Friday 30th
November 2007 Kingsgate TrapNight of 29/11. Single December
Moth and LBAM at Kingsgate were the only winged jewels attracted
to the moth traps last night. (F Solly)
Thursday 29th
November 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 28/11. Singles of Pearly
Underwing, Rusty Dot and LBAM made the cycle in the rain
to the Pegwell Trap all the more worthwhile! (F Solly)
Wednesday
28th November 2007 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Night of 27/11.
Not to be outdone by the particularly fine birding, the Kingsgate trap
contained 5 December Moths, 1Mottled Umber and a Tawny
Pinion. Whilst at Pegwell, there were singles of; December Moth,
Spruce Carpet, Winter Moth, Blair's Shoulder-knot and Brick. (F
Solly)
Monday 26th
November 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 24/11. A Large Wainscot
in the Pegwell trap - the latest record for the site and surprisingly the
only record from there this year. (F Solly)
Thursday 22nd
November 2007 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
The traps were awash
with moffs last night although I managed to contain my excitement. At
Kingsgate there were singles of; December Moth, November Moth,
Feathered Thorn, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Blair's Shoulder-knot,
Diamond-back, Rusty Dot and Crocidosema plebejana
with 4 LBAMs. Pegwell had singles of Yellow-line Quaker, Brick
and Scrobipalpa costella. Wow! (F Solly)
Tuesday 13th November
2007 Newington Thanet
There were 2 macro moths
in the traps when I checked them earlier - the 5th Red-line Quaker of
the autumn and a Blair's Shoulder-knot. The only micro's were a few
Light-brown Apple Moths - as you might expect. (Phil M)
Wednesday 7th November 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 6/11. A truly mouth-watering selection of moffs in the Pegwell
trap - quite surprising given the conditions. The delights were singles of;
November Moth, Feathered Thorn, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Black
Rustic, Blair's Shoulder-knot, Feathered Ranunculus, Satellite, Eudonia
angustea and LBAM. Now that’s got you all desperate to put
your traps back on! (F Solly)
Tuesday 6th November
2007 Newington Thanet
Only 2 macro moths in the
traps overnight - a Feathered Thorn and another Red-line Quaker.
Months of 'nothingness' ahead - 'tis all doom and gloom for moths fellow
humans. (Phil M)
Saturday 3rd November 2007 Pegwell & Kingsgate
Trap
Night of 2/11. A reasonable selection of moths in the
Pegwell trap, the pick of which were singles of White-speck and
Scarce Bordered Straw. Others included; 2 Mallow, 3 Common
Marbled Carpet, 2 Red-green Carpet, 8 November Moth,
single Green Brindled Crescent, Brick and Red-line Quaker.
A lot less at Kingsgate, a Gem and Pearly Underwing being the
only things of any note (F Solly)
Saturday 3rd November 2007 Beltinge
Night of 2/11 - only a few
moths in the trap last night which were 1 Rusty Dot, 1
Diamond-back and 1 Chestnut. A bit of let down considering it was
still 14 degrees Celsius when I hit the sack. (Barry Hunt)
Friday 2nd November
2007 Newington Thanet
Good temperatures
overnight encouraged a few things to the lights in the back garden. Top
things included Mottled Umber and 2 Red-line Quaker also
Blastobasis decolorella, Monopis obviella,
White-shouldered House-moth, Acleris sparsana, 1 Large
Yellow Underwing,1 Lesser Yellow Underwing and 3 Blair's
Shoulder-knot. (Phil M)
Thursday 1st November
2007 Beltinge
Night of 31/10- a few bits
last night of which the best was a second Merveille du Jour of the
month, along with 2 Silver Y, Common Marbled Carpet,
November Moth, Blair's Shoulder- knot, Shuttle-shaped Dart,
5 Green-brindled Crescents, 6 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 4
Large Yellow Underwing and 2 Angle Shades. (Barry Hunt)
Thursday 1st November
2007 Dumpton Thanet
There were very few moths in the trap over night just
the 1Shuttle-shaped Dart, 1 Diamond Back Moth, 1 Blair's
Shoulder- knot and the second for the garden 1 Green-brindled
Crescent. (Gadget)
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