Saturday 30th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
Rather quiet last night, but I did get another Clancy’s Rustic,
2 Diamond-backs, 1 Delicate, 3 Rush Veneer, 1 Black
Rustic, 1 Blair’s Shoulder Knot, 1 Copper Underwing, 1
Lunar Underwing, 1 Marbled Beauty and 1 Silver Y.
(Tim Hodge)
Friday 29th September 2006
Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Night
of 28/9. Favourable looking conditions - perhaps a bit breezy but very
disappointing by recent standards, particularly at Pegwell. Kingsgate. 1 Gem,
4 Pearly Underwing, 3 Delicates, 1 Small Mottled Willow,
1 Clancy's Rustic, 5 Scarce Bordered Straws, 1 Rusty Dot
and 18 Rush Veneers. Nothing of note amongst the very few residents
and nothing of note at Pegwell which again presumably suffered from the
breeze. (F Solly)
Friday 29th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
Moths overnight included: 1 Least Carpet, 1 Spruce Carpet, 1
Clancy's Rustic (different to one the night previous) 1 Scarce
Bordered Straw and 1 2nd generation Mottled Rustic. (Phil M)
Friday 29th September 2006 Dumpton garden
Night of 28th September. The first time I've used the trap for a while,
shift patterns and a wedding in Sheffield being the problem. A reasonable
night with my first Clancy's Rustic being the obvious highlight.
Other migrants were 1 Delicate, 1 Convolvulus Hawkmoth, 3 Silver
Y and 14 Rush Veneer. (Dylan)
Thursday 28th September 2006 Kingsgate
& Pegwell Traps
Night of 27th
September 2006. A real migrant fest at Kingsgate last night although
unfortunately nothing new. The migrants outnumbered the poor selection of
residents. Another Blair's Mocha, 2 Convolvulus Hawkmoths, 1
Dark Sword-grass, 10 Pearly Underwings, 14 Delicates,
1 Clancy's Rustic, 2 Small Mottled Willow, 17 Scarce
Bordered Straws, 64 Rush Veneers and 3 Rusty Dots.
Pegwell was blown out for much of the night; single Pearly Underwing,
Clancy's Rustic, Scarce Bordered Straw and 4 Rush Veneers were
the only migrants.
Pick of the residents were 2 Dusky Lemon Sallows and late Oncocera
semirubella. (F Solly)
Thursday
28th September 2006 Newington Thanet
A few 'bits' in the traps overnight. My 3rd garden record of Clancy's
Rustic - and my first of the year at long last, plus singles of Pearly
Underwing and
Scarce Bordered Straw. Otherwise 1 Least Carpet, 1 Rush
Veneer, 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot etc. Lesser Yellow
Underwings were up to 46 plus a very late Endotricha flammealis
perhaps noteworthy?? I'm stretching things a bit here perhaps?? (Phil M)
Wednesday 27th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 26th September2006. A reasonable selection
of late-flying and migrant species. Notable were Black Rustic,
Deep-brown Dart, Feathered Brindle, Canary-shouldered
Thorn and the stunning micro Anthophila
fabriciana.
I was surprised to catch a late Flame. On the migrant
front were singles of Dark Sword-grass and Scarce
Bordered Straw, two each of Silver Y, Pearly
Underwing and Delicate and 10 Rush
Veneer, which seem to be all over the place at present. (Dave B)
Wednesday 27th September 2006 Kingsgate
& Pegwell Traps
Night of 26th September 2006. Kingsgate. A cooler
night than of late with substantially fewer moths. Dusky Lemon Sallow,
Large Wainscot, Feathered Brindle and a presumed 2nd
generation Treble Brown Spot were the pick of the residents. Few
migrants with singles of Pearly Underwing, Small Mottled Willow and
Silver Y, 10 Scarce Bordered Straws and 8 Rush Veneers.
Surprisingly few of the latter given that I disturbed 400+ from the long
grass in the area during the afternoon. Even fewer moths at Pegwell
although there was a goody in the form of a Plumed Fan-foot -
although it flew out of the trap as I opened it. The only there migrants
were single Convolvulus Hawkmoth, Pearly Underwing, Scarce Bordered
Straw and Silver Y with 10 Rush Veneers. A fairly
standard selection of residents including Deep Brown Dart, Black
Rustic, Feathered Brindle, Blair's Shoulder-knot, Beaded Chestnut, Mallow
etc. (F Solly)
Wednesday
27th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
A good night by my garden’s standards, with 1 Clancy’s Rustic,
1 Autumnal Rustic, 1 Delicate, 1 Blair’s Shoulder-Knot,
3 Diamond-backs, 1 Carcina quercana, 1 Clepsis
consimilana, 1 Rush Veneer, 6 L-album Wainscot, 6 Feathered
Ranunculus, 1 Lunar Underwing, 1 Copper Underwing, 2 Angle
Shades, 1 Flounced Rustic (honest, Dave), 5 Pale Mottled
Willow, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 1 Silver Y. The
night before I caught what was probably the same Duponchelia
fovealis from 4 days previously, 1 Acleris sparsana,
3 Rush Veneer, 1 Dark Sword Grass, 3 Pearly Underwing,
1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 3 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Wednesday
27th September 2006 Newington Thanet
The poorest catch of the autumn so far overnight with only just over 100
macro moths of 21 species plus only 4 of micro. Only 'bits' worthy of any
mention were 1 Least Carpet, 1 Mallow, 1 Pearly Underwing,
2 Scarce Bordered Straw and a single Rush Veneer. (Phil M)
Tuesday 26th September 2006 Kingsgate
& Pegwell Traps
Night of 25th September 2006. Very few moths in the trap
last night, no residents of note although still a good selection of
migrants. 1 Convolvulus Hawkmoth, 2 Dark Swordgrass, 2 Pearly
Underwings, 2 Delicates, 1 Cosmopolitan, 6 Scarce
Bordered Straws, 1 Ni, 2 Rusty Dot and 20 Rush
Veneers. Very poor at Pegwell - the fewest moths of the month so far.
