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New CameraWell after 8 years with my first DSLR the beloved Sony A200 with the 100mm Cosina 1:2 macro lens, I finally plumped for a Sony A65 coupled with a Tamron 90mm 1:1 macro lens.It will take me months to work out the ideal f-stop and iso settings for all of the light conditions during photography that are thrown at me, but I am pleasantly surprised so far.Here are a few pics from last nights catch, of which I must write up when I get time (list now added)Still a trickle of new for years but the amount of Macro moths has really dropped off with Micro moths more numerous in the trap, including 65 Blastobasis adustella! Catch Report - 31/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths2x Dusky Thorn [NFY]1x Square-spotted Clay [NFY]2x Black Arches1x Bright-line Brown-eye3x Brimstone Moth2x Cloaked Minor3x Common Carpet8x Common Rustic2x Dark Arches2x Dingy Footman4x Dot Moth2x Double-striped Pug3x Dun-bar1x Dusky Sallow2x Flame Shoulder1x Heart & Dart3x Large Yellow Underwing3x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing2x Marbled Beauty4x Mottled Beauty2x Orange Swift10x Riband Wave1x Scarce Footman1x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Single-dotted Wave1x Small Blood-vein1x Small Rivulet1x Straw Dot5x Straw Underwing1x Swallow-tailed Moth2x Uncertain3x Willow Beauty1x Yellow Shell Micro Moths1x Scrobipalpa costella [NFG]1x Caloptilia syringella [NFG]1x Lyonetia clerkella [NFG]1x Aspilapteryx tringipennella [NFY]1x Bryotropha domestica1x Monopis laevigella2x Pandemis corylana65x Blastobasis adustella2x Hofmannophila pseudospretella10x Blastobasis lacticolella2x Parornix sp5x Cameraria ohridella12x Agriphila straminella1x Acleris schalleriana5x Cydia splendana15x Ambylptilia acanthadactyla2x Helcystogramma rufescens3x Carcina quercana2x Evergestis forficalis1x Emmelina monodactyla
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Warneton, Hainault, Belgium
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Hexton Chalk Pit - Field Trip - 01/07/14Roger and myself ran 3 traps at Hexton Chalk Pit on Tuesday evening, with Steve turning up at dusk for some moral support and staying with us until midnight.The reserve is a lovely habitat with a multitude of wildflowers growing on the chalk grassland. There are patches of bare chalk, but there could be more, as Bramble is starting to take over certain areas of the chalk grassland.The day had been mild and breezy with a high of around 21 degrees, but by dusk the sky was still crystal clear and the breeze was on the cool side and coats were worn pretty much from the off in fact hats wouldn't have felt out of place! with a low of 8 degrees when I was on my way home at 3am we were totally blown away by what we did manage to catch...For starters I managed 3 new Macro moths for me, Grey Arches, Reddish Light Arches and Royal Mantle (previously seen in Slovenia for the first time).Even better were some of the Micro's that turned upFirstly we had two Agonopterix liturosa, which currently is quite scarce in Herts with a handful of records.Secondly we had I would say 20+ of the Pyralid, Paratalanta hyalinalis. I had two, but one escaped whilst photographing them, typically only a photo of a battered one. One is with Roger.No records since 1937, confirmed! And a very good moth indeed.Other notable species included Satyr Pug, Dark Umber, Shark and 5 Wood Carpets (Only having previously seen one before, to record 5 in a single trip is quite overwhelming).On the Pyralid front we got Paratalanta hyalinalis in great numbers, along with 5 Ebulea crocealis and 5 Sitochroa verticalis.To round this post off, the session was an incredible insight in to just how important this habitat is despite it's small size and relative remoteness.A micro-climate indeed... I shall be going back!Catch Report - 01/07/14 - Hexton Chalk Pit - Hexton - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.Numbers below are approximate87 Macros and 44 Micros ( 131 species)Macro Moths3x Barred Straw1x Beautiful Golden-Y20+ Blackneck5x Bordered Sallow7x Bright-line Brown-eye5x Brimstone Moth5x Brown Rustic2x Brown Scallop4x Brown-line Bright-eye4x Buff Arches1x Buff Ermine1x Buff-tip3x Burnished Brass2x Cinnabar5x Clay10+ Clouded Border2x Clouded Brindle10+ Clouded Silver5x Common Carpet6x Common Footman1x Common Rustic2x Common Wainscot1x Common Wave6x Common White Wave15+ Dark Arches1x Dark Umber1x Dot Moth10+ Double Square-spot1x Double-striped Pug2x Dun-bar1x Dusky Brocade4x Dwarf Cream Wave7x Elephant Hawk-moth2x Fan-foot25+ Fern3x Flame1x Flame Shoulder1x Freyer's Pug1x Garden Carpet2x Green Pug1x Grey Arches [NEW!]3x Haworth's Pug2x Heart & Club20+ Heart & Dart1x Iron Prominent2x July Highflyer5x Large Yellow Underwing1x Lesser Yellow Underwing10x Light Arches5x Light Emerald3x Marbled Minor1x Marbled White Spot10x Mottled Beauty5x Mottled Rustic2x Peach Blossom6x Peppered Moth5x Pretty Chalk Carpet3x Purple Bar2x Reddish Light Arches [NEW!]7x Riband Wave2x Royal Mantle [NEW!]1x Ruby Tiger2x Rustic1x Satyr Pug15x Scarce Footman2x Setaceous Hebrew Character5x Shaded Pug1x Shark8x Shears4x