Monday 31st
October 2005 Pegwell Trap
Night of 30/10. Pegwell
was again well populated with moths, although again, nothing remarkable.
1 Mallow, 1 Common
Marbled Carpet, 1 Red-green Carpet, 24 November Moth, 3
Feathered Thorn, 1 Willow Beauty, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1
Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Pearly Underwing, 2 Delicate, 4
L-Album Wainscot, 1 Black Rustic, 1 Blair's
Shoulder-knot, 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Barred
Sallow, 5 Angle Shades, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2
Silver Y. 1 Eudonia angustea, 1 Udea
ferrugalis, 2 Nomophila noctuella, Epiphyas
postvittana, 4 Acleris sparsana, 4 Crocidosema
plebejana, 1 Monopis obviella, 1 Caloptilia
rufipennella, 3 Plutella xylostella, 1 Scrobipalpa
costella, 4 Blastobasis decolorella, 1 Emmelina
monodactyla. Slightly more at Kingsgate than of late but not
comparable to Pegwell, of note was a single Palpita vitrealis.
(F Solly)
Sunday 30th October 2005 Moth
Traps
Night of 29/10. All
traps rubbish - only 2 macros at Pegwell!
Saturday 29th October 2005
Garden / Kingsgate / Pegwell Traps
Night of 28/10 An
awful night for moths at Kingsgate (3) and no macros at all in my Garden,
the Pegwell trap however was surprisingly well populated. Nothing
remarkable but a good selection of moths for Thanet at this time of year.
2 Mallow, 1 Common
Marbled Carpet, 1 Grey Pine Carpet, 15 November
Moth, 2 Feathered Thorn, 1 Convolvulus Hawk, 2
Dark Sword-grass, 2 Turnip, 1 Lesser Yellow
Underwing, 2 Pearly Underwing, 1 Delicate, 1
L-Album Wainscot, 3 Blair's Shoulder-knot, 2 Green-brindled
Crescent, 1 Chestnut, 1 Dark Chestnut, 1 Brick, 1
Dusky-lemon Sallow, 4 Angle Shades and 1 Silver Y.
Micros were also more conspicuous than of late with; 2 Eudonia
angustea, 4 Udea ferrugalis, 1
Orthopygia glaucinalis, Epiphyas postvittana,
1 Crocidosema plebejana, 1 Plutella xylostella,
3 Blastobasis decolorella, 1 Lyonetia clerkella,
4 Caloptilia rufipennella and 1 Caloptilia stigmatella.
(F Solly)
Thursday 27th October 2005 Kingsgate/Pegwell
& Garden Moth Traps
Night of
26/10 Not much other than
migrants in the Kingsgate and Pegwell Moth Traps last night.
At Kingsgate, 2 Gem,
1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Pearly Underwing, 2 Delicate, 2
Silver Y, 1 Udea ferrugalis and 5 Diamond
Backs. At Pegwell, 1
Gem, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Pearly Underwing, 3
Delicate, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Golden
Twin-spot, 5 Udea ferrugalis and 2 Diamond Backs.
No migrants in my Garden of
course but there was a Figure of Eight - a scarce species on Thanet
these days. (F
Solly)
Friday 21st October 2005 Garden Sandwich Kent
Caught
this last night Golden
Twin Spot at
home in my garden at Sandwich. (Ian
Hunter)
Thursday 20 October 2005 Garden Ramsgate Thanet
Night of 19/10.I caught a single Golden Twin-spot overnight. Also in the
traps a few Blair's Shoulder Knot/Angle shades,2 Silver Y,1 Mallow etc.
(Phil M)
Thursday 20th October 2005 All Traps
Night of
13/10. A dreadful night in all the moth traps, barely reaching double
figures from 3 traps! The only thing of note was a Gem at Kingsgate
Wednesday 19th October 2005
Pegwell Trap
Night of 18/10 A
scattering of migrants in the Pegwell Trap with single Golden
Twin-spot, Scarce Bordered Straw, Delicate and Dark Sword-grass
- nothing else of note. (F Solly)
Monday 17th October 2005 Garden Ramsgate Thanet
I found a Scarce Bordered Straw in the trap
from last night. Also 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Mallow etc.