2 Delicates and 3 Scarce Bordered Straws being by far the
'best'. (F Solly)
Tuesday 26th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 25th September. Rather quiet last night
compared to the night before. Still a few regular migrants with 4 Scarce
Bordered Straw, 12 Rush Veneer and a couple of Silver
Y. Of some note was my first Straw Dot in a long
time. Otherwise 12 Feathered Ranunculus and 8 each of Angle
Shades and Lunar Underwing. Nicest moth was yet
another Canary-shouldered Thorn. (Dave B)
Tuesday
26th September 2006 Newington Thanet
A few migrants made it into the traps overnight though none of the one's I
was after unfortunately. There were 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Pearly
Underwing, 1 Delicate, 1 Silver Y and 1 Rush Veneer.
Very little else
worthy of mentioning 1 Least Carpet, 1 Mallow and an Acleris
sparsana the best of the bunch. (Phil M)
Monday 25th
September 20006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Night of 24th September 2006. Residents again poor. Reasonable
selection of migrants. 1 Gem, 3 Convolvulus Hawk-moths,
1 Four-spotted Footman, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 8 Pearly
Underwing, 9 Delicate, 3 Small Mottled Willows, 1 Clancy's
Rustic, 5 Scarce Bordered Straws, 4 Rusty Dots and 23 Rush
Veneers. The first Red-green Carpet and Deep Brown Darts
of the year at Pegwell and 5 Spruce Carpets were the most notable
of the residents A selection of migrants with 1 Blair's Mocha, 1 Convolvulus
Hawk-moth, 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth, 2 Pearly Underwings,
1 Delicate, 1 Small Mottled Willow, 5 Scarce Bordered
Straws, 2 Silver Y's, 4 Rusty Dot's and 28 Rush
Veneers. (F Solly)
Monday 25th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 24th September 2006. What a difference a day
makes! The night before was dullsville with hardly anything in the trap
(apart from a nice Canary-shouldered Thorn). Last night
it was quality all the way. New for the site was Autumnal Rustic,
2 Deep Brown Dart, 2 Black Rustic,
Feathered Brindle and the migrant pyralid Palpita
vitrialis. Other migrants included Ni Moth, Clancy's
Rustic, Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Silver Y,
Scarce Bordered Straw, Dark Sword-grass
and 6 Rush Veneer. Other moths included 3 Common
Marbled Carpet, Brindled Green, a high count of
10 Angle Shades and a Twenty-plume Moth.
(Dave B)
Monday 25th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
Another disappointing night in reality as I am expecting something half
decent but it never seems to arrive. That said 24-macro specie plus 10 of
micro overnight but nothing unexpected. Best bits were: 2 Mallow, 1
Large Thorn, 1 Pearly Underwing and 1 Black Rustic.
Also another Acleris sparsana (a good run of these this
autumn) plus another very late Small Magpie Moth. Other common
migrants were singles of Silver Y and Diamond Back plus 3 Rush
Veneers. (Phil M)
Sunday 24th
September 20006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Night of 23rd September 20006. As usual, nothing of note amongst the
resident species, a scattering of migrants but only what are currently the
usual suspects. 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 1 Pearly Underwing,
5 Delicate, 1 Small Mottled Willow, 11 Scarce Bordered
Straws and 8 Rush Veneers. A similar situation at Pegwell with
1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 1 Pearly Underwing, 4 Delicate,
2 Small Mottled Willow, 4 Scarce Bordered Straws, 9 Silver
Y, 1 Rusty Dot and 20 Rush Veneers. (F Solly)
Sunday 24th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
Heavy rain on and off all night after midnight didn’t help the mothing -
I did get a male Gem and the first Blair's Shoulder-knot of
2006 - but other than that only Large Thorn, a late Endotricha
flammealis and 2 Acleris sparsana as back up. (Phil
M)
Sunday 24th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
A
rather better night, including a Clancy's Rustic, an Orange
Sallow, a Black Rustic, 12 Diamond-backs, 2 Amblyptilia
acanthadactyla, 1 Least Carpet, 1 Light Emerald, 6 Shuttle-shaped
Darts, 3 L-album Wainscots, 4 Lunar Underwing, 1 Angle
Shades, 8 Pale Mottled Willow, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw
and 1 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Saturday 23rd September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 22nd September. Very little in the trap
overnight but a couple of highlights. First was a nice Orange
Sallow, followed by a pristine Clancy's Rustic -
a first for the site. Thanks Gadget for showing me yours from yesterday,
very instructive! (Dave B)
