Dog's Tooth f.dissimilis Knoch, Earith

8th May 2007 (c) David Griffiths

The Campion, Earith

8th May 2007 (c) David Griffiths

Eyed Hawk-moth, Elton

Eyed Hawk-moth Smerinthus ocellata

Yellow-barred Brindle, Cambridge

29 April 2007
A freshly emerged moth, early too - Jonathan Heath

Sallow Kitten, Cambridge

29 April 2007
Another garden first - David Heath

Pale Tussock, Cambridge

23 April 2007

The first female of this species in the garden.
Found lurking on an apple tree late afternoon,
but likely arrived at light the night before

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Scorched Carpet, Cambridge

22 April 2007

Another beutifully marked moth and only the second of this species in the garden

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Pale Pinion, Earith

20th April 2007 (c) David Griffiths

Satellite, St Neots

Having missed out in 2005 and 2006 it was good to find my first garedn record in the trap on the morning of 20th

19th April 2007, Priory Park, St Neot's (c) Bob Scott

Scarce (?) Tissue, Cambridge

This moth came to light on 15 April, when i considered it to be The Tissue, a new species for the garden.

Scarce Tissue, a species recorded here once before, could be the correct id. Comments welcome!

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Waved Umber Cambridge 17 April 2007

A beautifully marked moth and a first for the garden

pete
22W actinic
Nikon cp4500

Lunar Marbled Brown, St Neots

St. Neots 16th April 2007

Chocolate-tip, Elton

Clostera pigra


© Brian Stone Nikon Coolpix 995

Nut-tree Tussock, Earith

Nut-tree Tussock, new garden record, April 13th.

Jonathan Heath

Lime Hawkmoth, St Neots

15 April 2007
My first hawk moth of the year and the first example of the race brunnea that I have trapped.
Bob Scott

Streamer, St Neots

9 April 2007
This was a new moth for me - first for the garden, in fact first for everything!! What a cracker of a species.
Bob Scott

The Streamer, Cambridge

15 April 2007

Only the second example of this attractive species i've trapped.
Best night of 2007 so far: 9 species to light, including the first Tissue for the garden.

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actiinc
Nikon cp4500

Farcet Fen Easter offerings

The Herald, Farcet Fen, 09 April 2007

© Steve Dudley Toadsnatcher.com

A regular at summer wine rags, this is the first Herald I have caught at light.

I'm also one of those 'fair' season moth'ers and despite best intentions of doing some winter and early spring mothing, this is the earliest date I've managed to get my act together, empty the trap of spiders and detritus and get the thing running. The warm Easter weekend produced the following -

The Herald
Early Grey
Hebrew Character
Clouded Drab
Common Quaker
Powdered Quaker
Small Quaker
Red Chestnut
Angle Shades

Small Eggar, Cambridge

02 April 2007
One of just 5 moths/3 species from the first use of the trap this year; a very welcome addition to the garden list

pete
cambridge, vc29
22W actinic
Nikon CP4500

Early Spring Moths in Elton

Some early spring moths from my Elton garden. Species recorded so far:
Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Tortricodes alternella
Emmelina monodactyla
Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria)
Oak Beauty (Biston strataria)
Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaearia)
Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)
Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)
Lead-coloured Drab (Orthosia populeti)
Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)
Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)
Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus)
Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)

Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus)
Regular in the garden if rather scarce, this one was quite early on 9 March.


Lead-coloured Drab (Orthosia populeti)
This species failed to show in 2006 when March was very poor for recording moths, but otherwise is expected here on this date (14 March).


Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
A bizarre record for 26 January, this flew into the house defying it's usual flight period by a good three months or more.


Nikon Coolpix P4 © Brian Stone

Scarce Umber, Earith

Earith, Cambridgeshire 28th November 2006

(c) David Griffiths

Fen Square-spot, Earith

Earith, Cambridgeshire
(trapped on 3rd June 2006)
(c) David Griffiths

Mottled Umber, Earith

Earith, Cambridgeshire 15th November, 2006

(c) David Griffiths

The Sprawler, Earith

Earith, Cambridgeshire November 14th 2006

(c) David Griffiths

The Sprawler, Elton

The Sprawler Brachionycha sphinx


Nikon Coolpix P4 © Brian Stone