Monday 29th October 207 Dumpton Thanet
Moths of late to note: 2 Rusty Dots, 1 Silver
Y, 1 Diamond-back, 2 Mallows, 1 Black Rustic 2 Clancy
Rustic, and a single Gem the Lesser Yellow Underwings
were down to 4 with only 1 Large Yellow Underwing. (Gadget)
Monday 29th October 207 Beltinge
Again a breezy and mild night with a bit of rain,
produced the following moths:- 7 Rusty Dots, 4 Silver Y
including one of the form gammina, 1 Diamond-back, 2
Green-brindled Crescents, 2 Mallows, 1 Black Rustic, 2
Angle Shades, 1 Large Wainscot, 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing
and 5 Large Yellow Underwing. (Barry Hunt)
Sunday 28th October
2007 Beltinge
A breezy and mild night
produced the following moths, 1 Delicate, 1 Pearly Underwing,
2 Silver Y, 2 Rusty Dots, 1 Diamond-back, 1 Mallow,
1 Herald and 3 Large Yellow Underwings. (Barry Hunt)
Sunday 28th October
2007 Newington Thanet
Moths overnight were: 1
Diamond Back, 2 Monopis obviella, 2 Blair's
Shoulder-knot, 1 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Lesser
Yellow Underwing, 1 Large Wainscot and 1 Angle Shades.
(Phil M)
Saturday 27th October
2007 Newington Thanet
A few moths overnight
included: 1 Blastobasis decolorella, 1 Rusty Dot, 1
Diamond Back, 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 1 Green-brindled
Crescent, 1 Pale Mottled Willow, 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot
and 1 Silver Y. (Phil M)
Saturday 27th October
2007 Beltinge
A few bits last night
including a Delicate, 2 Silver Y, 5 Rusty Dots, 2
Diamond-backs, 2 Feathered Ranunculus, 2 Angle Shades and
singles of Red-line Quaker, Yellow-line Quaker, Mottled Umber and a
Black Rustic. (Barry Hunt)
Friday 26th October 2007 Beltinge
Finally the annoying easterly wind begins to abate
resulting in a few moths last night which included a Delicate, 2
Silver Y, 3 Rusty Dots, a Mallow, a Shuttle-shaped Dart
and a Green-brindled Crescent. (Barry Hunt)
Thursday 25th October
2007 Newington Thanet
It was 'slightly' warmer
out there overnight and there were four macro moths spread between the 2
moth traps - singles of Lesser and Large Yellow Underwing, L-album
Wainscot and a Red-line Quaker. (Phil M)
Tuesday 23rd October
2007 Newington Thanet
Very few moths overnight
though I was surprised to find a Nettle-tap sitting in the light of
one of the traps overnight. The only other captures were singles of Large
Yellow Underwing and Blair's Shoulder-knot. Very little going on
at all this past week - only a few Delicates of note, (Phil M)
Monday 22nd
October 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 21/10. Very poor conditions
for mothing the last few nights, only one moth in the Pegwell Trap last
night, a Convolvulus Hawkmoth - how bizarre is that? (F Solly)
Tuesday 16th October
2007 Beltinge
I have not contributed for
a while now, based on the fact that their, has not been a lot to contribute.
The last couple of nights have seen a slight improvement here. 6
Delicates, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 4 Silver Y, 10
Diamond-backs, 8 Rusty Dots and a Pearly Underwing on the
migrant front. Reasonable resident species have included Merveille du
Jour, Brindled Green, 2 Red-green Carpets, 4 Mallows,
Sallow, 2 Red-line Quakers, 4 Large Wainscots and a
Dark Chestnut. The site name has been changed to Bishopstone as being
only 30yds from the Glen a few locals have pondered the question “Why
Beltinge?” (Barry Hunt)
Monday 15th October 2007 Newington Thanet
Not very many moths in the traps overnight so I was
surprised to find a rarity - a Cydia amplana when I opened the
second of 2 very sparse moth traps. A few other migrants included 2
Rusty Dots and a Pearly Underwing. (Phil M)
Sunday 14th October
2007 Newington Thanet
Not much of a catch
overnight though a nice fresh Yellow-line Quaker turned up so not
exactly a waste of time. Otherwise, 3 Mallow, 1 Acleris
sparsana etc, and an extremely late Phlyctaenia coronata
was a surprising find in one of the traps. (Phil M)
Saturday 13th
October 2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 12/10. 32
species of macro moth in the Pegwell trap - which is very good for Thanet at
this time of year. Top billing went to a cracking Merveille du Jour -
very rarely recorded on the Concrete Isle. A good selection of the autumnal
species which included; 3 Mallows, 1 November Moth, 1
Feathered Thorn, 1 Vapourer, 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1
Brick, 1 Dark Chestnut, 1 Beaded Chestnut, 2 Barred
Sallows, 1 Sallow, 1 Dusky-lemon Sallow and 1 Clancy's
Rustic. There were several 'late' species with singles of Chinese
Character, Mullein Wave and Phlyctaenia coronata. A
scattering of migrants with 1 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Delicate, 1
Silver Y, 2 Rusty Dots and 3 Diamond-backs. (F Solly)
Saturday 13th October
2007 Newington Thanet
A few moths overnight
