Latest Sightings

Thanks to Paul Harris, I now know that my reported Lesser Common Rustic on 27th October was actually an Oak Rustic. Thank-you Paul for the excellent image that drew my attention to my error.

Eleven species, including: Mottled Umber, Chestnut, Dark Chestnut, (7)Vestal, Udea Ferrugalis.  Attached photo L-album Wainscot of 27 October . . . . .

A big drop in numbers but still the odd migrant in the traps. Worth a mention were White Speck, Pearly Underwing and Rush Veneer.

Only 3 species but including 1 Red-green Carpet.

On 18 October, I trapped for just a couple of hours from dusk at The Downs, just to the south-west of Peveril Point in Swanage and caught the following residents (selective sp.): Black Rustic (1), Feathered Ranunculus (4), Brick (1), Large Wainscot (1), T. acroxantha (1); and the following migrants: Purple Marbled (1, photos attached), RDPearl (2) and singles of DSGrass and Diamond-back. Thanks, Jeremy Patterson,Brighton.

2 Vestal , Pearly Underwing , Flame Brocade.

Only moth of note was a Red-green Carpet

Fearthered Thorn x2, Green-cresent Brindle x1, L-album x1

Just five individuals of four species, with FFY November Moth agg the only highlight.

Minimum overnight temperature of 5.1 degC & clear conditions. Resulting fall in species total to just eight, including: Angle Shades, Dark Chestnut, Merveille du Jour, with first for garden L-album Wainscot

Only 6 species including 2 Feathered Thorn, 3 Vestal and 1 very late Lesser Common Rustic (black with kidney-mark chalky white). Thanks to Paul Harris, I now know that my reported Lesser Common Rustic was actually an Oak Rustic. Thank-you Paul for the excellent image that drew my attention to my error.

Twenty four species, including: Purple Marbled(ffg), Small Marbled, Gem and Sm Mottled Willow (all ffy), Vestal(16), Silver Y(2), Spruce Carpet, Satellite, Merveille du Jour(5), Red and Yellow-line Quakers, Brimstone(2), Emmelina monodactyla, Udea ferrugalis(3), Alucita hexadactyla (min 10.2 degC /cloud)

Much reduced numbers with singles of Delicate, Scarce Bordered Straw, Vestal, Dark Sword-grass and Pearly Underwing. Also Brick and Merveille du Jour plus Crocidosema plebejana. Best however was this Oak Rustic, essentially annual here now.

Palpita vitrealis , 2 Vestal , male Buff Footman was a surprise. , Merveille du Jour , Scarce Bordered Straw.

13 species including 1 Figure of Eight, 6 Vestal, 1 Merveille du Jour, 1 Large Wainscot, 1 Feathered Thorn.

15 moths including Merveille du Jour, Large Wainscot (3), Feathered Thorn (3) and Yellow-line Quaker

Migrants the theme again with 12 Vestal, 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, Gem, 2 Pearly Underwing, Dark Sword-grass, 14 Silver Y 2 Palpita vitrealis and 18 Udea ferrugalis. Best of rest Merveille du Jour, Barred Sallow, Yellow-line Quaker, Oak Nycteoline, Pinion-streaked Snout and 1st Feathered Thorn of the autumn. Also a late Brimstone.

19 species 7 of which were migrants. RDP 7, Vestal 4, Gem 1, Sm Mottled Willow 3, Scarce Bordered Straw 3, Rush Veneer 2 and Palpita vitrealis 1.  FFY was a Satellite

5 Palpita vitrealis , 21 Rusty-dot Pearl , Rush veneer , 2 Turnip Moth , 2 Delicate , Scarce Bordered Straw , 2 Silver Y.

A good night with 15 species including 1 Figure of Eight, 1 Spruce Carpet, 1 Cypress Carpet and an amazing 11 Vestal.

Twenty species, with some migrants: 13 Udea ferrugalis, Crocidosema plebejana, Dark Sword-grass, 12 Vestal, ffy Hummingbird Hawkmoth (this am), 0thers included: Satellite, Merveille du Jour, Oak Nyteoline, 4 Red-line Quaker, ffy Dark Chestnut and Mottled Umber (min 11.7 degC)

Charmouth 25th October. One Autumnal Moth, one Buff Arches (fresh, unusual second brood), three Cypress Carpet, one Gem, one Red-green Carpet, Three Vestal and two Palpita vitrealis.

A drop in numbers to 23 sp in windy conditions. Migrants still appearing though with 4 Scarce Bordered Straw, Pearly Underwing, 12 Silver Y, 2 Palpita vitrealis and 2 Rush Veneer. Best of the resident stuff was the first Brick of the autumn, Merveille du Jour and Red-green Carpet.

Charmouth, 24th October. Few moths, but a Blair's Mocha, a Scarce Bordered Straw, and two Vestal.