Saturday 23rd September 2006 Newington
Thanet
A disappointing little spell in the back garden traps this past few nights
considering all the half decent stuff going on around the coastal traps in
Thanet. Overnight I took an ever-dwindling array of moths, which included
1 Mallow, 1 Large Thorn, 1 Treble Bar and 1 Delicate.
Other bits recently have included the occasional Scarce Bordered Straw,
Sallow (21st) 1 Wax Moth (20th) and a Plodia
interpunctella on the 21st, which was new specie of
Pyralid to the back garden traps. Quite a few Harlequin Ladybirds
about recently - I caught about half a dozen one night. (Phil M)
Saturday 23rd September 2006 Pegwell &
Kingsgate Traps
Night of 22nd September 2006 Pegwell was absolutely dire! The first Mallow
and Feathered Brindle of the year and the only migrants being 4 Scarce
Bordered Straws and 4 Rush Veneers. Kingsgate was also appalling for residents
with a Feathered Brindle being by far the best moth. A scattering
of migrants - 2 Convolvulus Hawk-moths, 3 Pearly Underwings, 3
Delicates, 2 Small Mottled Willows, 7 Scarce Bordered
Straws, 10 Rush Veneers and another Antigastra
catalaunalis. (F Solly)
Friday 22nd September 2006 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Night of 21st September 2006 Continuing to be poor for resident species, a
Sallow (scarce here) being the only thing of note. A
good selection of migrants, the best of which was Blair’s Mocha.
In addition, 1 Gem, 8 Convolvulus Hawk-moths, 2 Dark
Sword-grass, 2 Pearly Underwing, 2 Delicate, 1 Small
Mottled Willow, 5 Scarce Bordered Straws and 32 Rush Veneers.
Pegwell was blown out for the first part of
the night. A Dusky Thorn was the pick of the residents with
migrants being restricted to 1 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Delicates,
2 Scarce
Bordered Straws and a Dioryctria simplicella. (F Solly)
Friday 22nd September 2006 Pegwell NR
Night of 21st September 2006. Despite the breezy conditions, I also
trapped on the Reserve at Pegwell. Very few moths. A number of Sallows
and Barred Sallows, 1 Dusky Lemon Sallow and a Dusky
Thorn were perhaps the most interesting along with a Caloptilia
semifascia and a late Nyctegretis lineana.
The
few migrants were 4 Convolvulus Hawk-moths, 1 Delicate and 4
Scarce Bordered Straws. (F Solly)
Friday 22nd September 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of the 21st September 2006 turned up a few bits
with another Convolvulus Hawkmoth in support was 1 Red Underwing, 3 Scarce Bordered Straw,
1 Four-spotted Footman (Female), 1 Delicate, 2
Rusty-dot Pearl,1 Dark Sword-grass and 1 Clancy's Rustic.
(Gadget)
Friday 22nd September 2006 Westgate Thanet
Not a huge amount in my trap over the past few days,
but I did catch a Duponchelia fovealis today. (F.S) Tells me that this is
only the second Thanet record of this rare pyralid. (Tim Hodge)
Thursday 21st September 2006 Kingsgate
& Pegwell Traps
Night of 20th September 2006 Very poor for both numbers and species of
resident moths, a Feathered Gothic being the only thing of note.
A scattering of migrants with single Convolvulus Hawk, Delicate and
Ni, 3 Pearly Underwings and 3 Scarce Bordered Straws.
Nothing
of note at Pegwell. (F Solly)
Thursday 21st September 2006 Garden Elvington
My first Convolvulus for the year plus 3 Scarce Bordered Straw
(been getting them rather frequent this year), 2 Autumnal and 1 White Ermine (I thought it was a bit late)
(TRP)
Wednesday 20th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 19th September. Fewer moths still but some
nice ones. Best of all was a fine Dusky-lemon Sallow, which
flew into the kitchen though an open window! In the trap was a late Endotrichia
flammealis, Agonopterix nervosa, 3 Lunar
Underwing, 5 Feathered Ranunculus and a Galium
Carpet. Migrants included 4 Dark Sword grass, 3 Silver
Y and a Diamond-back Moth. (Dave B)
Wednesday 20th September 2006 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Kingsgate. Night of 19th September 2006. A lot less moths
last night, although there was a Striped Hawk (my 10th so far this
year), other migrants being 10 Scarce Bordered Straws, 2 Dark
Sword-grass and 2 Pearly Underwings. The only residents of note
were a Pediasia contaminella and the first Brick of
the year. Pegwell. 2 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Pearly Underwings
and 1 Scarce Bordered Straw were the only migrants. Presumed 2nd
generation Small Emerald and Short-cloaked Moth and a total
of 26 L-album Wainscots were the only things of note. (F Solly)