included a nice Spruce Carpet - otherwise 17 species of common stuff
including a massive haul of migrants - 3 Diamond Back's,3 Rusty
Dots and a Silver Y. Portland will be pulling their hair out when
they hear about this catch eh? Other than a couple of Delicates the
past few nights I've taken absolutely nothing of any note. (Phil M)
Thursday 11th October
2007 Foreness area
A Hummingbird Hawk moth
was feeding on geranium flowers in a garden in Northumberland Ave this
afternoon. (Rae Boulden)
Wednesday 10th October
2007 Newington Thanet
Evidence of a little
migration in the traps overnight with 6 Diamond Back's, 1 Rusty
Dot, 1 Silver Y and a Delicate amongst the other autumnal
stuff still on the wing. Top moth went to the Red Green Carpet I
found clinging to the Perspex in trap 1 - an ambition realised as it's taken
me many years to actually get one in the garden. All things come to those -
etc. (Phil M)
Wednesday 9th October 2007 Fisher's Estuarine
Moth
Night of the 8/10/2007. It was a mild and cloudy evening. Tim had earlier
in the year expressed a desire to see Fisher's Estuarine Moth. We
(myself, Gadget and Tim) decided to have a look at one on the Kentish
colonies. Despite protestations from Tim, he was twitching. We arrived at
the location with the intention of checking it's, food plant - Hogs Fennel
by torchlight. They typically just sit around and are easily found by their
eyes shining orange in the light. Myself and Gadget with torches and
Twitchier Tim without (!) though Gadget was able to provide him with a torch
that was slightly less bright than a lighted cigarette. Despite that minor
setback, we found the first moth straight away on just about the first Hogs
Fennel and in a short space of time had seen 20+ of the impressive critters
- all in very good condition. (F Solly)
Saturday 6th October 2007 Westgate Thanet
A Palpita vitrealis last night, which was
a new one for my garden. Also a Delicate, a Silver Y and 3
Diamond-backs, plus a couple of Clancy’s the night before,
otherwise rather quiet. (Tim H)
Friday 5th October 2007
Newington Thanet
Quite cool overnight and
not too much going on. There were 6 Willow Beauty but otherwise
numbers of moths were way down on what I have been catching. There were
singles of Agonopterix alstromeriana and Acleris
sparsana also 2 Blair's Shoulder-knot and a nice scale
perfect Sallow along with all the other commoner autumnal stuff.
(Phil M)
Wednesday 3rd October
2007 Pegwell Trap
Night of 2/10. More variety than of late in the Pegwell trap and a few
more autumnal species, though nothing to write home about. Of slightly more
note than the other residual dross were; a late Dark-barred Twin-spot
Carpet, 1 Spruce Carpet, 1 Delicate, 1 Feathered
Brindle, 1 Barred Sallow, 1 Sallow and 1 Dusky-lemon
Sallow. (F Solly)
Wednesday 3rd October
2007 Dumpton Thanet
Night of 2/10 to 125MV
Light 1 Spruce Carpet, Centre-barred Sallow, 1 Dusky-lemon Sallow,
4 Diamond Back's, 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot, 1 Black Rustic,
8 L-album Wainscot, 7 Feathered Ranunculus and a Frosted
Orange from the night of the 1/10/2007 (Gadget)
Wednesday 3rd October
2007 Newington Thanet
Quite a few moths
overnight as the temperature was extremely high for an easterly airflow. Top
moth was another Frosted Orange - I caught one just over a week ago
and that was a new moth for the garden. Hot on It's heels was my third
Dusky Lemon Sallow of the autumn - that's more than I've ever taken in
the garden. Other 'bits' included 4 Silver Y, 2 Diamond Back's,
1 Blair's Shoulder-knot and a Mallow. (Phil M)
Wednesday 3rd October 2007 Westgate Thanet
My trap has been so bad recently that I haven’t run it
a great deal, so it was amazing to have a few moths last night, with 102
moths of 29 species, including 1 Oak Nycteoline, 1 Green-brindled
Crescent, 3 Clancy’s Rustics, 1 Delicate, 1 Pearly
Underwing, 1 Dark Sword Grass, 5 Silver Y’s, 4
Diamond-backs, 1 Vapourer, 1 Black Rustic, 1 Blair’s
Shoulder Knot, 11 L-album Wainscot, 8 Feathered Ranunculus,
1 Old Lady, 1 Red Admiral butterfly and 3 Acleris
sparsana. (Tim H)
Monday 1st October 2007
Newington Thanet
A surprising amount of
moths in the back garden traps today. 17 species of macro moth and a few
micro's included: 1 Rusty Dot,1 Silver Y,1 Burnished Brass,1
Red Underwing, 2 Clancy's Rustic, 1 Delicate and 1
Dusky Lemon Sallow. (Phil M)
Saturday 29th September
2007 Newington Thanet
Quite a nice selection of
common moths after the strong northerly wind died off at last. Nothing too
eventful of course - the pick of the bunch being singles of Vapourer,
a late Ruby Tiger, Black Rustic, Blair's Shoulder-knot and a
Clancy's Rustic. Most unusual of all, though a common moth earlier on in
the year - was an extremely late flying Phlyctaenia coronata.
2 Acleris sparsana showed up too - my first of the autumn.
(Phil M)
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