An exceptional 38 sp overnight with a good selection of migrants again. Best were: 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Delicate, Vestal, Small Mottled Willow, Pearly Underwing and 2 Palpita vitrealis. Best of rest were: Cypress Carpet, November Moth (agg), 2 Red-green Carpet, Merveille du Jour, Yellow-line Quaker, Turnip and Oak Nycteoline.

Sixteen individuals of just ten species, including: E.postvittana, Silver Y, Vestal(2), Yellow-line Quaker, Black Rustic, Chestnut(3), Green-brindled Crescent, ffy Feathered Thorn(2) (min 14.2 degC /cloudy)

Palpita vitrealis , Dark Sword-grass.

Charmouth 23rd October. One Oak Rustic, two Clancy's Rustic, one Cypress Carpet, one Satellite and three Vestal.

Vestal best from the trap and a Scarce Bordered Straw found alive in the kitchen.

Vestal.

Just 8 species including 1 Merveille du Jour and 1 Scarce Bordered Straw.

Just twelve species, including: Silver Y, Red-line Quaker, Red-green Carpet, Lssr Yellow U/wing, Vestal, ffy White-speck

Only 19 individuals of 11 species, including a small flurry of migrants: Vestal, Delicate and Scarce Bordered Straw.  Green-brindled Crescent was FFY.

The emphasis very much on the migrants in the traps today, with a quite splendid haul. Cosmopolitan, Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Small Mottled Willow, Gem, 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, 6 Vestal, 4 Delicate, 3 Palpita vitrealis, 3 Pearly Underwing, 4 Silver Y and 5 Udea ferrugalis. Best of the resident species was a Sallow.

Palpita vitrealis , 7 Rusty-dot Pearl , Bright-line Brown-eye , Delicate , Blair's Shoulder-knot , Green-brindled Crescent , Merveille du Jour , Beaded Chestnut , Sallow , Large Wainscot , Scarce Bordered Straw , 2 Silver Y.

10 species including 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Silver Y, 1 Chestnut.

Low numbers, best for here being a Satellite. Also Delicate, Pearly Underwing and Acleris hastiana.

Down to 11 species last night but including 2 Merveille du Jour, 6 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Feathered Thorn, 1 Red-line Quaker, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw.

Twelve species, including (ffy) Vestal

35 species recorded with an emphasis on the migrants: 4 Vestal, 3 Delicate, Pearly Underwing and 6 Udea ferrugalis. Also 2 Merveille du Jour, Tawny Pinion, 4 Large Wainscot, Carcina quercana and a Caloptilia semifascia.

5 Rusty-dot pearl , 2 Vestal , 2 Silver Y.

Another good night with 23 species, including 2 Green-brindled Crescent, 2 Feathered Thorn, 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot, 1 Gold Spot, 2 Vestal, 1 Merveille du Jour, 1 Angle Shades, 1 Sallow, 2 Red-line Quaker, 1 Yellow-line Quaker. The Gold-spot was unexpected and the Merveille du Jour was the first this year.

Charmouth. 13th October, an Engrailed, a Scarce Bordered Straw.  14th October, Palpita vitrealis.  15th October, singles of Scarce Bordered Straw, Small Mottled Willow, and Vestal.

A very warm, still night.  20 species including 2 Vestal, 2 Delicate and 4 Silver Y.  Also 2 Four-spotted Footman.

First trapping session for a long while. 17 species identified. Including: black rustic 10, snout 1, sallow 1, lunar underwing 4, feathered ranunculus 4, merveille du jour 1, brimstone 1, silver Y 1, autumnal rustic 1, straw dot 3, delicate 1, light emerald 1, L-album wainscot 4.

Down to 28 sp today. Migrants were Dark Sword-grass, Delicate, 5 Silver Y, 7 Udea ferrugalis. Best of rest were a late 2nd gen Archips podana and a super form of Oak Nycteoline.

Fifteen species, including: Eudonia angustea(2), Udea ferrugalis(2), Pearly Underwing,Pale Motted Willow + Ruby Tiger larva (min 13.5 /cloudy)

Palpita vitrealis.

A really good night for this site at this time of year. 22 species including 1 Cypress Carpet, 1 Large Wainscot, 1 Red-line Quaker, 1 Sallow, 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Feathered Thorn, 1 Blood-vein, 1 Gem, 1 Vestal.

25 species including 2 Delicate and 1 Silver Y.  The major surprise was 1 Blair's Wainscot (see photos on the DMG Facebook website) - I have a part of the River Piddle running through my garden so that may explain it.  Also a late Swallow-tailed Moth

Twenty two species, including: Nomophila noctuella, Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Galleria mellonella, Pale Mottled Willow, Merveille du Jour(2), Brimstone, Green-brindled Crescent(3), Barred Sallow(8), Beaded Chestnut (min 15.3degC / cloudy)

14 species including 1 Blood-vein, 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Feathered Thorn, 1 Dark Swordgrass.

