Sunday
31st July 2005 Late News July - Ramsgate garden
The mothing has been generally poor in the garden this past week or so.
The highlights have been: 3 Small Waved Umbers, a few Dingy
Footman including 3 on the 30th,Oak Eggar on 26th,Pebble
Prominent 29th, Brown-veined Wainscot 30th, Garden Dart
29th, Twin-spotted Wainscot 21st, Wormwood 21st and
Langmaid's Yellow Underwing on the 28th plus another which died and I
had forgotten to check which I caught about 2 weeks ago. Micros have
included Cnephasia Longana 23rd, Acleris Forsskaleana
28th, Eucosma Pupillana 28th, Chilo
Phragmitella 24th and Oncocera Selirubella on 30th.
(Phil M)
Saturday 30th July 2005 Photo Update Garden
Dumpton Thanet
A few moth throughout the last few nights at Dumpton
Thanet, on the night of the 27th July new for the garden, Dusky Hook-tip and
Broad- barred White,
last night the wind was devastating in my garden and the moths were very
poor. (Gadget)
Saturday 30th July 2005 Late News Kingsgate,
Pegwell & Ramsgate
Fairly reasonable
overnight weather on the nights of 27/7/05
and 28/7/05 however my traps were somewhat disappointing in both numbers
and species. The most notable moths were
a Small Ranunculus and Tree-lichen Beauty at Kingsgate on
27/7/05 with a different Tree-lichen Beauty on 28/7, a Lesser
Cream Wave (very uncommon on Thanet)
in my garden on 27/7/05 and by far the best moth, a male Scarce
Chocolate-tip at Pegwell on 28/7/05 (F
Solly)
Tuesday 26th July 2005 Garden
Dumpton Thanet
I had a few bits in the
trap the best was a Emperor Dragonfly (Female) photos can be viewed
on the Non Avian Page, I also had 1 Popular Hawk Moth,1 Elephant
Hawk Moth, 7 Sliver Y's and a Bright Eyed Brown Line, plus all the
stuff you would expect this time of year. (Gadget)
Tuesday 26th July 2005 Late
news
Night of 24th July 2005
What a day for the car to have it’s MOT!
Went to the Kingsgate trap early on the
25th and got soaked for
virtually nothing. Dried off and went to the Pegwell trap – got soaked
again, also for virtually nothing. Left work in the afternoon and got
soaked again! Couldn’t make up my mind
as to whether I could be bothered to do my garden trap, eventually
relented at 7.30pm. Much the same as the other traps, however on the
penultimate tray there was another Small Ranunculus – this one in
good condition. Night of 25th July 2005
Following yesterday’s heavy rain and an
overnight northerly wind the Kingsgate trap was even worse –
a difficult achievement, Large Yellow Underwing being close to the
best moth! The Pegwell trap was a little
better, a Reed Dagger is good for Thanet and the first of the 2nd
generation of Yellow-barred Brindle. A hint of migration with 2
Dark Sword-grass, 3 Silver Y’s and a Dotted Footman.
