Much Ado About Mothing

Monday, 12 June 2017

Dalgety Bay, Garden, 09/06/2017 (Spectacle, Bee Moth, Lychnis)

Species:

Silver-ground Carpet

Brimstone Moth

Clouded Silver

Common Marbled Carpet

Herald

Bee Moth

Light Emerald

Pale-shouldered Brocade

Lychnis

Spectacle

Peppered Moth

Map-winged Swift

Beautiful Golden Y

Scalloped Hazel

Heart and Dart

Mottled Pug

Cherry Bark Moth

Friday, 9 June 2017

Dalgety Bay, 07/06/2017 - Garden (Clouded Brindle, Small Angle Shades)

Not a great result, though some may have escaped with a late check on the trap (dawn about 4am!). Two new additions: Clouded Brindle (1); Small Angle Shades (1)

Also present were Brimstones and Common Marbled Carpet

Thursday, 8 June 2017

Dalgety Bay, 07/06/2017 - headtorch

A brief walk along coastal NT1582

Macro
Silver Ground Carpet (20)
Brimstone (3)
Foxglove Pug (1)
Clouded Bordered Brindle (2)
Light Emerald (1)
Green Silver-lines (1)
Yellow Shell (1)
Snout (2)
Small Fan-footed Wave (1)

Micro
Tinea trinotella (1)
Crambus perlella (1)

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Dalgety Bay, Garden, 30/05/2017 (Elephant Hawk, Least Black Arches)

Macro:
*Elephant Hawk-moth (1)

Spruce Carpet (2)

*Small Phoenix (1)

Common Marbled Carpet (1)

Brimstone Moth (3)

Scalloped Hazel (4)

*Marbled Coronet (1)

*Heart and Dart (2)

*Least Black Arches (1)
Garden Carpet (1)

Micro:
Notocelia cynosbatella (1)

* garden list addition

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Dalgety Bay, Garden, 26/05/2017 (Foxglov Pug, V Pug)

SGC (1)
Clouded Silver (1)
Clouded Border (1)
Peppered (2)
Scalloped Hazel (4)
V Pug (1)
Foxglove Pug (1)
Mottled Pug (4)
Brimstone (10)

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Dalgety Bay, Garden, 24/05/2017 (Early Tooth-striped)

Macros
Early Tooth-striped (1)
Brimstone (3)
Scalloped Hazel (3, 1 var nigra)
Pale-shouldered Brocade (1)
Mottled Pug (2)
Sandy Carpet (1)
Small Fan-foot (1)
Water Carpet (1)

Micros
Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) (2)
Argyresthia trifasciata (Triple-barred Argent) (1)
Alucita hexadactyla (Twenty-plumed Moth) (1)
Notocelia cynosbatella (1)
Caloptilia Azaleella (Azalea leaf miner) (1)
Notocelia trimaculana (1)