Wednesday
20th September 2006 Newington Thanet
A much smaller catch overnight though still the occasional thingamy making
the 'grand opening of the traps' worthwhile. The first trap held very
little but trap number two held a Red Underwing, 2 Sallows
and a Small Mottled Willow, which was only my third, capture of the
autumn. Other makeweight species included singles of Diamond Back
and Rush Veneer, 1 Silver Y, 1 Acleris sparsana,
1 Clepsis consimilana and 1 Blastobasis decolorella.
(Phil M)
Tuesday 19th September 2006 Westcliff Thanet
Night of 18th September. Rather quiet with smaller
numbers of moths in the trap. Best was my first example of the pyralid Orthopygia
glaucinalis. There were few migrants with 1-2 of Silver
Y, Dark Sword-grass, Pearly
Underwing, Scarce Bordered Straw and Diamond-back
Moth. (Dave B)
Tuesday 19th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
Far
less in the traps overnight though it did contain 2 Scarce Bordered
Straws, which in a normal year are a moth not to be sniffed at, plus a
rather dead (probable?) Porters Rustic, which is scarce migrant
moth and being a Thanet
first, it would nice to see a live one. I say 'probable' as the moth is
(a) Dead (b) Worn and (c) a rarity I’ve not seen before - hence my
caution. I’ve passed it on via a third party to 'Herr
Franny Know-it-all Hairy pants' (exact copy of as it's written on his
birth certificate) for verification. It a very dull boring dead thing
anyway - the moths not much better either. I caught the live Porters
Rustic on the night of the 17th but it disappeared when I tried to pot
it. It must have flown back into the trap and got fried in yesterday’s
sunny weather?? (Phil M)
Tuesday 19th September 2006 Kingsgate
& Pegwell Traps
Night of 18th September 2006. A slight increase in migrant
activity at Kingsgate overnight with 17 Scarce Bordered Straws, 1 Bordered
Straw, 1 Small Mottled Willow, 6 Pearly Underwing and
another male Four-spotted Footman. The best moth however was the
pyralid Dioryctria simplicella new to Thanet. Again
little in the way of autumnal species and a rather boring selection of
drab residents. Absolutely nothing of note and Pegwell and very poor
numbers. (F Solly)
Tuesday
19th September 2006 Stodmarsh NNR
I found this freshly emerged Pink-barred Sallow resting on some Ivy
in Stodmarsh car park last night whilst out on yet another unsuccessful
Speckled Bush-cricket hunt with Dave Coppen. Quite a few moths
nectering - mainly Square-spot Rustics. (Phil M)
Monday 18th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 17th September. A similar mix of moths as
yesterday but with fewer migrants. New was a female Four-spotted
Footman and a freshly emerged Brindled Green.
Other resident species included Burnished Brass, Feathered
Ranunculus, Lunar Underwing, 2 Snout,
10 L-album Wainscot and another Agriphila
latistria. Migrants included 2 Scarce Bordered Straw,
Bordered Straw, 2 Dark Sword-grass, Delicate
and Silver Y.
(Dave B)
Monday 18th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
Night of 17th September. The catch was slightly down
on previous nights but still quite a few moths in the traps. Best 'bits'
were 1 Maiden's Blush,1 Gem,1 Bordered Pug,1 Scarce
Bordered Straw,1 Centre-barred Sallow and a late Eudonia
pallida. Also a few common migrants with 6 Diamond Back's
plus singles of Rush Veneer and Silver Y. (Phil M)
Sunday 17th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 16th September. Another warmish and humid
night and another good haul of moths. New for the site were Mottled
Rustic and Agriphila latistria. A good
variety of resident species included Large Thorn, Small
Blood-vein, Snout, Nutmeg and
a high of 8 Copper Underwing. Migrants were well
represented with singles of Delicate, Dark
Sword-grass, Small Mottled Willow,
Pearly Underwing, Hummingbird Hawk-moth and
Rush Veneer, 3 Silver Y and 5 Scarce
Bordered Straw. (Dave B)
Sunday
17th September 2006 Newington Thanet
Good numbers of moths overnight given the time of year but no rarities
unfortunately. A Pretty Chalk Carpet was a good moth for the garden
also 1 Mullein Wave, 1 Bordered Pug, 1 Cypress Pug, 1
Lesser Broad-bordered
Yellow Underwing, 1 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 Archips
podana, 1 Celypha striana, 1 Acleris sparsana,
1 Clepsis consimilana, 1 Lobesia littoralis, 1
Agonopterix nervosa and 1 Phlyctaenia coronata.
Migrant numbers were 4 Diamond Back's, 2 Rush Veneer, 1 Pearly
Underwing, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw and 3 Silver Y.
