Latest Sightings

39 species including 4 Ruby Tiger, 1 Dark Umber, 1 Mocha, 1 Beautiful Plume.

36 species including 1 Jersey Tiger.

Heavy downpours starting at around 3am. 64 species including 1 P. vitrealis. FFY Six-striped Rustic.

Heavy downpours starting at around 3am. 64 species including 1 P. vitrealis. FFY Six-striped Rustic.

FFG - singles of Crescent Dart & Twin-spotted Wainscot. Also a single worn Rusty-dot Pearl.

46 species including 1 Lunar Thorn, 1 Suspected, 1 Four-spotted Footman, 1 Mocha, 1 Pale Prominent

Down to 38 species but including 1 Mocha, 1 Antler, 1 Dusky Thorn, 1 Blastobasis adustella

66 species including 1 Ringed Chinamark, 1 Kent Black Arches, 3 Dun-bar, 1 Phoenix, 1 Marbled Green.

Charmouth 28th July. A Fen Wainscot and a Marbled Green.

To pheromone lures, 1-Yellow-legged Clearwing and 3 Six-belted Clearwings

A big surprise was a FFG Saltmarsh Plume just on the trap funnel.  98 species including a Silver Y aberration with no tail to the Y (so maybe Silver V?) - see the DMG Facebook page for a photo.  FFY Small Rufous and Green Silver-lines.

Charmouth 26th July. Singles of Black Arches, Kent Black Arches, Bordered Beauty.

Have been remiss at posting on here lately, everything going straight to Living Record. However, this one worth a photo, a first Dorset record of Ancylolomia tentaculella a very rare European Crambid, this being the 8th UK record. Also my first ever Four-spotted, exceptionally rare away from the Portland stronghold.

Total of 46 macro species including two Twin-spotted Wainscots FFgarden !

After a hot day, intermittent heavy downpours.  94 species.  FFY Small Wainscot.

Charmouth 23rd July. 2 Kent Black Arches, 1 Sandy Carpet.

A slightly cooler night with clear skies.  Many fewer moths and no migrants.  94 species.  FFY Flounced Rustic and Square-spot Rustic.  FFG Hoary Plume.

Lots of moth activity on a warm night produced two new garden records for me :Lesser-spotted Pinion and Twin-spotted Wainscot. There is plenty of hedgerow elm here so I hope the former is resident.

Humid with thunderstorms but the rain held off here.  My best night so far this year with 143 species.  But no interesting migrants.  FFG D. pulicariae, A. mitterbacheriana and Small Purple-barred.  For the second time only: Brown-line Bright-eye and Double Kidney.  FFY E. limbata, Canary-shouldered Thorn, Dusky Thorn, Buff Footman, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Least Yellow Underwing, Ear sp. and Small Fan-foot.

39 species including 1 Black Arches, 1 Grey Dagger agg, 1 Kent Black Arches, 1 Ghost Moth.

Charmouth 22nd July. A Kent Black Arches and a Marbled Grren.

39 species including 1 Kent Black Arches, 1 Small Phoenix, 1 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, 1 Crassa unitella.

FFY - singles of Phoenix, Vapourer, Cloaked & Middle-barred Minors, Dunbar and Copper Underwing. Possible migrants - singles of Dark Sword-grass, White Point, Delicate & Silver Y.

42 species last night including 1 Small Rivulet, 1 Least Carpet, 1 July High-flyer, 1 Bordered Beauty, 1 Blastobasis adustella.

FFG - 1 Bloxworth Snout

It's been a little quiet here recently but 61 species were caught this night including 1 Marbled Green, 2 Small Rivulet, 1 Dwarf Cream Wave, 1 Carcina quercana, 1 Gold Triangle, 2 Euzophera pinguis, 1 Dark Umber, 1 Anania crocealis, 1 Dun-bar.

Charmouth 19th July. A Crescent Dart.

Best moth last night were, Coronet, Poplar Hawk-moth,Clay,Feston,Bright-line Brown-eye. Micros, Chrysoteuchia culmella,Edotricha flammealis,Udea fulvalisx - 2,Synaphe punctails - 2

Fern, Rosy Rustic, Ruby tiger, Scarce, Dingy, Common and Four-spotted Footman. FFG Synaphe punctalis

17/07/19: First garden record for Dark Umber, Philereme transversata . . . .

Humid again but with more rain than last night.  46 species.  FFG Mompha propinquella.  FFY Black Arches.

A humid night with some light rain in the early morning.  97 species including 1 Diamond-back, 2 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Delicate and 2 Silver Y.  FFG Nemapogon clematella and Slender Brindle.  FFY Festoon, Phoenix, Round-winged Muslin and Rosy Rustic.

1 Calamotropha paludella & 1 Blair's Mocha

Charmouth 17th July. Two Kent Black Arches.

50 species on a cooler night, including FFY Slender Pug, Herald & Pale Mottled Willow. Singles of Diamond-back Moth and Delicate the only migrant interest.

Charmouth 15th July.  A Crescent Dart.

A chilly night with a bright moon.  47 species including FFY Large Emerald, Scalloped Oak, Dusky Sallow and Cloaked Minor.

FFG 1 Least Carpet

55 species including FFY Lackey and Dot Moth.

A date for your diaries ...

DORSET MOTH RECORDERS' AUTUMN MEETING SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 2019

2.00-5.00pm (tea & coffee from 1.30pm) TOLPUDDLE VILLAGE HALL

A chance to get together and find out what's been happening on the Dorset moth scene. Speakers tba If you're thinking of coming along then please let us know by emailing dorsetvc9mothsinfo@gmail.com so that we can get an idea of likely numbers. Thanks.

