Sunday 29th February
2012 Ramsgate
Night of 28/2. Back to reality following last night’s excursion. A round
of my three traps on the hell that is the Concrete Isle (Thanet) produced a
combined total of 3 moths – all low grade species. (F Solly)
Sunday 29th February
2012 East Blean
Night of 28/2. A 2 ¾hr session at East Blean, in what was supposed to be
a cloudy evening but was cloudless throughout – fortunately the temperature
held up reasonably well. Richard K announced his arrival with a bugle blast
(it’s an American thing) – as usual timing his arrival after all the
carrying and setting up had been done. The following delights were recorded
during the session: 78 March Moths, 1 Shoulder-stripe, 38
Spring Usher, 12 Dotted Border, 26 Pale Brindled Beauty,
10 Small Brindled Beauty, 1 Engrailed, 1 Red Chestnut,
1 Satellite, 5 Chestnuts and about 60 Tortricodes
alternella. (F Solly)
Saturday 25th February 2012 Pegwell Trap
Night of 24/2. A few bits in the Pegwell trap. 1 Spring Usher (my
first on Thanet), 2 Pale Brindled Beauty, singles of Common
Quaker, Satellite, Chestnut, Dark Chestnut, Emmelina monodactyla
and 3 Tortricodes alternella. (F Solly)
Saturday 25th February 2012 Dumpton Thanet
Last night was an improvement in the quality of moth with 2 Chestnuts
and just the 1 Emmelina monodactyla (Gadget)
Thursday 23rd February 2012 Pegwell Village
Very slow start to the Mothing year with my first
trap set due to the mild conditions and only 1 Tortricodes alternella
and 1 Light Brown Apple Moth (Richard Kinzler)
Friday 24th February
2012 Dumpton Thanet
The night of 22nd
February, There were two Light Brown Apple Moths within the fist 20
minute's of the mildest night of the year so far, after that nothing not
even a fly, hence It's confirmed that my garden is total rubbish and
therefore I put it forward for the new Thanet Moth Trophy (Rubbish Moth
Garden on Thanet) (Gadget)
Friday 24th February 2012 Eastry
Last night was the mildest night of the year so far, minimum of 9
Celsius, the trap bursting with eleven moths this morning. Pick of the
bunch, two Satellite of different variations, first two Hebrew
Characters of the season, a couple of Chestnut and a Dark
Chestnut. (Bill Martin)
Saturday 18th February 2012 Newington
Ramsgate
I caught three moths last night, two of which
were macro's, a March Moth and a Dark Chestnut. I have been
getting a few Light Brown Apple Moths and Emmelina monodactyla
for the past few nights, one of the monodactyla's I found when the snow was
still laying on the ground on the night of February 12th! Its the first moth
I've yet to see with laying snow even though I have in the past ran the
traps (rather stupidly admittedly) in the snow and ice. (Phil M)
Saturday 18th February 2012
East Blean
Night of 17/2. A 2 1/2hr moffing session in East Blean on what was
supposed to be a cloudy evening but was often cloudless! The variety was
disappointing, though there were good numbers of a limited number of
species. 10 March Moth, 6 Dotted Border, 95 Spring Usher,
60 Pale Brindled Beauty, 3 Satellite, 35 Chestnut and
about 150 Tortricodes alternella. I also put my garden trap on
and caught nothing! (F Solly)