Numbers still incredibly high for mid-September with 11 Small Dusty
Wave, 11 Willow Beauty, 41 Large Yellow Underwing, 31 Lesser
Yellow Underwing, 39 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 17 Square-spot
Rustic, 41 Pale Mottled Willow, 16 Vine's Rustic and 18 L-Album
Wainscot. All in all 297 macro moths of 45 species plus another 12
species of micro. Lets hope these temperatures hold until the proper
autumn species emerge. (Phil M)
Saturday 16th September 2006 A
two-night stay at SBBOT
A two-night stay at SBBOT,
using two traps, turned up a good variety of moths including the
following. Thursday 14th September: Scarce Bordered
Straw 2, Small Mottled Willow 4, Delicate 1, Convolvulus
Hawkmoth (I beside trap, one on Heligoland trap), Archer’s Dart
1, Rush Veneer 10, Friday 15th September: Scarce
Bordered Straw 2, Feathered Brindle 1, Rusty Dot Pearl
1, Small Mottled Willow 1, Pearly Underwing 3, Quite a
change from inland northwest Kent! (Peter
and Pauline Heathcote)
Saturday 16th September 2006 My Work Place
Thanet
Coming towards the end of my shift at 6.10am i
noticed a moth flying around the crisps/drinks area of our store, which
turned out to be a Hummingbird Hawk-Moth. (Craig S)
Saturday 16th September 2006 Convolvulus
Hawk-Moth
I
have just found a Convolvulus Hawk-Moth in my garden in Cardiff
South Wales (R.
M. Pitman)
Saturday 16th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
A surprising number of moths overnight given the strong northerly wind (my back garden faces north) with
28 species of macro and 7 species of micro making it into the traps. Nothing too exciting - singles of
Pearly Underwing, Scarce Bordered Straw, Rusty Dot
and Diamond Back plus 1 Blood Vein, 1 Broad-bordered
Yellow Underwing, 3 Small Square-spot and 1 Lunar Underwing.
(Phil M)
Saturday 16th September 2006 Westcliff Thanet
Night of 15th September. Another interesting mix of migrants and newly
emerged autumnal types. Another very fresh Convolvulus Hawkmoth was
patiently waiting for me in the trap, this one much paler the last one.
Other migrants included 3 Silver Y, 2 Pearly
Underwing, 3 Rush Veneer, 7 Scarce
Bordered Straw, and single Dark Sword-grass and Small
Mottled Willow. New for my trap were single Beaded
Chestnut and Spruce Carpet. Also nice were Large
Thorn, Small Emerald, Annulet, 4
Burnished Brass and 2 Lunar Underwing.
(Dave B)
Friday
15th September 2006 Pegwell Thanet
Night of the 14th September 2006 A Beaded
Chestnut Pegwell Trap (F Solly)
Friday
15th September 2006 Newington Thanet
Quite a few moths in the 2 traps which included a nice female Four-spotted
Footman. Otherwise all the normal candidates plus 2 Diamond Back,
1 Rush Veneer, 1 Amblyptilia
acanthadactyla, 1 Agonopterix
nervosa, 1 Endotricha flammealis, 1 Broad-bordered
Yellow Underwing, 1 Mottled Rustic, 2 Lunar Underwing,
1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 1 Silver Y. Good numbers of Willow
Beauty overnight with 17 on the shed/house wall and another 7 in the
traps. (Phil M)
Friday 15th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 14th September. With more favourable
conditions last night I recorded a few more moths than of late. Best
was a superb Convolvulus Hawk-moth sitting on the wall
outside the trap - have been after one for a while now! Also new for the
old balcony were Lunar Underwing, Sallow
and a nice second generation Small Emerald. Other
migrants included a record high seven Scarce Bordered Straw,
Pearly Underwing, Small Mottled Willow, Silver
Y and two Rush Veneer. (Dave B)
Thursday 14th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 13th September. Considering events not too
far away from here the catch was a bit disappointing. However, I did
record a reasonable selection but with very few migrants involved. Singles
of Rush Veneer, Dark sword grass, Pearly
Underwing, Scarce Bordered Straw and Silver
Y were the best I could manage! Otherwise, yet another Annulet
and a nice Feathered Ranunculus added some element of
quality. (Dave B)
Thursday 14th
September 2006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Kingsgate, night of 13/9. Rather dull and boring on the concrete Isle
for both resident and migrant species so far this month. Autumnal species
have been slow to appear and migrants have been in short supply and
lacking in quality. A bit of a better night last night for migrants. The
pick of the bunch was a nice male Four-spotted Footman with a
supporting cast of; Vestal, Gem, 2 Convolvulus Hawks, 3 Dark
Sword-grass, 3 Pearly Underwings, 1 Delicate, 8 Scarce
Bordered Straws, 4 Rusty Dots and 9 Rush Veneers.
Pegwell doesn't normally perform on the same night as Kingsgate, so it was
a pleasant surprise to have a good selection of migrants there as well.
The highlight was a cracking Antigastra catalaunalis, along
with a Convolvulus Hawk, 3 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Pearly
Underwing, Cosmopolitan, Small Mottled Willow, 7 Scarce Bordered
Straws, 2 Rusty Dots and 8 Rush Veneers. (F Solly)
Thursday 14th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
A disappointing catch given the high temperatures and southerly winds.
