Monday, July 26, 2010

White-spotted Pinion

Been running a trap in my garden in Swavesey for a month or so. This was an exciting addition to the garden list on Saturday night!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Bedstraw Hawkmoth, Over 23rd July 2010

Caught by Jeremy Lindsell, photo by Stuart Elsom.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

More Hatley moths, 13-21 July

Straw Underwing
Straw Underwing

The Spectacle
The Spectacle

Purple Thorn
Purple Thorn

Scarce Footman
Scarce Footman

Lunar-spotted Pinion
Lunar-spotted Pinion

Hatley moths, 13-21 July

Least Yellow Underwing
Least Yellow Underwing

Large Twin-spot Carpet
Large Twin-spot Carpet

Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

July Highflyer
July Highflyer

Dark Sword-grass and rustic sp.
Dark Sword-grass (left)

Black Arches
Black Arches

Rosy Rustic
Rosy Rustic

Moths...
Dot Moth and Brown-line Bright-eye

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Hatley moths

A small selection of moths caught on 9-10 and 7-8 July. Last night's catch was my biggest yet, with c300 moths of c60 species (full list here).

Lime Hawkmoth
Lime Hawkmoth

Peach Blossom
Peach Blossom

Dusky Sallow
Dusky Sallow

The Dun-bar
The Dun-bar

Large Emerald
Large Emerald

Swallow-tailed Moth
Swallow-tailed Moth

The Lackey
The Lackey

Beautiful Golden Y
Beautiful Golden Y

Friday, July 09, 2010

Cambridge, 8 July


A surprising find on the outside wall of the house last night, 0877 Stathmopoda pedella. One of several new micro species which takes the garden list past the 400 mark. Apparently an Alder specialist; the only other such species i've recorded here is a single Dingy Shell.

pete
CB1 3ST
40W actinic
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Hatley moths, July 10

I've just started moth trapping again after a long break.

Burnished Brass
Burnished Brass

Elephant Hawkmoth
Elephant Hawkmoth

Eyed Hawkmoth
Eyed Hawkmoth

Barred Yellow
Barred Yellow

Scorched Wing
Scorched Wing

Marbled Coronet?
Marbled Coronet

Dark Arches

Dark Arches
Dark Arches

It's been quite good so far, with the highlight being 20 hawkmoths on our first attempt (11 Privets, 5 Elephants and one each of Small Elephant, Pine, Poplar, Lime and Eyed). I'm still pretty rusty (especially on the. er, brown ones...) but it's good fun. More pics and details on my blog.

Saturday, July 03, 2010

Orton Waterville moths, 3 July 10

Several nice catches in the MV trap last night included my second garden Small Ranunculus and a dapper Four-spotted which was new for the garden list.

Small Ranunculus

Four-spotted

A brief spell with the clearwing lures pulled in 4 Red-belted Clearwings - the first arrived in less than 10 minutes of the lures being hung up!

Red-belted Clearwings

Hatley moths, 3 July

Figure of Eighty
Figure of Eighty

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Poplar Grey
Poplar Grey

The Flame
The Flame

Ghost Moth
Female Ghost Moth