(F Solly)
Saturday
23rd
July 2005 Elvington Garden
New
one for Elvington a True Lovers Knot. (TRP)
Saturday 23rd July 2005 Late News
Pics of the Coronet and Small Ranunculus from Pegwell trap
on 21/7/2005. The latter in particular is very worn, you may or may not
want to use. Migrant Tortrix - Cydia amplana,
Kingsgate trap also on 21/7. Night of 22/7, despite being cloudy, a
rather poor selection and disappointingly small total of moths in my
traps. Most notable was another new moth for Thanet, a Waved Black
in the Pegwell trap. In
my garden, the attractive and rather local Tortrix - Eucosma
pupillana was of note. (F Solly)
Friday 22nd July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
Last night turn up a few bits
Kent Black Arches, Iron Prominent, Clouded Boarded,
and Dusky Sallow. (Gadget)
Friday 22nd
July 2005 Elvington Garden
Two new Moths for Elvington Garden this year, Copper Underwing and
Plain Golden Y, (TRP)
Friday 22nd
July 2005 Garden Ramsgate
A few new bits and pieces have turned up this past few nights including July
Highflyer and a Fen Wainscot on 19th Oak Eggar on 20th
and 3 Plain Pugs, 2 Phoenix, 2 Early Thorn, 2 Latticed
Heath, 1 Wormwood, 1 Kent Black Arches plus 1 Twin-spotted
Wainscot on the 21st.A few odd micros for the garden have appeared
including a wandering Pempelia Genistella and the Tortrix Phalonidia
Affinitana. Generally moth numbers have been low these past few
nights. (Phil M)
Friday 22nd
July 2005 Kingsgate & Pegwell Moth Traps
Night of 21st July 2005
Unexpectedly cloudy and warm last night, caught me out so didn’t get
anywhere off Thanet. More moths in the
Kingsgate trap than the last few nights, although what is normally my best
site continues to have a very disappointing year. The only thing of any
note was the migrant Tortrix - Cydia amplana, a species that was
first recorded in Kent between Thanet and Dungeness in 2004. The remainder
of the haul was very predictable. The
Pegwell trap had good variety although the total of moths was less than I
was expecting. Highlights from this site were the first
Thanet records of Small Ranunculus and Coronet. (F
Solly)
Thursday
21st July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
The wind is
very strong in my garden at present and the moths have decided to go some
were else to play the only new moths were Latticed Heath, Small Fan-foot,
Bordered Pug and
Ruby Tiger. (Gadget)
Thursday
21st July 2005 Elvington Garden
2 New moths for Elvington Garden Bordered Pug and a Dotted Fan-foot (TRP)
National Moth Night 9th July Species
List Only
Tuesday 19th July 2005 Late News
Night 15th July 2005 Moth trip at Pegwell List
Report
Monday 18th July 2005 Garden Ramsgate Thanet
Night of 17th July 2005 Moth numbers slightly
down overnight though I did get yet another Round-winged Muslin.
Other bits included - 3 Phoenix, 1 Plain Pug, 1 Leopard
Moth, 1 Middle-barred Minor, 1 Poplar Grey and a single Herald.
(Phil M)
Monday 18th July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
The past
Week, has been a much welcomed improvement, with the number of moths that
have arrived in the gardens here in Dumpton, I have recorded, good numbers
of the more common species, which included: 3
Buff-Tip, 7 Marbled Green, 2 Oak Eggar, 3 Campion, 2 Sycamore, 5
Lime, 5 Popular, 3 Eyed, 3 Elephant, and 2 small Elephant Hawk Moths, but
only recorded 7 Silver Y, By placing a moth trap over in
Hawthorn Close, just across the way from me, which much more enclosed and
has good number of fir trees around that area this
should be very interesting as to see what different specie I will
encounter. (Gadget)
Monday 18th July 2005 Late News
Night
of 16th July 2005 Ramsgate garden 56 species of macro moth overnight the
pick of which were: 1 Shaded Pug, 1 Bordered Pug, 1 Haworth's
Pug, 1 Yarrow Pug, 3 Plain Pug, 1 Common Wave (a
new specie for the garden) 1 Eyed Hawk-moth, 1 Poplar Hawk-moth,
1 Shark, 1 Broad-barred White, 1 Cream-bordered Green Pea
and 1 Varied Coronet. Nothing too exciting on the micro front.
