Moth Trapping Howdon 2nd Half of May 2016

Getting a bit better but the weather, especially the last week, has not been kind to Moth Catchers

16 May 2016

49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
70.182	Eupithecia assimilata	Currant Pug	1
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1

Currant Pug

17 May 2016

18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
28.009	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House-moth	2
40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	2
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	9
62.001	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
70.067	Anticlea derivata	Streamer	1
70.183	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1

Bee Moth

 Streamer

18 May 2016

40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1

19 May 2016

49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
70.053	Xanthorhoe designata	Flame Carpet	1
70.100	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	2
70.157	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1
70.161	Eupithecia virgaureata	Golden-rod Pug	3
70.198	Lobophora halterata	Seraphim	1
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	2
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
74.004	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	1

Green Carpet

Least Black Arches

Peppered Moth

20 May 2016

28.019	Esperia sulphurella	a moth	1
40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	3
44.001	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
72.015	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
73.038	Acronicta psi	Grey Dagger	1
73.156	Apamea crenata ab. combusta	Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form]	1
73.156	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	1
73.158	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1

Esperia sulphurella

Pale Tussock

Grey Dagger

21 May 2016

15.014	Gracillaria syringella	a moth	1
28.009	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House-moth	2
40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	3
44.001	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
70.049	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
70.075	Hydriomena impluviata	May Highflier	1
70.161	Eupithecia virgaureata	Golden-rod Pug	1
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
70.270	Ectropis bistortata	Engrailed	1
70.277	Cabera pusaria	Common White Wave	1
70.280	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
73.040	Acronicta leporina	Miller	1
73.156	Apamea crenata ab. combusta	Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form]	2
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	3
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1 f
74.004	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	1

Engrailed

Miller

22 May 2016

70.075	Hydriomena impluviata	May Highflier	1
73.040	Acronicta leporina	Miller	2
73.156	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	3
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1

23 May 2016

70.049	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	2
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	1
73.156	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	4
73.158	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	3 m

Buff Ermine

24 May 2016

73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2 m

26 May 2016

18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	2
28.009	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House-moth	1
28.019	Esperia sulphurella	a moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
70.157	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1
70.161	Eupithecia virgaureata	Golden-rod Pug	1
70.198	Lobophora halterata	Seraphim	4
71.017	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
73.069	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2 m
73.334	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1

Oak-tree Pug

Seraphim

Swallow Prominent

27 May 2016

20.005	Argyresthia trifasciata	a moth	1
28.009	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House-moth	2
40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	2
49.035	Clepsis senecionana	a moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	8
70.183	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
70.240	Odontopera bidentata	Scalloped Hazel	1
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	2
71.017	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
72.001	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Herald	1
73.002	Abrostola triplasia	Dark Spectacle	1
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1 m

Clepsis senecionana

Herald

Dark Spectacle

28 May 2016

18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
22.003	Prays ruficeps	a moth	1
40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	2
73.156	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	1
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2

Brimstone Moth

 Prays ruficeps

29 May 2016

28.009	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House-moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
73.156	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	2
73.158	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	1
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1 m

30 May 2016

70.240	Odontopera bidentata	Scalloped Hazel	1
73.156	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	1

31 May 2016

73.156	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	1
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1

Moth Trapping Howdon 1st Half of May 2016

Quite patchy with many blanks as trap was out every day

2 May 2016

73.247	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1

3 May 2016

73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

2

4 May 2016

73.247	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2

5 May 2016

49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	3
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1

Light Brown Apple Moth

6 May 2016

40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	1
70.095	Chloroclysta siterata	Red-Green Carpet	1

Red-Green Carpet

8 May 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
70.095	Chloroclysta siterata	Red-Green Carpet	1

9 May 2016

69.001

Mimas tiliae

Lime Hawk-moth

1

Lime Hawk-moth

11 May 2016

28.009

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House-moth

1

White-shouldered House-moth

14 May 2016

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2

15 May 2016

49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	3
40.008	Mompha subbistrigella	a moth	1
73.334	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
70.061	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
70.049	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1

Garden Carpet

Small square-spot

Catches should start picking up now

Moth Trapping Howdon - 2nd Half of April 2016

The second half of April was just as bad as the first.  I started marking the moths with a tiny dot of water based paint (marked same place for all species on each day) to see if I was retrapping any moths but so far none have reappeared in a trap although I did find a Hebrew Character which I trapped on 14 April on a wooden table next to my trap on 21 April in the late afternoon although it was not there the following morning.  I have now stopped marking them, the last was on 20 April which was my first ever Twenty-plume Moth.

