Thursday 29th March 2007 Broadstairs Thanet
I dug up two cocoons whilst gardening a few weeks ago and put them
in a jam jar to see what emerged. Enclosed are some pics of the moth that
emerged this morning. Hopefully you can identify it for me. (Identified as
Angle Shades) The second cocoon is slightly smaller and yet to
emerge. (Simon P)
Thursday 29th March 2007 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Night of 28/3. Awful mothing continues - and will get worse with
another easterly blast due. At Kingsgate, 4 Common Quaker, 1 Hebrew
Character, 2 Clouded Drab, 4 Early Grey and a Tawny
Pinion. At Pegwell just 2 Common Quaker and a Pearly
Underwing. (F Solly)
Wednesday
28th March 2007 Westgate Thanet
An
Early Grey last night plus 1 Clouded Drab, 1 Common
Quaker, the two common plumes plus a few Light Brown Apple Moths. (Tim
Hodge)
Monday
26th March 2007 Dumpton Thanet
Last
night the 25th to 125MV light 1 March Moth, 1 Powdered
Quaker, 1 Satellite,
1 Pine Beauty, 2 Light Brown Apple Moths, 2
Emmelina monodactyla and a Clouded Drab the night
before. (Gadget)
Monday
26th March 2007 Westgate Thanet
A Tawny Pinion last night, along with a Common
Quaker and 4 Light Brown Apple Moths, other than that not much
recently, with my first Angle Shades of the year the previous
night. (Tim Hodge)
Saturday 17th March 2007 Newington Thanet
Not lots of moths in the traps overnight but there were 2 reasonably high
quality moths for my garden Pine Beauty and Dotted Border,
my second and c.sixth back garden records respectively. Otherwise just a
handful of Common micros which included another Agonopterix
alstromeriana and 2 Common Quakers. (Phil M)
Saturday 17th March 2007 East
Blean
Night of 16/3/2007 1 3/4 hours mothing at East Blean in
disappointingly cool conditions - the expected cloud breaking produced:
1 March Moth, 8 Brindled Pug, 1 Early Thorn, 20 Oak
Beauty, 1 Small Brindled Beauty, 2 Engrailed, 6 Red
Chestnut, 45 Small Quaker, 10 Common Quaker, 3 Clouded
Drab, 6 Chestnut, 15 Diurnea fagella and 3 Tortricodes
alternella. (F Solly)
Saturday 17th March 2007 Pegwell &
Kingsgate Traps
Night of 16/3/2007 Whilst in dullsville, Pegwell had 1 Shoulder-stripe,
1 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Common Quaker, 1 Hebrew Character
and 1 Silver Y. 4 Common Quaker, 2 Diurnea fagella
and 1 Emmelina monodactyla was all that struggled into the
Kingsgate trap. (F Solly)
Friday 16th March 2007 Newington Thanet
In the traps overnight were: 1 Clouded Drab,
3 Common Quaker and 1 Agonopterix alstromeriana!! A
rather impressive haul if I say so myself! (Phil M)
Thursday 15th
March 2007 Kingsgate
& Pegwell Traps
Night
of 14/3. Cool, clear and boring. At Kingsgate, single Diurnea
fagella, Eudonia angustea, Dotted Border, Clouded
Drab, Hebrew Character and Early Grey with 4 Common Quakers
whilst at Pegwell just 1 Common Quaker at Pegwell. (F Solly)
Thursday 15th March 2007
Dumpton Thanet
Night of the
14th March to 125MV light 1 Common Quaker, 1 Hebrew
Character, 2 Emmelina
monodactyla and 2 Light Brown Apple Moths and 1 Pale
Brindled Beauty (Gadget)
Tuesday 13th March 2007 Leaf Miners
Another
couple of leaf miners emerged from mines collected in the autumn, Phyllonorycter
platanoidella from Norway Maple at East Blean and Phyllonorycter
acerifoliella from Field Maple at Nethercourt, Ramsgate.
(F
Solly)
Tuesday 13th March 2007 Westgate Thanet
Wow, six moths last night! 1 Clouded Drab, 1 Hebrew
Character, 1 Common Quaker, 2 Light Brown Apple
Moths and 1 Emmelina monodactyla. (Tim Hodge)
Tuesday 13th March 2007 Dumpton Thanet
Night of the
12th March to 125MV light
1 Clouded Drab, 1 Common Quaker, 1 Hebrew
Character, 2 Emmelina
monodactyla and 1 Light Brown Apple Moths. (Gadget)
Monday 12th March 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 11/3. Pegwell. 1 Small
Quaker, 2 Common Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character and 1 Clouded
Drab (F Solly)
Monday 12th March 2007 Westgate Thanet
Just the one moth again (good place, Westgate), a Pale
Mottled Willow, I think? (Tim
Hodge)
Monday 12th March 2007 Newington Ramsgate
Only 1 macro moth in the traps overnight - it was quite cool out there I
suppose?? Oh yeah - the moth was a Herald. (Phil M)
Monday
12th March 2007 Dumpton Thanet
Night of the
11th March to 125MV light
1 Clouded Drab,
1 Common Quaker, 2 Emmelina
monodactyla and 2 Light Brown Apple Moths. (Gadget)
Saturday
10th March 2007 Newington Thanet
An extremely early Hummingbird Hawk-moth flew in and out of the
garden on a couple of occasions at 17.30 this evening. It appeared to be
looking for somewhere to land and might have rested on my next-door
neighbours back wall? No moths at the lights overnight I
did catch an extremely small Common Quaker on the previous night.
(Phil M)
Friday 9th March 2007 Westgate Thanet
My first moth of the year and the first moth in my
new Robinson moth trap, and not a bad one too, a Pale Pinion. (Tim Hodge)
Friday 9th March 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 8/3. The Pegwell trap was awash with mediocrity. 1 Dotted
Border, 1 Pale Brindled Beauty, 1 Early Moth, 1 Twin-spotted
Quaker, 2 Common Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character, 1 Clouded
Drab, 1 Early Grey, 1 Agonopterix heracliana, 1 Diurnea
fagella and 1 Scrobipalba costella. (F
Solly)
Wednesday
7th March 2007 Newington Thanet
4 moths in the traps overnight (5 including a Light Brown Apple Moth)
- 1 Eudonia angustea, 2 Common Quaker and a Satellite.
The Satellite was only my second ever back garden record. (Phil M)
Tuesday
the 6th March 2007 Dumpton Garden
Night of the 4th March 2007 to 125MV light 1 Pale
Brindled Beauty and 1 Light Brown Apple Moth. (Gadget)
Friday 2nd March 2007 Dumpton Thanet
To 125MV light 0n the 1st March 2007 just the one
Dark Chestnut. (Gadget)
Friday 2nd March 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 1/3. 3 Hebrew Characters and 1 Common
Quaker blasted the month off at Pegwell. Together with an early Eudonia
angustea flying to the kitchen window - what a night! (F Solly)
