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

The Light Is On and Is Working (sort of)

The weather has started improving so have had a single trap out for a few nights in the first couple of weeks of March.  The results haven't been spectacular but at least I am getting some.  Here is a summary of what I have caught so far.

Summary for first half of March 2016

Code    Name
            Agonopterix sp.      - Agonopterix species  -  2
73.069 Xylocampa areola - Early Grey  -  3
73.244 Orthosia cerasi      - Common Quaker  -  6
73.249 Orthosia gothica    - Hebrew Character  - 10

Hopefully it will pick up a bit more as Spring seems to be starting.

The first 2 are of the Agonopterix Species although judging from the size they are probably Heracliana but you cant confirm without Gen Det procedure

 Early Grey

 Common Quaker

 Hebrew Character

 

Bet you cant wait for the end of March for my next report (REALLY)

Summary for October 2015

A quick summary of all the species I managed to trap in October with a few pictures


0647  Hofmannophila pseudospretella  - Brown House Moth  -  Total   2
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella  -  White-shouldered House Moth  -  Total   1
0998 Epiphyas postvittana  -  Light Brown Apple Moth  -  Total   217
1041         Acleris sparsana  -  Total  4

1048        Acleris variegana  -  Garden Rose Tortrix  -  Total 8
1153        Epinotia sordidana  -  Total  1

1478a Vitula edmandsii  -  Total  1

1760        Chloroclysta siterata   -   Red-green Carpet  -  Total  10

1764        Chloroclysta truncata  - Common Marbled Carpet  Total  15
1795        Epirrita dilutata  - November Moth  1

1913        Ennomos alniaria  - Canary-shouldered Thorn  1

1923        Colotois pennaria  -  Feathered Thorn  1

2107        Noctua pronuba  - Large Yellow Underwing  14
2134        Xestia xanthographa  - Square-spot Rustic

2240        Lithophane leautieri  - Blair's Shoulder-knot  5

2245        Allophyes oxyacanthae  -  Green-brindled Crescent  5

2258        Conistra vaccinii  - Chestnut  1

2263        Agrochola lota   - Red-line Quaker  3

2298        Amphipyra berbera  -  Svensson's Copper Underwing  2
2299        Amphipyra tragopoginis  -  Mouse Moth  1
2306        Phlogophora meticulosa  -  Angle Shades  1

2441        Autographa gamma   -  Silver Y  4

New Moths for August and September 2015

Have been a bit sidetracked lately but am now trying to get back onto track and so instead of mega lists of moths here are the new ones that I have caught in August and September 2015.

1087 Orthotaenia undulana - 2 Aug 15

2444 Gold Spangle Autographa bractea - 3 Aug 15

0868 Helcystogramma rufescens - 4 Aug 15

1259 Cydia fagiglandana - 4 Aug 15

2314 Dingy Shears Parastichtis ypsillon - 4 Aug 15

1211 Rhyacionia pinicolana - 5 Aug 15

0658 Carcina quercana - 9 Aug 15

0453 Honeysuckle Moth Ypsolopha dentella - 9 Aug 15

0789 Bryotropha domestica - 10 Aug 15

0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana - 10 Aug 15

0294 Aspilapteryx tringipennella - 11 Aug 15

0001x Caroleus Ignoramus - 11 Aug 15

0656 Tachystola acroxantha - 16 Aug 15

1138 Epinotia nisella - 16 Aug 15

1328 Schoenobius gigantella - 23 Aug 15 (First species for Northumberland)

1134 Epinotia ramella - 24 Aug 15

1454 Dioryctria abietella - 25 Aug 15

0819 Scrobipalpa costella - 26 Aug 15

0870 Oegoconia quadripuncta - 26 Aug 15

2254 Grey Chi Antitype chi - 26 Aug 15

2274 Sallow Xanthia icteritia - 27 Aug 15

2343 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis - 28 Aug 15

2361 Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea - 29 Aug 15

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum - 5 Sep 15

0455 Ypsolopha scabrella - 8 Sep 15 

1219 Lathronympha strigana - 8 Sep 15

1038 Acleris laterana - 10 Sep 15

 1042 Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana - 10 Sep 15

0385 Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana - 13 Sep 15

2297 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea - 16 Sep 15

0448a Prays ruficeps

2263 Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota

Well,  thats it for a little while, lets hope October warms up a bit