Not too much else of any quality of late other than a single Delicate on
the night of the 14th. (Phil M)
Monday 17th October 2005 Late News
Caught this Duponchelia Fovealis in my garden on Sandown Road Sandwich, 15
October 2005 (Ian
Hunter)
Friday October 14th 2005 Cliffs End Garden
Thanet
Night of
13/10.I took this photo
today in our garden in Cliffs End. It's the first time I've seen a Convolvulus
Hawkmoth. (Claire W)
Friday October 14th 2005 Kingsgate – Pegwell & Garden
Traps
Night of 13/10. A
stiff northerly wind wiped out the Kingsgate trap with only 4 moths. My
garden faired a little better although the only moth of note was a Red-line
Quaker - scarce on urban Thanet. The Pegwell trap had a degree of
shelter and contained 16 species of macro moth, by far the best being 2 Delicates.
(F Solly)
Thursday
13th October 2005 Garden Thanet
Night of 12/10 Another
night of very few moths despite seemingly favourable conditions. The only
moth of note was a Vestal in my garden. A couple of late micros -
also from my garden - Scythropia
crataegella (Hawthorn Moth) and the pyralid - Endotricha
flammealis. (F Solly)
Thursday 13th October 2005 Ramsgate Garden Thanet
Night of 12/10 Overnight -
1 male Gem and the first Brick of the autumn. Nothing too
much else of note other than a Black Rustic and a Silver Y.
Other bits during the month have included: Spruce Carpet (8th), a
second Clancy's Rustic (11th), Sallow (8th) and Green
Brindled Crescent (11th). Still a few micro moths are turning
up with Acleris Rhombana on 5th and 8th plus singles of Acleris
Sparsana on the 4th and 9th. (Phil M)
Thursday 13th October 2005 Pegwell & Kingsgate
Traps
Night of 11/10 Unfortunately
rain from about 12.30am seems to have ruined what appeared to be a
promising night with very few moths in any of the traps. A
little migration with a Pearly Underwing and 2 Scarce Bordered
Straws at Kingsgate and a Convolvulus Hawk and 1 Scarce
Bordered Straw at Pegwell. The
best of the resident species was an Orange Sallow at Pegwell.
(F Solly)
Tuesday 11th
October 2005 Garden, Kingsgate
& Pegwell Trap
Night of 10/10, A
poor night for numbers of moths in all traps, Kingsgate and my garden
being awful (nothing new for my garden). Despite low numbers, a good
variety of moths at Pegwell with 23 species of macros. The more
interesting of the resident species were single Feathered Brindle, Pale
Pinion, Sallow and Pale-Lemon Sallow. A reasonable showing of migrants
- 2 Dark Sword-grass, 3 Pearly Underwing, 3 Delicate,
1 Clancy's Rustic and 4 Silver Y. (F Solly)
Monday 10th October 2005 Pegwell Trap
Night of 9/10. A
rather bland night in the traps and a further reduction in numbers - clear
and damp last night. Pegwell was by far the best trap - although 'best' is
not necessarily good.
L-album Wainscots continue
to be the commonest moth, of local interest, a Sallow and 2 Large
Wainscots. Migrants were represented by a Diamond Back, 2 Silver
Y and a Golden Twin-spot , (F Solly)
Saturday 8th October 2005 Kingsgate & Pegwell
Night of 8th October 2005 cooler than recent nights and a lot less moths
in the traps, the only things of any note were a Dusky-Lemon Sallow
at Kingsgate and another Red-Green Carpet at Pegwell. (F Solly)
Thursday 6th October 2005 Pegwell & Newington Thanet
Red Green Carpet, Clancy's Rustic singles at Pegwell on 29th
September 2005 and Newington Ramsgate (photo) 3rd October, 1st
and 2nd Thanet records. (F Solly)
Thursday 6th
October 2005 Garden Dumpton Thanet
Night of the 4th a few bits in the trap over 50 Lesser Yellow
Underwings being the most commonest specie with Marble And Garden
Carpets in good numbers for the garden, The Mallow & Beaded
Chestnut. (Gadget)
Wednesday 5th October 2005 Pegwell Trap & Garden Thanet
The Pegwell
trap was affected by the wind to a lesser extent and moths included a Delicate,
2 Dark Sword-grass, 4 Silver Y's and of most note a Dusky
Lemon Sallow. The
only moth of note in my garden was a late White-spotted Pug. (F Solly)
Wednesday 5th October 2005
The Kingsgate Trap
The Kingsgate moth trap was
blown out but did have a Grey Shoulder-knot a scarcity on Thanet
and 3 Silver Y's - perhaps suggesting a hint of migration. (F
Solly)
Wednesday 5th October 2005 Garden Ramsgate Thanet
Night of 3rd / 4th October 2005 - Ramsgate I caught my first decent moth
of the autumn - a Clancy's Rustic. Nothing else of too much note of
late other than a Brindled Green on the 1st of the month. I'll hang
onto till Thursday it if anyone wants to tick it off. (Phil M)
