Hi All, I have been away in Scotland over the past few days (yes I did see Northern Dart - but not in my traps!). Many other new moths for me up there though ...
Matthew Deans
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Aug 1, 2006 8:01 am
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Managed a 15w actinic Skinner in garden last night. 0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 1 2091 Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon) 2 Very fresh 2441...
A fairly poor night here in Langport, Somerset: numbers in the trap generally low. Migrants: A. gamma 11 U. ferrugalis 2 N. noctuella 35 S. exigua 1 (very...
My first posting here so hello. Don't expect to have a great deal to contribute as in regular years few migrants make it here but this year some have been...
Greetings all from windy Melbourn (South Cambridgeshire) Glad to see and happy to join a new group for migrant records and queries. Here's a taster of 2006 to...
Some migrants still struggling through the wind and rain. 4 Small Mottled Willow here yesterday. Vestal, 2 Dark Sword-grass and the usual mass of Silver Y this...
Hi all I was down in Camborne in Cornwall over the weekend and trapped on three nights (27th, 28th, 29th). Totals included an impressive 256 Four-spotted...
I have just returned from Scotland, and will deal with it when the dust begins to settle. I still have the moth, but it is now a corpse. All the best Simon ......
The highlight here last night was the first H. armigera of the year. Also a N. angustella. More regular species included the following: P. xylostella (11), N....
Matthew Deans
matthew@...
Aug 2, 2006 10:31 am
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Feeling autumnal, and the moth numbers plummeted - just 119 of 41 species, way way down on previous two weeks. Only 10 silver y and 7 diamond-back, BUT i did...
Sadly unable to trap last night (1st ) or tonight (2nd) in Langport. I will be teaching Insect Photography at Preston Montford Field Centre near Shrewsbury at...
I sat through a monsoon at Durlston, Dorset on Monday night and have been too depressed to post my records since! The only moths of note were 2 White-point, 2...
Back over 100 moths trapped again thankfully! Highlight was my first ever record of Bordered Straw. Other migrants were Rush Veneer(2) & Silver Y(4). Saw a...
If anyone was in any doubt that my trap site in Ditchling is on a migrant path, that doubt disappeared last night. This morning I had two Ni Moths!! The first...
A very wet and windy night here but another Langmaid's Yellow Underwing and the second H. armigera of the year were welcome. More regular species noted...
Matthew Deans
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Aug 3, 2006 8:35 am
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Just 16 species to light on 1/8 but another Rush Veneer, 7 Silver Y and 3 Diamond-backs among them. Other traps locally have reported Rush Veneer, Small...
Despite the inclement weather a few migrants made it to the trap last night - Bordered Straw (third site record following 2 in June) , 3 Dark Sword-grass and a...
Simon From relatively limited experience (I've trapped about half a dozen) I sort potential candidates by looking at the underside of the moth in a pot. I have...
Simon For some cautionary notes on janthe and janthina see: http://www.suffolkmoths.org.uk/newsletters/35/SuffolkMothGroupNewsletter35.html#langmaidstale Best...
Thanks for that - I will have a look Simon ... From: MigrantRecordersNetwork@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MigrantRecordersNetwork@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jon...
somewhat surprised to see any moths at all in the trap this morning, strong NWerly and cloudless. Still a selection of migrants about though: Rush Veneer 19 ...
Dear All, I'm another Midlander - so unfortunately you won't get many postings from me of migrants - I live in inner city Birmingham with a concrete back yard...
Hi all A very much reduced catch this morning in Sharpthorne, but sitting on an egg box all by itself, so there was no chance I'd miss it, was a Great Brocade....
I sent this yesterday but it didn't arrive because my Yahoo connection seemed to be up the creek. Tony Morris St Margaret's at Cliffe Kent ... From: "Tony...
Hi all, Very few moths this morning, about the worst Aug catch ever for variety and numbers here. Migrants - 2 Dark Sword-grass, both very fresh and 14 Silver...
There was a very large increase in numbers here at Fernham, Oxon (VC22 bit of Berks) last night, including a Ni Moth. Conditions for migration were less than...
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