(Phil M)
Sunday 17th July 2005 Late News Kingsgate &
Pegwell
Night of 15th July 2005. A very mild night, lots of moths in both the
Kingsgate and Pegwell Village traps, although as usual my garden was
rubbish! Unfortunately the combined catch was almost
wholly comprised of the usual species common to Thanet. The only macro of
note was a Tree-lichen Beauty at Kingsgate. 4 Vitula biviella from the same site
are also of note but appear this year to be established here. In addition to the above traps, I also trapped on the Reserve at Pegwell
Bay and had 120 species of macro moths and around 100 species of
micro moths - again nothing of any particular note. (F Solly)
Sunday 17th July 2005 Late News
Night of 15th July 2005 Lots of moths overnight - all
of them common species unfortunately. Amongst the 51 species of macro I
had: 1 Haworth's Pug, 1 Phoenix, 2 Shaded Broad Bar,
1 Vapour, 65 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 31 Dot Moths, 1
Marbled Green, 1 Mouse and rather amazingly 4 Heralds!
Have a couple of Tortrix’s, which may or may not be interesting - I
haven’t identified them yet. (Phil M)
Friday 15th July 2005 Garden Ramsgate Thanet
Night of 14th July Lots of moth’s overnight which
included 2 new species of macro moth for the garden - namely Foxglove
Pug and Round-winged Muslin. The Pug is a good Thanet
record but the Muslin is common around habitat in Stonelees. All
told I had 58 species of macro and lots of micro species the pick of were:
2 V Pug, Dingy Footman, Eyed Hawk Moth, Epilblema Foenella, 2 Large
Tabby, 1 Water Veneer, Udea Prunalis and Euzophera Pinguis. The past
couple of nights have turned up nothing much better than Leopard Moth,
Toadflax Pug etc and the numbers of moths have certainly been well
down on last night. (Phil M)
Friday 15th July 2005
Kingsdown Beach
spent the night
14th July 2005 Mothing on Kingsdown Beach with
one 125 MV trap. Surprisingly cool to start with the daytime humidity
condensing making it quite damp. Rather poor at this stage, although a
slight change in wind direction around
1am increased the temperature and evaporated
the dew. Around 96 species of macro moth, nothing of any particular note
and for this site rather poor total
number of moths – the local Bats did
however appreciate my presence. (F Solly)
Thursday 14th July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
Moth
numbers continue to improve at the garden trap, yet no real signs of
migration - hardly surprising given the wind direction! All the usual
species present with a nice Peppered Moth being the highlight.
(Dylan)
Wednesday 13th July 2005 Garden
Ramsgate Thanet
Recent moths out in the back garden have included: Small Emerald,
Toadflax Pug, Grey Pug, Wormwood Pug, Scarce Footman, a few Poplar
Hawk-moths, Lime Hawk-moth, Scarce Footman, Middle-barred Minor, Lesser
Common Rustic, Square-spot Rustic, Dioryctria Abietella,
Epilblema Foenella, Enarmonia Formosana etc. Also last night I
caught 3 Broad-barred White's, which is quite good for my garden.
(Phil M)
Wednesday 13th July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
Good numbers of common species again last night,
amongst which I had this nice fresh specimen of Small Emerald and
my first record, for 2005, of Evergistis extimalis. (Dylan)
Tuesday 12th
July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
Overnight trapping 11th July 2005
resulted in a garden 1st in the shape of a superb Privet Hawk-moth.
Plenty of other common species to accompany it included Scalloped Oak,
Least Carpet and Elephant Hawk-moth. If it carries on like this
I could get the enthusiasm to turn on the 250w and trap seriously
again! (Dylan)
Tuesday 12th
July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
Trap on night of 11thJuly 2005
to light 125MV new this year for the garden Thistle
Ermine and Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Gadget)
Tuesday 12th
July 2005 Pegwell Bay
Pegwell
bay Trap on night of 11thJuly 2005 Bedstraw Hawk Moth. (F
Solly)
Tuesday 12th
July 2005 Late News
Tuesday
5th July 2005 Elvington Garden
The weather seems to be against us this year Monday night only 13
species Last night was a little better 22 species But I
did have a first for the garden a stunning Pine Hawk Moth
(TRP)
Monday
11th July 2005 Pegwell Bay
Pegwell
bay Trap on night of 10th July 2005 Goosefoot Pug (rare
migrant) It would seem to be the 3rd UK record.