Hardly any migrants - only singles of Silver Y, Diamond Back and Rush
Veneer. The only noteworthy bits were 3rd generation Ruby Tiger,
2nd
generation Mottled Rustic, 1 Sallow, 1 Centre-barred
Sallow, 1 Ephistia parasitella and 2 Agonopterix
nervosa. (Phil M)
Thursday 14th September 2006 Westgate
Thanet
A fair variety for my garden, although numbers were down. Bits included 1
Diamond-backed, 4 Rush Veneer, 1 Small Emerald, 1 Blood
Vein, 1 Light Emerald, 2 Cypress Pug, 1 Yellow-barred
Brindled, 1 Large Thorn, 1 Waved Umber, 1 Vapourer,
2 Pearly Underwing, 1 Feathered Gothic, 1 L-album
Wainscot, 2 Copper Underwing, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1
Bordered Straw, 1 Burnished Brass and 3 Silver Y.
(Tim Hodge)
Wednesday 13th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
A few bits last night included 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix, 1 Pyrausta
aurata, 5 Rush Veneer, 1 Small Blood Vein, 1 Common
Marbled Carpet, 2 Currant Pugs, 1 Waved Umber, 1 Centre-barred
Sallow and 1 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Wednesday 13th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
A very warm night pulled in quite a few moths to the traps including a few
migrant species - 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1
Silver Y,
1 Dioryctria abietella and 3 Diamond Back's. Numbers of common species
were very high for the time of year with 34 Small Dusty Wave, 15 Willow
Beauty, 44 Large Yellow Underwing, 56 Setaceous Hebrew
Character, 26 Square-spot Rustic, 27 Pale Mottled Willow and 54
Vine's Rustic. Very
little else worthy of note - 1 Currant Pug, 1 Least Carpet and a single
Centre-barred Sallow the best bits. (Phil M)
Wednesday 13th September 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 12th September. What with warm
and muggy conditions overnight the stage appeared to be set for greater
things. However, as is the norm of late, the eventual catch wasn't up to
much. I did catch my third Annulet of the season which
was nice. I also recorded a high count of 40 Small Dusty Waves.
Otherwise much of the same old stuff apart from a Centre-barred
Sallow and a couple of Small Blood-veins.
Migrants were reduced to single Rush Veneer, Scarce
Bordered Straw and Dark Sword-grass. (Dave B)
Tuesday
12th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
A
very unseasonable Waved Umber last night, plus 1 Diamond-backed,
1 Carnation Tortix, 4 Rush Veneer, 1 Wax Moth, 1 Amblyptilia
acanthadactyla, 1 Small Blood-vein, 3 Light Emerald,
1 Flame Shoulder, 2 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 L-album
Wainscot, 8 Flounced Rustics, 2 Silver Y, 1 Dark
Spectacle and 2 Spectacle. A Vapourer the day before,
plus 1 Yellow-barred Brindle and a Pearly Underwing. (Tim
Hodge)
Tuesday
12th September 2006 Newington Thanet
35 species of macro and 16 of micro but nothing any more interesting than
an Agriphila latistria. Other bits included 3 Silver Y,
1 Centre-barred Sallow, 1 Herald, 1 Caloptilia
rufinpinnella, 2 Caloptilia syringella, 1 Gold
Triangle and 1 Eudonia pallida. (Phil M)
Tuesday 12th September 2006 Dumpton Thanet
night of the 11th September 2006, I recorded my 3rd Convolvulus Hawkmoth for the garden this year to date also 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 3 Silver Y's,
3 Rush Veneer,1 Dark Sword-Grass and good numbers of autumn species. (Gadget)
Monday 11th September 2006 Dumpton garden
Fairly quiet apart from the resident autumn species. L-album Wainscots
are starting to appear in increasing numbers along with the odd Feathered
Ranunculus. The 4th & 5th Convolvulus Hawk-moths have been
recorded on 8th (feeding on Nicotiana at dusk) & 11th to the 250w MV
trap. Other bits have been regular 2's & 3's of Scarce Bordered
Straw many being particularly dark individuals. Bordered Straw
singles on 7th and 9th plus a couple of Large Thorn and a lone Oak
Hook-tip on the 8th. (Dylan)
Monday
11th September 2006 Newington Thanet
Slightly better overnight once again though nothing too exciting. The wall
of the house and shed were peppered with Small Dusty Waves when I
went out at 06.00am - and the total including the dozen or so in the 2
traps added up to 43 moths. Certainly the most I’ve ever had in the
garden. Other bits of note included 1 Mullein Wave, 1 Cypress
Pug, 2 Light Emerald, 3 Large
Thorn, 1 Rosy Rustic, 2 Old Lady, 2 Centre-barred
Sallow, 1 Acleris rhombana, 1 Prays fraxinella
and 1 Agonopterix nervosa. (Phil M)
Sunday 10th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
Another Buttoned Snout today, following one here last month.