93 species including 1 FFG Small Marbled. Also FFG 1 Bryotropha senectella.

3 W LED Heath Trap, Had some new for moths last night, Grass Emerald-5, Clay-1,Striped Wainscot-1,Scarce Footman -5, July Belle-2, Small Purple-barred. others were Horse Chesnut-6, True Lovers knot-3,Clouded Border-1,Satin Wave-1, Plain Wave-2, Riband Wave-1

FFY Nutmeg, Dusky Sallow, Scalloped Oak and Cloaked Minor. FFG Small Dotted Buff

Equalled our best macro total of 60 species together with a few 'easy' micros
125w MV
NFY included Double Lobed The Sycamore , Rosy Footman , Scorched Wing , Blue-bordered Carpet , Peach Blossom , Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis), Palpita Vitrealis , Ghost Moth

Another good night with 94 species including FFG Scallop Shell and Ancylis achtana, Eucosma obumbratana (below) and Dioryctria sylvestrella (thanks to Phil S for confirming the micros). New for the year included: Engrailed, Large & Small Emeralds, Ruby & Scarlet Tigers, Dingy Footman, Silver Y, Small Dotted Buff and Cream-bordered Green Pea. And 192 Chysoteuchia culmella.

Put out a pheromone lure for Yellow-legged/Orange-tailed clearwing in the hope of recording Yellow-legged as Turnworth has many old oaks with decay features. Lure with trap was left out from 10.45 -17.45 - alas no Yellow-legged but to my amazement 15 Orange-tailed Clearwings of varying size - some twice the size of others. Luckily the trap was set under the canopy of an oak in shade, so all were alive and released. Curious as no Viburnum was obvious nearby. Incidentally, my clearwing lures are now about 6 years old (freezer stored) but clearly remain highly potent.

Approx. 150 Chrysoteuchia culmella an unusually high number for here, also 10 Large Elephant Hawk, with several FFY - Lappet, Rosy Footman, Four-spotted Footman, Jersey Tiger & Beautiful Hook-tip.

Charmouth 9th July. A Marbled Green and an Oscure Wainscot.

Belated entry for an extraordinary night in Yetminster - 1,250 moths (at least) of 75+ species in a single Robinson 125W MV trap.  Highlights included Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Gold Triangle, Tawny-barred Angle, Lilac Beauty & Lunar-spotted Pinion. And 407 Heart & Darts.

Charmouth 8th July. A Synaphe punctalis.

Clancy's Rustic

Delicate(2) , Four-spotted Footman, Green Silver-lines, Grey Arches, Lychnis, True Lover's Knot to mention a few.

Approx. 50 species including European Corn-borer (1 male & 1 female) & Small Marbled (1), and among the residents singles of Thistle Ermine, second brood Early Thorn, Brown-tail, Green Arches, Dingy Shears & Blackneck.

Charmouth 6th July. Singles of Dark Spectacle, Pretty Pinion, Privet Hawk, and Sandy Carpet.

Had a good night with trap with a couple of 1st for the garden with Small Elephant Hawk-moth and a Clouded Brindle. the others were 3 Elephant Hawk-moths, 2 Swallow-tailed Moths,1 Blood Vain, 1 Common Footman,8 Dark Arches and a Lozotaenia forsterana

Two chalk down-land species in the trap today , both new for the garden:- Reddish Light Arches and Chalk Carpet.

85+ species (not yet all identified) including FFG Gypsonoma dealbana and Short-cloaked Moth. FFY included Endotricha flammealis, Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Drinker, V Pug, Haworth's Pug, Yellow-tail and Dun-bar.  Also 20 Diamond-back Moths.

A good trap full this morning , approx 70 sp some still to id , best where a vestal , four dotted footman and anania stachydalis

Charmouth 5th July. Singles of Delicate, Cypress Carpet, Clay Triples-lines, Privet Hawk, Small Elephant Hawk, Dingy Shears, Lobster, Wood Carpet, and 101 Dark Arches.

Small Mottled Willow.

Climbing up to 43 species. First for Garden was the Lackey

Best of FFY were Small Blood-vein, Dun-bar, Beautiful Hook-tip, Light Emerald

Put the 3w led out last night, had 2 Willow Beauty, 2 Hart & Dart, 2 Heart & Club, 1 Common Plum and 2 Bee Moth.

On Saturday night 29th June I was out on Holt Heath with the 3w led uv heath trap and caught True Love's Knot x 6, Horse Chesnut x 5, Endotricha flammealis x 1, Pempelia palumbella x 3 and the best and 1st for me a Clouded Buff.

53 species including 1 Small Yellow Wave, 1 Sycamore, 1 Dot Moth, 1 Lilac Beauty, 1 Common Emerald, 1 Small Fan-foot, 1 Lychnis.

66 species including FFG Grass Emerald.  New for the year included Carcina quercana, Ditula angustiorana, Anania coronata, Small Blood-vein, Scalloped Oak, Common Emerald, Muslin Footman, Common Footman, Lychnis & Lesser Broad-bordered Underwing.

43 species including 1 Phoenix, 4 Small Blood-vein, 2 Eucosma cana, 1 Four-dotted Footman.

41 species including 2 Thistle Ermine, 1 Small Emerald, 1 Common Emerald, 1 Agapeta harmana, 1 Swallow-tailed, 1 Magpie, 2 Four-dotted Footman.

A good night with 75 species including 1 Blotched Emerald, 1 Lobster Moth, 1 Barred Yellow, 1 Cypress Carpet, 1 Plain Golden Y, 3 Lilac Beauty, 2 Blue-bordered Carpet, 1 Sandy Carpet, 1 Four-dotted Footman, 1 Kent Black Arches, 1 Privet Hawkmoth.