Short-cloaked Moth1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot4x Small Elephant Hawk-moth2x Small Emerald4x Small Fan-footed Wave1x Small Phoenix1x Small Waved Umber1x Small Yellow Wave8x Smoky Wainscot5x Snout2x Straw Dot3x Swallow-tailed Moth2x Tawny Marbled Minor2x Tawny-barred Angle1x Turnip Moth10x Uncertain3x Valerian Pug2x Willow Beauty5x Wood CarpetMicro Moths2x Agonopterix liturosa [NEW!] 1x Bryotropha senectella [NEW!]2x Epagoge grotiana1x Stenoptilia pterodactyla5x Ebulea crocealis1x Marasmarcha lunaedactyla4x Udea prunalis1x Udea olivalis1x Metzneria metzneriella5x Celypha lacunana1x Paraswammerdamia nebulella1x Elachista atricomella2x Archips xylosteana2x Archips podana2x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Cnephasia sp1x Phycitodes binaevella1x Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Eucosma cana1x Cacoecimorpha pronubana3x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Hedya pruniana3x Hedya nubiferana1x Coleophora sp3x Marasmarcha lunaedactyla1x Merrifieldia baliodactylus-leucodactyla?20+ Paratalanta hyalinalis5x Scoparia ambigualis1x Tinea semifulvella3x Acleris forsskaleana1x Dipleurina lacustrata 2x Ephestia parasitella1x Blastobasis lacticolella2x Ancylis achatana5x Sitochroa verticalis1x Phycita roborella1x Epiblema uddmanniana1x Epiblema trimaculana1x Agapeta hamana1x Agapeta zoegana5x Eudonia mercurella4x Chrysoteuchia culmella2x Pandemis cerasana2x Pandemis heparana
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470
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A house tickA new moth for my garden, well erm my house it should be. A mint Bryotropha affinis found by my better half by the front door and sitting next to an ant bait trap....was it attracted to the smell? Who knows.
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Cradley,Malvern, Worcs, SO7347
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470
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Cradley,Malvern, Worcs, SO7347
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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A pleasing varietyBack to trapping, and with a slightly cooler and less favourable night ahead compared to the two weekend nights, I wasn't expecting much.Luckily the cloud stuck around, and so did the moths and again not a huge amount, but a nice array of new species for the year making it another 10 to add to the year list.The majority of the catch was made up of Mottled Rustic (15) and Heart & Dart (34).A nice splash of colour with Barred Yellow and Small Emerald featuring for the first time this year.Privet Hawk-moth made up the size of the catch quite literally!Catch Report - 15/06/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Shaded Pug [NFY]1x Small Emerald [NFY]1x Buff Arches [NFY] 1x Barred Yellow [NFY] 2x Dark Arches [NFY]1x Privet Hawk-moth [NFY]1x Dot Moth [NFY]2x Green Pug1x Freyer's Pug1x Large Yellow Underwing1x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Common Footman1x Flame Shoulder 2x Rustic Shoulder-knot15x Mottled Rustic34x Heart & Dart1x Grey Pug1x Light Emerald2x Brimstone Moth4x Marbled Minor1x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Ingrailed Clay1x Green Silver-lines1x Mottled Pug3x Garden Carpet6x Brown Rustic4x Vine's Rustic1x Common Swift3x Mottled Beauty3x Bright-line Brown-eye10x Uncertain1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Treble Lines2x Large NutmegMicro Moths 1x Agapeta hamana [NFY]1x Aphelia paleana [NFY]1x Bryotropha terrella [NFY]3x Tortrix viridana2x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Epiphyas postvittana 2x Celypha lacunana2x Udea olivalis2x Aphomia sociella1x Scrobipalpa acuminatella2x Aleimma loeflingiana1x Chrysoteuchia culmella1x Scoparia ambigualis
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Gen/Det Peter HallCradley, Malvern, Worcs SO729470
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A full 8 days later and the trap was out. This time last year it was warm and mild and the trap was out most nights.A great selection of moths last night with a few still to confirm id's (those pesky micros)But lots of New for year's including Poplar Hawk-moth, Rustic Shoulder-knot, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Pale Tussock, Scalloped Hazel.And an amazing 19 specimens of Green Carpet!Catch Report - 16/05/12 - 125w MV Robinson Trap - Back Garden/FarmlandMacro Moths1x Pale Tussock [NFY]1x Shuttle-shaped Dart [NFY]1x Rustic Shoulder-knot [NFY]1x Scalloped Hazel [NFY]1x Poplar Hawk-moth [NFY]1x Double-striped Pug [NFY]19x Green Carpet1x Common Swift 2x Spectacle1x Latticed Heath2x Oak-tree Pug1x Clouded Drab2x Muslin Moth2x Brindled Pug 1x Iron Prominent1x Red Twin-spot Carpet4x Flame Shoulder5x Hebrew CharacterMicro Moths1x Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana [NFY]1x Agonopterix arenella [NFY]1x Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella [NFY]1x Cochylis atricapitana [NFY]1x White Shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella2 for id pending......
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Gen/Det Peter HallCradley, Malvern, Worcs SO729470