Francis tells me that they are only the second and third Thanet records,
and that the first was in Westbrook. Makes you wonder if there isn’t a
little colony somewhere round here. I understand they feed on hops, so
Dylan should be able to track them down blindfolded. A few other bits
included 1 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Wax
Moth, 1 Small Blood-vein, 3 Light Emerald, 1 Pearly
Underwing, 2 L-album Wainscot, 1 Copper Underwing, 8 Flounced
Rustic and 1 Snout. (Tim Hodge)
Sunday 10th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
Slightly
better overnight as the stiff north or easterly wind had stopped for the
first time in quite a few nights. In the traps there were 2 Large Thorn,
1 Oak Hook-tip, 1 Mottled Rustic, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw,
2 Centre Barred Sallow, 1 Meal Moth and 1 fresh as a daisy Small
Magpie. Very late for Small Magpie in my garden? Very little
else of late though I did catch 2 Scarce Bordered Straws and a
third generation Ruby Tiger on the 6th and a rare second generation
Varied Coronet on the 5th. (Phil M)
Saturday 9th September 2006 Westcliff Moth
Trap
Night of 8/9 September. Cool and clear last night so
very few moths in the trap. However, whilst tidying up the balcony I
noticed a lone moth resting on the handle of a wood-chopping axe! It
turned out to be a beautiful Feathered Gothic, a species
I'd not seen before and a most welcome addition to the garden moth list.
(Dave B)
Saturday 9th September 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Hummingbird Hawkmoth in the Garden this
afternoon, it appeared as if it was dead just laying on one of the plants then
just as I was photographing it, it flew away up and over the fields,
(Gadget)
Saturday 9th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
Slightly
better than last night, which was dire. Best bits were a Small
Blood-vein, 1 Red Underwing, 1 Old Lady, 1 Orange
Swift, 3 Rush Veneer, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 3 Broad-bordered
Yellow Underwing. (Tim Hodge)
Thursday 7th September 2006 Westcliff Moth
Trap
Night of 6/7 September. Another clear and warm night
with roughly the same mix of moths. New for me was my first Feathered
Ranunculus which was rather nice. A total of 5 Scarce
Bordered Straw was up though other migrants were
conspicuous by their absence. A concerted sugaring effort in the Westcliff
area by Phil, Katiw, James and myself turned up an Old Lady,
a couple of Copper Underwings and little else. (Dave B)
Thursday 7th September 2006 Westgate Thanet
A few bits in my garden overnight included a Webb’s Wainscot, 1 Spectacle,
1 Diamond-backed, 1 Oegoconia quadripuncta, 1 Phlyctaenia
coronata, 1 Wax Moth, 12 Small Dusty Waves, 2 Hummingbird
Hawk Moths, 65 Large Yellow Underwings, 2 Old Ladies, 2 Scarce
Bordered Straws and 2 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Wednesday 6th September 2006 Westcliff
Moth Trap
Night of 5/6 September. Another warm night and
another disappointing catch with even lower numbers of the more common
species. A fresh Small Blood-vein was my best moth, along
with Large Thorn and yet another Short-cloaked
Moth. Very few migrants with single Scarce Bordered
Straw and Dark Sword-grass, a couple of Silver
Y and 4 Rush Veneer. (Dave B)
Tuesday 5th September 2006 Westcliff Moth
Trap
Night of 4/5 September. In spite of warm and
favourable conditions last nights catch wasn't up to much. By far the best
moth was my first Archer's Dart. Otherwise another Galium
Carpet and a Short-cloaked Moth. Few migrants
with a couple each of Silver Y and Scarce
Bordered Straw, though 10 Rush Veneer was up.
(Dave B)
Tuesday
5th September 2006 Pegwell Bay
A few species of moth on the 'gloop' (sugar/beer solution) overnight
including these 2 Red Underwings on one of the trees near the car
park. Other things included Old Lady, Square Spot Rustic, Large Yellow
Underwing, Common Wainscot, Cabbage Moth, Mouse Moth etc. (Phil M)
Tuesday 5th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
A disappointing catch given the conditions - but still more than the
average early September catch. I was hoping for a migrant or two but had
to make do with 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Diamond Back's, 2
Rush Veneer, 3 Silver Y's, 1 Dark Sword-grass and the
only half decent migrant I took - a Small Mottled Willow was lying
dead in the bottom of one of the traps. No doubt it had been nabbed by the
ants? Non-migrant 'bits' highlights were 1 Large Thorn, 1 Vapourer,
2 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 1 Centre-barred Sallow, 1
Wax Moth and another Nephoterix angustella. I also
took 4 Old Lady's - 2 on the 'gloop', 1 sitting on the fence and 1
in the trap. (Phil M)
Monday 4th September 2006 Westcliff Moth
Trap
Night of 3/4 September. With less wind sweeping
across the balcony I was hopeful for a decent haul of moths last
night. Numbers were not particularly impressive but diversity was somewhat
better than of late. Best was a White Ermine, followed by
Short-cloaked Moth and Galium Carpet.
Migrants were in short supply with single Dark Sword-grass and
Scarce Bordered Straw. (Dave B)
Monday
4th September 2006 Newington Thanet
Lots of moths overnight (52 species of macro) though the bulk of the 500+
moths were made up of Large Yellow Underwing (136) and Vine's
Rustic.