(F
Solly)
Monday
11th July 2005 Dumpton Thanet
A Hummingbird
Hawk-moth was feeding on the Red Valerian as I parked the car outside
my house. (Dylan)
Sunday
10th July 2005 National Moth Night 9th July list to follow
The jointly staged event saw the Kent Wildlife Trust and
Planetthanet.org enjoy a very successful evening. 34 people attend ended,
many children, to witness the emptying of a trap (from Gadget's garden!)
and enjoy a guided walk around the Country Park (expertly lead, as usual
by Pete Forrest - the reserve warden) On returning to the carpark
there was a BBQ (courtesy of Planetthanet.org) and some moth
trapping. Everyone seemed to have a good time and, for a change, the moths
responded in good numbers. The highlight, for most, was the arrival of a
large female Privet Hawk-moth, which finally went into the
"Robinson" trap by the warden's office. A full list of moths
caught will follow, however, we would like to thank all of those who made
the effort to support the event and hope you gained a little
knowledge about these fascinating insects. Please tell your friends and
keep an eye on our website, or the Country Park notice board, for
details of future moth nights. (Gadget, Dylan & Pete)
Thursday 7th July 2005 Garden Yorkshire
Barnsley South Yorkshire. My cat caught a moth,
which I managed to rescue. I put it into my hanging basket with the
petunias. Safe I believe. I think it is an Elephant Hawk Moth.
I am not a lover of any insects but do not like them hurt. Thought
it may be of interest to you. ?
Wednesday 6th July 2005 Pegwell Trap Ramsgate
Thanet
Night of 5/7/2005 A showery and generally unremarkable night , a few
surprises (as far as Thanet is concerned ) in the Pegwell Moth Trap. A
Miller, is I believe new for Thanet, Small Angle Shades is
scarce whilst Round-winged Muslin, Pigmy Footman and Cream-bordered
Green Pea are all notable. (F Solly)
Wednesday 6th July 2005 Garden Scottish Borders
Hello there, last night we had a very large Elephant
Hawk Moth in the conservatory! We live in Peeblesshire in the Scottish
Borders, and have never seen anything like it before, Had to get onto the
net straight away to see what kind of moth it was. (Judith Linton)
Wednesday 6th July 2005 Garden Ramsgate Thanet
A few better quality things overnight included 1 Shear's,1 Ruddy
Carpet and a single Dingy Shear's - the first garden record
since 2001.Other new stuff recently has included: Bordered Pug, Brown-tail
and Small Elephant Hawk-moth. (Phil M)
Monday
4th July 2005 Garden Ramsgate Thanet
Nothing too exceptional since July's been upon us though I did get a few
new moths for the year overnight which included my first Poplar Hawk
Moth!! Very late. Other bits overnight included: Scoenebius
Gigantella, 1st Blactobasis Lignea, 1 July
Highflyer, 1 Mathew's Wainscot, 2 Rustic's, 1 Marbled
Beauty and a Cream Bordered Green Pea. Other bits recently have
included Celypha Rosaceana, Flax Tortrix, Grey Tortrix, Gold
Triangle, the 4th Galium carpet of the year, Shaded Broad Bar,
Yellow-tail, Clay, Green Silver-Lines etc. (Phil M)
Sunday
3rd July 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
The night of the 2nd July 2005 Leopard Moth was a good moth for
the garden on the outside of the trap but still to 125MV light. (Gadget)
Friday
1st July 2005 Garden Hoath nr Canterbury
Orache taken at light 125MV at Hoath on 30/6/2005. A rare
migrant with very few Kent records. (Ian Harding)
Friday
1st July 2005 Pegwell Trap
White Plume Moth taken at light 125MV, Pegwell trap on 30/6/2005 (F
Solly)