The following is what I trapped from 15 - 30 April 2016, wont bother to show comparisons against last year as like most of us they were well down.

16 April 2016

73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

2

17 April 2016

73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2

19 April 2016

73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1

20 April 2016

73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
44.001	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	4
73.247	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1

21 April 2016

73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2

22 April 2016

73.242

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

2

23 April 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1

24 April 2016

73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	3
73.247	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2

30 April 2016

73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

I put my 15w Actinic Skinner in my sons back yard, he lives about half a mile from me, for 4 days with the following results:

73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1	18-Apr-16
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1	18-Apr-16
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1	19-Apr-16
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1	19-Apr-16

73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

2

21-Apr-16

I will continue to do a few days each month and hope to trap elsewhere also

Moth Trapping Howdon - First Half of April 2016

April so far has been rather poor according to my records (only 1 year though) and from what others have said especially Tom Tams who has been living in the land of no night although I believe the nighttime sun has now been switched off.  Last year in the first half of the month I trapped 130 moths but this month so far is only 66 which is a 50% drop.  Lets hope the 2nd half of April will fare better.
So here are the results from the Howdon Jury:


2 April 2016

73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.25	Anorthoa munda	Twin-spotted Quaker	1
70.156	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	2

Twin-spotted Quaker

Brindled Pug

3 April 2016

73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	8

4 April 2016

73.244 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1 73.242 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 1 73.249 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 4

Hebrew Character

5 April 2016

73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2

7 April 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1

Clouded Drab

8 April 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1

9 April 2016

73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2

10 Apr 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	5

Common Quaker

11 Apr 2016

73.242

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

1

13 April 2016

73.247	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4
70.202	Trichopteryx carpinata	Early Tooth-striped	1

Early Tooth-striped

(First one ever)

Powdered Quaker

(New for the Year)

14 April 2016

73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

4

Well thats it for the first half of the month as all days not mentioned the trap was out but the cupboard was bare in the morning.

Good Trapping

John Hall

Second Half of March 2016

The following are all the moths caught in our Garden for the second half of March. Not a great lot but better than some (but not many), although for the first and probably only time in my life I am in front of Tom Tams due to his EXCESSIVE lights problem. The weather seems to be improving so lets hope the catch does although I have been tinkering (have actually completely devastated it) with the garden and have been helping the chap who lives behind me and started tidying up his. Am getting a few moth friendly plants such as Honeysuckle (Lonicera Periclymenum), Primrose (Primulat Vulgaris), Tobacco Plant (Nicotiana tabacum(wonder if thats where the expression Tabs comes from) and Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber). Have also put down lots of Wildflowers also and will be getting a couple of different Buddleia.

16 Mar
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1

17 Mar
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1

18 Mar
73.210 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 5

Common Quaker



19 Mar
32.018 (Agonopterix heracliana) 1
73.210 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 3
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 3

Satellite

20 Mar
70.245 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 6
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 3

March Moth



21 Mar
73.242 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 5
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 2

22 Mar
Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella (Agonopterix heracliana agg.) 1
70.245 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1
73.242 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 7
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 6

Agonopterix heracliana agg



23 Mar
70.156 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
73.069 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1
73.242 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 2
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 5
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 8

All caught with a Skinner 15w Actinic apart from 2 Quaker and 2 Hebrews which were in my Robinson 125 MV

Brindled Pug



24 Mar
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4

25 Mar
70.156 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
73.069 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 3

Early Grey



26 Mar
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 2

28 Mar
73.210 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2

29 Mar
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 3
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 5

30 Mar
73.242 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 4
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4

Clouded Drab



31 Mar
73.242 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 2
73.244 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 3
73.249 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 2

Hebrew Character