(119) Top moth garden wise was a Lesser Wax Moth - only my 2nd ever
garden record though I did get another Crescent, which is a far nicer
moth. Other 'bits' included 1 Currant Pug, 1 Toadflax Pug, 1
White Spotted Pug, 1 Large Thorn, 1 Sharp-angled
Peacock, 1 Chinese Character, 1 Campion
and 1 Marbled Green. Migrant species were 3 Diamond Back's, 4
Rush Veneer, 3
Dark Sword-grass and 5 Silver Y. (Phil M)
Monday
4th September 2006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Kingsgate night of 3/9. Only 227 Large Yellow Underwings last
night, a lot less than the last few nights but still far too many. Good
numbers of the other standard junk Noctuids and more Geos of late but only
the usual suspects - Blood-veins, Small Dusty Waves, Yellow-barred
Brindles etc. A nice Hedya salicella is noteworthy for
the site and a Laburnum Leaf-miner is rather late - at least for
here. A reasonable selection of migrants with single Convolvulus and
Striped Hawks, Cosmopolitan, Dark Sword grass, Pearly Underwing and
4 Scarce Bordered Straws plus a sprinkling of Rush Veneers and Rusty
Dots. Pegwell probably suffered from the initial breezy conditions
with the only migrants being 4 Scarce Bordered Straws. There were
some micros of moderate interest - Oncocera semirubella, Ebulea
crocealis and Clepsis spectrana. (F Solly)
Sunday 3rd September 2006 Westgate Thanet
Night of 2nd September, It may have windy last night, but it didn’t stop 173 Large Yellow
Underwings infesting my trap. Little else of interest, with 1 Wax
Moth, 1 L-album Wainscot, 65 Vine’s Rustics, 5 Silver
Y, 1 Light Emerald and 1 Dark Spectacle. I caught a
thick-set looking Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing type, and
wonder whether it might be a Langmaid’s, but I suspect probably
not. I’ll show it to the hairy one to see what he thinks.
(Tim Hodge)
Sunday 3rd September 2006 Westcliff Moth
Trap
Night of 2nd September. Way too breezy for my trap
last night and thus few moths to sort through this morning. However, there
was a Cosmopolitan and a Scarce Bordered Straw amongst
the regular fare. (Dave B)
Sunday
3rd September 2006 Newington Thanet
Night of the 2nd September. A good catch of moths numbers-wise
but little to get the pulse racing.2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Dark
Sword-grass, 2 Rush Veneer, 1 Rusty Dot, 7 Silver Y,
1 Latticed Heath, 1 Pyrausta despicata and 1 Nephoterix
angustella being the highlights. Large Yellow
Underwings were up to 113 and Vine's Rustic 92 overnight plus a
2nd generation Mottled Rustic – an unusual moth to my garden
traps. (Phil M)
Saturday 2nd September 2006 Westcliff Moth
Trap
Night of 1st September. A bit breezy overnight but
mild. Fewer moths than of late with slightly less variety. Highlight was a
nice Orange Sallow. Otherwise three Scarce
Bordered Straw and two Rush Veneer. (Dave B)
Saturday 2nd September Dumpton garden
Night of Friday 1st September, The appearance of an immaculate Poplar
Hawk-moth was a most unexpected highlight of a rather dour night. 3 Scarce
Bordered Straw were the only migrants of note whilst colour was
provided by my first Bordered Beauty of 2006. (Dylan)
Saturday
2nd September 2006 Newington Thanet
Lots of moths overnight (400+ macro's of 50 species plus about 20 micro
sp) the highlights being 1 Currant Pug, 5 Light Emerald, 1 Large
Thorn, 1 Least Yellow Underwing, 1 Nutmeg, 1 Old Lady,
1 Straw Underwing, 1
Crescent and 2 Pyrausta despicata. Migrant species
were: 3 Diamond Back's, 3 Rush Veneer, 1 Silver Y, 2 Dark
Sword Grass and 3 Scarce Bordered Straw. 80+ of both Large
Yellow Underwing and Vine's Rustic. (Phil M)
Friday 1st September 2006
Dumpton Thanet
Night of 31st August 2006, Humming-bird Hawkmoth the 1st one ever to go
into my trap, accompanied with plenty of common species mostly Large Yellow
Underwings, Vines Rustic and Common Wainscot. (Gadget)
Friday 1st September 2006 Newington Thanet
Night of 31/08 - lots of moths overnight as the temperature seemed to hold
throughout the night. Noteworthy stuff included - 1 Small Waved Umber,
1 Bordered Pug, 1 Currant Pug, 1 Latticed Heath, 1 Vapourer,
1 Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, 1 Least Yellow Underwing,
2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Old Lady, 1 Red Underwing,
1 Pyrausta despicata, 1 Pyla fusca and 1Eudonia
pallida. The Pyla fusca was a new Pyralid for the
garden traps. A few bits of late common stuff included singles of Buff
Ermine, Flame, Phlyctaenia coronata and Spindle
Ermine. Numbers of common moths were still high with 33 Setaceous
Hebrew Character, 88
Large Yellow Underwing, 84 Vine's Rustic and 27 Common
Wainscot. (Phil M)
Friday 1st September 2006 Westgate Thanet
Night of 31/08 134 Large Yellow Underwings last night. Yuk. A few bits included a Centre-barred
Sallow, a Wax Moth, 2 Old Ladies, a Spindle Ermine,
a Rush Veneer, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Yellow-barred
Brindles and a Dark Spectacle. (Tim Hodge)
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