN72Z-_LHwSffnnMnIdhyphenhyphenKdjX0JCTBfd6azjNXRd1aEUdUIEmqvNMz8sz3XoDGY9Bgj-PZYdwXMHnTdXPTXChl1H6zGVzOPM3XxIXkhmdczVBCrai4U7Z6ya1etI/w400-h300/Turnip%20Feb%202024%20A.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris, Oxon.</p>Andy Newboldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11423367322188911753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-54762147289552049182024-02-17T23:06:00.002+00:002024-02-17T23:06:49.006+00:00Pupa puzzleI've got moth books and caterpillar books, but need a pupa book! This empty pupal skin was underneath some Sycamore bark today. I did wonder if it could be the Regal Piercer, <i>Pammene regiana</i>, which is known to pupate in Sycamore bark. However, my pupa doesn't match other images of <i>regiana</i>.<div><br /></div><div>I'm not expecting that this can be fully identified, but if anyone can narrow it down that would be very impressive. The hooks on the cremaster are also impressive!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCYmbW14D8PkPKJ02LeVjdCkXAj0T-xBPh0hXj9Z8JDZQq07WYWutxV7djzRWm-e1uVQZPTBu29_ZybEONKh0d7NN8BK5bY11TW2ICg_CMmXAr4povU4693vxVwMfZk3Wg4lLWTOfvWCc23Kj16EIjpF6rsntr4Mrz_KQ89Z0ETn3W1G9_X5sNySMXGGG/s4000/Lepidoptera%20-%20pupa%20under%20Sycamore%20bark%20-%20Chequers%20Knap_001_edited.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCYmbW14D8PkPKJ02LeVjdCkXAj0T-xBPh0hXj9Z8JDZQq07WYWutxV7djzRWm-e1uVQZPTBu29_ZybEONKh0d7NN8BK5bY11TW2ICg_CMmXAr4povU4693vxVwMfZk3Wg4lLWTOfvWCc23Kj16EIjpF6rsntr4Mrz_KQ89Z0ETn3W1G9_X5sNySMXGGG/s320/Lepidoptera%20-%20pupa%20under%20Sycamore%20bark%20-%20Chequers%20Knap_001_edited.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pupa from under bark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U5JnX7GCSdFI8ez8JBjZ6q5tQ3U0BK_2-qAGvB9_FIKQkVXwYtxrqWPmH2qRbuPOhuOt_uNfmUdMZ3RtLv4TuvSQ3hWosrxX3Gvn5RZ6zqhTdDGwCwpDkGKuOJ5wH0n1pehZB64IEl3mXuXZ778itTEL50L4Y0e0WCAEZh0lxDz9-bhLlCnY41-amWE9/s2286/Lepidoptera%20-%20pupa%20under%20Sycamore%20bark%20-%20Chequers%20Knap_002_edited.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1714" data-original-width="2286" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U5JnX7GCSdFI8ez8JBjZ6q5tQ3U0BK_2-qAGvB9_FIKQkVXwYtxrqWPmH2qRbuPOhuOt_uNfmUdMZ3RtLv4TuvSQ3hWosrxX3Gvn5RZ6zqhTdDGwCwpDkGKuOJ5wH0n1pehZB64IEl3mXuXZ778itTEL50L4Y0e0WCAEZh0lxDz9-bhLlCnY41-amWE9/s320/Lepidoptera%20-%20pupa%20under%20Sycamore%20bark%20-%20Chequers%20Knap_002_edited.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up showing cremaster</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Martin Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02548201025682845702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789886813706673673.post-38786586071579872732024-02-17T18:11:00.000+00:002024-02-17T18:11:14.586+00:00Carpe noctem<p>I try to set the moth traps at home when I can, but this depends on the intersection of multiple conditions: I have to be at home; it has to fit with other commitments and the weather has to be right.</p><p>It was good that all of these came together last night (16th February) because I was aware that it should be a good night for mothing after the mild weather and run of south/south-westerly winds. I was also aware of the weather warning for tonight and rather mixed forecast for the coming days and nights. And it turned out to be a very good night.</p><p>My twin-15W actinic trap in the front garden had what I would usually rate as a good night for the middle of February: 25 moths of six species. This included the first-ever <i>Acleris cristana</i> (unfortunately it posed for the photo with mis-folded wings).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yYD5hf6GM8P1MhzSlPAEYou0rht5xvqOjD1VJXNIWwnR5FE3Z0aTTxF-AMXndTdIPXKS7sCCKtX1vEKUmRHJAnNMPSj_r76VqHaijymp6mAKQgJ1oAvUx8Juo0y7rw0Ezt28_ycBxLhp5j6jDzZjZUJz2qqXVEdrKzWtllKHQuscyMVcg3Stfp9VmsU/s1920/DSC_1279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yYD5hf6GM8P1MhzSlPAEYou0rht5xvqOjD1VJXNIWwnR5FE3Z0aTTxF-AMXndTdIPXKS7sCCKtX1vEKUmRHJAnNMPSj_r76VqHaijymp6mAKQgJ1oAvUx8Juo0y7rw0Ezt28_ycBxLhp5j6jDzZjZUJz2qqXVEdrKzWtllKHQuscyMVcg3Stfp9VmsU/s320/DSC_1279.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Acleris cristana</i><br />Newton Longville, 16 February 2024</td></tr></tbody></table>However, the LED light in the back garden did better, managing 130 moths of ten species, including 101 Common Quaker.<div><br /></div><div>The back-garden moths included four micromoth species: <i>Agonopterix heracliana</i> - no pink underneath - <i> and </i><i>Acleris ferrugana/notana</i>, plus early examples of <i>Agonopterix ocellana</i> and<i> Emmelina monodactyla</i>. Early macros included a Double-striped Pug and a Pine Beauty. Unfortunately, a brief-but-heavy shower came through while I was going through the trap, with the result that the Pine Beauty below is rather bedraggled.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVghuFEsPoAfUP0TnVaDbuKFUsr14jdLk4M_VCpPRepY6hkeCyzOisqJdb6aqg9fesNLkmLsp4ojhPSXJ9Uyufg5otunmagW3BUmc4_3He6zpjZCbvt5lsZBRMF-nyC7N5Fp9CupEHGoVSCIxeNeDUlOR9NjGuwDytKIxYP1iPRSI40wifzt3r5b99BeA/s1920/DSC_1290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVghuFEsPoAfUP0TnVaDbuKFUsr14jdLk4M_VCpPRepY6hkeCyzOisqJdb6aqg9fesNLkmLsp4ojhPSXJ9Uyufg5otunmagW3BUmc4_3He6zpjZCbvt5lsZBRMF-nyC7N5Fp9CupEHGoVSCIxeNeDUlOR9NjGuwDytKIxYP1iPRSI40wifzt3r5b99BeA/s320/DSC_1290.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pine Beauty<br />Newton Longville, 16 February 2024</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The overall result of 155 moths of 13 species in mid-February is a record for this garden. I have never previously caught more than five species in a night in February, nor more than three dozen individuals. The earliest in the year that I have previously caught at least 13 species is on 22nd March (last year), and the earliest in the year that I have achieved at least 155 moths was in mid-May (in 2020).</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tim Arnold</span></b></div><div>Newton Longville, Bucks</div><div><p><br /></p></div>Tim Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520211945274178431noreply@blogger.com2