Thursday 31st January
2008 Beltinge
A cool and clear night, at
first, resulted in three moths to the trap 2 Pale Brindled Beauty and
a lone Early Moth. (Barry H)
Wednesday 30th January
2008 Newington Thanet
3 moths overnight -
singles of White-shouldered House Moth, Pale Brindled Beauty
and Dark Chestnut. (Phil M)
Wednesday 30th January
2008 Beltinge
This year I am making an
effort to get into the micros, as its one group that I need to get to grips
with, long lists of Latin names seem likely and lots of head scratching, I
fear. Last night saw a staggering 10 moths into the trap, a new one for the
garden in the form of a Tortricodes alternella along with 2
Common Quakers, 2 Satellites, 2 Pale Brindled Beauty, 2
Light Brown Apple Moths and last but not least an Emmelina
monodactyla. (Barry H)
Tuesday 29th January
2008 Beltinge
Again another trio in the
trap, 1 Dotted Border, 1 Early Moth and another Spring
Usher, Just to wrap things up the two plume moths that were trapped last
week were Amblyptilia acanthadactyla. (Barry H)
Monday 28th January
2008 Newington Thanet
Three moths in or around
the traps overnight, Firstly I was rather surprised to see a Geo on the
wall of the house near one of the trap which turned out to be a Spring
Usher - a new moth for the garden traps and a wanderer from outside of
Thanet. Another woodland type moth was in one of the traps when I checked
them this morning - a Tortricodes alternella, a moth I haven't
caught here for quite a few years. The other thing was a far less exotic
moth - a White-shouldered House Moth. (Phil M)
Monday 28th January
2008 Beltinge
A trio of moths in the
trap last night, which were, 1 Pale Brindled Beauty, 1 Spring
Usher and 1 Light Brown Apple Moth. I was hoping to set up my new
Robinson trap in the garden but the forecast weather for this week is not
looking great, so I shall put that on hold for now. (Barry H)
Sunday 27th January 2008 Beltinge
Conditions again not ideal for moths,
although a single Satellite ventured into the moth trap. (Barry H)
Saturday 26th January
2008 Beltinge
The last couple of nights
have not seen good mothing conditions but a single Chestnut last
night and, in a blanket search of the small lawn near the trap I found a
freshly flattened Silver Y, which I have to assume arrived a couple
of nights ago only to meet a most unfortunate demise. (Barry H)
Thursday 24th January
2008 East Blean
Night of 23/1. Mid evening madness, by the time I came to my senses I was
out at a breezy East Blean for an hour of moffing misery. The highlight was
going home but before then there were 4 March Moths, 1 Dotted
Border, 3 Pale Brindled Beauty, 17 Spring Usher, 3
Chestnut and 16 Tortricodes alternella. (F Solly)
Thursday 24th January
2008 Beltinge
A massive haul last night
produced six moths in total, 1 Pale Brindled Beauty, 1 Chestnut,
2 Spring Ushers and 2 moths that I've seen before but I'm not sure of
their name, some sort of plume moth I think? (Barry H)
Wednesday 23rd
January 2008 Beltinge
The pace is really heating up now with two new species
for the year, 1 Pale Brindled Beauty and an Early Moth at the
trap last night. That's three species in four nights. Gripping stuff!
(Barry H)
Sunday 20th January 2008 Beltinge
The second night of trapping this year produced 2
Mottled Umbers in the trap. (Barry H)
Friday 11th January
2007 Newington Thanet
3 moths in the traps this
afternoon - a Light Brown Apple Moth, a Winter Moth and an
unidentified thing - not sure as yet what it is. (Phil M)
Wednesday 2nd January
2007 Newington Thanet
A few moths still about
overnight - a Winter Moth and a few Light Brown Apple Moths
made it into the lights of hell!! The last moths I will be seeing for the
foreseeable future looking at the weather. (Phil M)
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