An overnight temperature of 16 deg C produced a decent selection of 36 species including: two each of Scarce Bordered Straw, Pearly Underwing, and Silver Y plus 4 Udea ferrugalis and a Rush Veneer representing the migrants. Best of rest were Clancy's Rustic, Merveille du Jour, Large Wainscot, Barred Sallow, 2 Pinion-streaked Snout, Cypress Pug, Garden Carpet, Dark Spectacle, White Point, Green-brindled Crescent, Turnip, Red-line Quaker, Frosted Orange and finally a Red Admiral! Also a rather late Paraswammerdamia albicapitella.

10 spp including ffg Clancy's Rustic. Also Sallow, Pale Mottled Willow, 4xStraw Dot and P. conwagana

37 individuals of 16 species. Best were Rusty-dot Pearl (2), Feathered Brindle & Silver Y (6).

After a couple of empty traps it was nice to actually get someting last night with Common Marbel Carpet, Willow Beauty,Lesser Yellow Underwing and some micros with 3 Light Brown Apple Moth and 2 Tachystata arcoxantha

Blair's Shoulder - knot , Beaded Chestnut , Gold Spot.

A warm, cloudy night.  21 species including 1 Silver Y.  1 late C. quercana.  FFY Grey Shoulder-knot.

Twelve species, just twenty individuals, including: Udea ferrugalis, Angle Shades, Beaded Chestnut, Straw Dot, Blair's Shoulder-knot, Beaded Chestnut, Lssr Yellow U/wing

Scarce Bordered Straw, Delicate, Pearly Underwing, Silver Y and 3 Udea ferrugalis made up the migrants. Otherwise Large Wainscot and Barred Sallow best of the rest.

Common Wainscot , Blair's Shoulder-knot , Beaded Chestnut , 2 Large Wainscot , 6 Feathered Ranunculus , Snout.

18 species including 1 Silver Y.  Also 1 late European Corn Borer and 1 late Four-spotted Footman. Lots of flowering ivy around and 1 A. sparsana.

Seven species, including Red-line Quaker and ffy 3 Blair's Shoulder-knot (min 9.4degC)

3 Large Wainscot and Barred Sallow the best of a small haul.

Only 5 species but including 1 Green-brindled Crescent

Eighteen species, including: Udea ferrugalis, Merveille du Jour, Red-line Quaker, Willow Beauty, Green Brindled Crescent, Burnished Brass, ffy 4 November Moth(agg) (min 11.7 degC)

8 October - Nineteen species; Acleris rhombana and notana/ferrugana(agg), Beaded Chestnut, Light Emerald, Brussels Lace

6/10: Pearly Underwing.

7/10: Nephopterix angustella, Barred Sallow, Green-brindled Crescent.

8/10: Day-flying Vapourer in the garden.

9/10: Delicate, Clancy's Rustic, Sallow, Pink-barred Sallow, Large Wainscot, Merveille du Jour, Spruce Carpet, White Point, Pinion-streaked Snout, Blood-vein, Endotricha flammealis.

A fresh Ruby Tiger was a surprise .; Turnip Moth , L-album Wainscot , Black Rustic , 8 Feathered Ranunculus.  Beaded Chestnut , Barred Sallow.

Numbers still low.  30 individuals of 12 species.  Of interest were FFY Sallow, Feathered Ranunculus and a late Engrailed.  Sole migrant was a single Silver Y.

Delicate , 4 Feathered Ranunculus , Turnip , Straw Dot.

Nine species / fourteen moths, including: Pale Mottled Willow, Orange Swift, RedUnderwing, Turnip Moth, Silver Y, Green Brindled Crescent (min 8.4 degC / cloudy, rain early am)

8 species including 1 Beautiful Plume, 1 Black Rustic, 1 Barred Sallow.

Just nine species(13 individuals) here, despite minimum 11.3 and cloudy conditions.  Singles of Merveille du Jour, Blk Rustic, Barred Sallow, Rosy Rustic

Only 9 species but including 1 Mallow, 2 Barred Sallow, 1 Burnished Brass.

6 species including Black Rustic, Feathered Ranunculus and Beaded Chestnut

A very meagre catch, but it did include 2 Scarce Bordered Straw.

Just five species/seven individuals, nothing new, including Beaded Chestnut and Black Rustic (min 10degC)

Only 6 species but including 1 Frosted Orange, 1 Barred Sallow, 1 Beaded Chestnut.

White Speck the best here today plus first Beaded Chestnut of the autumn.

Have not posted here for a while, as not much trapping or records of any note. However, I did have two Clifden Nonpareil in the MV trap on Friday (29th) night, despite the heavy downpours. One was very worn, but the other almost pristine. This species has now made an appearance every year since 2011 and is clearly established in the area and is more common (at my garden trap) than Red Underwing!

Disturbed a Bloxworth Snout in a lean-to in the garden this afternoon.  A new species for me here.

Clancy's Rustic and Frosted Orange the only moths worthy of mention.

Only 29 individuals of 16 species. Highlight was a worn FFG Orange Sallow.  Singles of Rusty-dot Pearl and Rush Veneer the only migrants.

The best of only 6 moth trapped was Dusky Thorn and a 1st with Black Rustic