Twirler Moths And Kin

Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia

Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia

Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia

Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Maryland, United States

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

13th July 2013: Broxbourne Wood, Hertfordshire13th July 2013: Broxbourne Wood, HertfordshireI am not sure if it was the phenomenally hot day on Saturday, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius, or the fact that this trip was to one of the county hot-spots for all things ecological, but we did have a staggering 27 people turn up for the Herts Moth Group trip to Broxbourne Wood National Nature Reserve on 13th July 2013. The West Car Park was completely filled; at one point a police car nosed in, looked, probably thought we were a bunch of weirdos and immediately drove off having turned on his blue lights! In addition to myself, five other people had brought traps and so, as darkness approached, we made use of the fact that the wood has a long and straight ride up the middle; traps were loaded into my Landrover and dropped off at intervals along the ride where they were set up by their owners. In all we ended up with 10 lights here, stretched over a linear distance of 700 metres but, of course, dipping into the sides and various clearings. I confess that I was rather lazy and only one of these (the furthest from the car park) was mine, but as it turned out we really did not need the other five I had in the vehicle. Once these lights were fired up, I also set up a sheet on the side of the Landrover in the West Car Park. People were then free to wander along the trap line and/or stay at the sheet and see what came in.Almost immediately, the moths started coming and they were still coming as the last four of us packed up the last trap at just after 3 am (most people having left in stages between midnight and about 2 am). I am pretty sure that if we had stayed another hour until daybreak we could easily have added a dozen or more further species to the list, but as it is we had to make do with a total of 208 moth species! Very recently, I was moaning that hundred nights were a thing of the past (and of course, when moth-ers talk of hundred nights they mean 100 macros). Well our macro total on Saturday night was 116 species. The astute will realise that this means we had 92 species of micro, but to my knowledge there are at least 3 further species awaiting dissection and it is possible that when this list appears that someone will e-mail me with others that I have overlooked. There are some rather good moths for Hertfordshire in the list use the Herts Moth Book (or if you are under 50, the web site) to look them up. In number order, I might perhaps suggest you look up, amongst others, 397: Glyphipterix thrasonella (rare in the county); 1088: Pseudosciaphila branderiana (very local); 1449: Elegia similella (nationally scarce); 1494: Capperia britanniodactyla (last recorded in the county at this site); 1771a: Thera cupressata Cypress Carpet (recent colonist first county record was in 2006); 1943: Hypomecis roboraria Great Oak Beauty (extremely local we had several in the traps and at the sheet); 2039: Atolmis rubricollis Red-necked Footman (almost certainly part of the recent immigration we had 6). Two species, in the form of 0926: Phalonidia manniana and 1375: Ostrinia nubilalis have recently been split into two species each we have retained specimens but not yet looked at these critically. It was good to have both Aethes cnicana and Aethes rubigana so they could be compared and there were other species pairs too, which made the evening informative as well as fun (e.g., Clouded Brindle and Clouded Bordered-brindle). Happily, the numbers of individuals of each species appear to have resumed a near normal setting, although there were singles of just a few species. There were several Satin Beauties, mostly in my trap at the far end of the line and at the end of the session around 2.30 am. Here too, I am told by others, Violet Ground Beetles (Carabus violaceus) were making off with large numbers of Leopard Moths that had not made it all the way to the safety of the trap! Good numbers of Great Oak Beauty emphasise the nature of the woodland habitat at Broxbourne.Those marked with an asterisk (*) have been named by genitalia dissection. Thanks to all the trap operators who gave me lists of moths from their traps throughout the course of the evening. Please tell me if I missed anything.C.W.PlantBelow I have listed the species that were present in my traps.As the group was spread out, my traps got different species to what the others got, the best species by far were 2 scarce Map-winged Swifts that came to the Actinic.Also the rare micros wee very pleasing to see in my traps.12/07/13 Broxbourne Woods - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Trap run from 9.45pm until 3.00amGhost MothMap-winged SwiftTischeria ekebladellaLeopard MothCaloptilia alchimiellaArgyresthia goedartellaScythropia crataegellaYponomeuta evonymellaParaswammerdamia nebulella [NEW!] Cedestis gysseleniella [NEW!]Prays fraxinellaPlutella xylostella Ypsolopha ustellaColeophora flavipennellaBatia unitellaCarcina quercanaPseudatemelia flavifrontella [NEW!]Parachronistis albiceps [NEW!]Teleiodes vulgellaTeleiodes luculellaBlastodacna hellerellaPhalonidia mannianaAgapeta hamanaAethes cnicanaCochylis atricapitanaPandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Archips podana Archips xylosteana Lozotaeniodes formosanus Epagoge grotiana Ditula angustioranaPseudargyrotoza conwaganaCnephasia asseclana*Aleimma loeflingianaTortrix viridanaSpatalistis bifasciana [NEW!]Celypha lacunanaHedya prunianaHedya nubiferanaHedya salicellaApotomis turbidanaAncylis achatana Zeiraphera isertanaEpiblema uddmannianaEucosma canaEucosma obumbratanaSpilonota ocellanaRhyacionia pinivoranaChrysoteuchia culmellaCrambus lathoniellusCatoptria pinellaDipleurina lacustrataEurrhypara hortulataPerinephela lancealisUdea prunalisUdea olivalis Endotricha flammealis Phycita roborellaEphestia parasitellaCapperia britanniodactyla [NEW!]Pterophorus pentadactylaAdaina microdactylaDrinkerPebble Hook-tipPeach BlossomBuff ArchesFigure of EightyBlotched EmeraldCommon EmeraldClay Triple-linesBlood-veinLeast CarpetSmall Fan-footed WaveTreble Brown SpotRiband WaveSilver-ground CarpetCommon CarpetBarred StrawCommon Marbled CarpetBarred YellowBlue-bordered CarpetGrey Pine Carpet July HighflyerSmall RivuletFoxglove PugWormwood PugCurrant PugGrey PugGreen PugDouble-striped PugSmall White WaveSmall Yellow WaveClouded BorderTawny-barred AngleBrown Silver-lineBordered BeautyLilac BeautySwallow-tailed MothPeppered MothWillow BeautyMottled BeautySatin Beauty [NEW!]Great Oak BeautyPale Oak BeautyEngrailedBrindled White-spotBordered WhiteCommon White WaveCommon WaveClouded SilverLight EmeraldBarred RedPoplar Hawk-mothElephant Hawk-mothBuff-tipLobster MothIron ProminentPebble ProminentMaple ProminentPale ProminentYellow-tailRosy FootmanRed-necked FootmanScarce FootmanBuff FootmanCommon FootmanBuff ErmineShort-cloaked MothHeart and ClubFlameFlame ShoulderLarge Yellow UnderwingIngrailed ClayDouble Square-spotSmoky WainscotMinor Shoulder-knotPoplar GreyMillerGrey DaggerBird's WingSmall Angle ShadesDark ArchesLight ArchesClouded-bordered BrindleClouded BrindleDusky BrocadeRufous Minor*Tawny Marbled MinorSmall Dotted BuffUncertainMarbled White SpotScarce Silver-linesOak NycteolineBurnished BrassBeautiful Golden YSpectacleBeautiful Hook-tipStraw DotSnoutFan-footSmall Fan-foot

Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

A pretty tricky customerAnother warm and muggy night and another quality catch with plenty to smile about and some different moths to compliment the garden list so far.An initial headache over a very pretty micro moth lasted a good hour pondering books, websites and my own photos, the conclusion was a form of Epinotia nisella that I hadn't seen before.A mint Tawny-speckled Pug was probably my favourite moth of the night.Parachronistis albiceps was a good record of a species that is becoming more frequent.Trap out again tomorrow night.Catch Report - 26/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Knot Grass [NFY] 1x Lime-speck Pug [NFY]1x Swallow Prominent [NFY]1x Tawny Speckled Pug [NFY]4x Black Arches1x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Brimstone Moth1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Buff Footman1x Cabbage Moth1x Cloaked Minor1x Common Carpet10x Common Rustic1x Dark Arches1x Dingy Footman5x Dot Moth1x Double Square-spot2x Dun-bar2x Dusky Sallow1x Dwarf Cream Wave 1x Elephant Hawk-moth2x Flame Shoulder2x Flounced Rustic1x Green Pug2x Haworth's Pug1x Heart & Dart2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Maple Prominent4x Maple Pug1x Marbled Beauty1x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Poplar Hawk-moth1x Red Twin-spot Carpet19x Riband Wave1x Ruby Tiger1x Scalloped Oak1x Shaded Pug3x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Small Fan-footed Wave1x Small Rivulet1x Snout1x Straw Dot2x Straw Underwing2x Uncertain3x Willow Beauty1x Yellow Shell Micro Moths 1x Paraswammerdamia albicapitella [NFG]1x Epinotia nisella [NFG]1x Parachronistis albiceps [NFG]1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella [NFY]1x Acleris variegana [NFY]1x Cacoecimorpha pronubana [NFY]2x Splionota laricana [NFY]1x Euzophera pinguis [NFY]1x Apotomis betuletana [NFY]5x Carcina quercana21x Blastobasis adustella1x Pyrausta aurata1x Pammene aurita1x Acleris forsskaleana1x Agriphila tristella1x Zeiraphera isertana1x Evergestis forficalis2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana2x Parornix sp1x Cameraria ohridella1x Oegoconia sp1x Blastobasis lacticolella1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Athrips mouffetella1x Caloptilia betulicola1x Ditula angustiorana7x Agriphila straminella5x Gysonoma dealbana1x Conobathra repandana1x Agonopterix alstromeriana2x Phycita roborella2x Trachycera advenella3x Trachycera suavella8x Dipleurina lacustrata6x Endotricha flammealis4x Chrysoteuchia culmella 2x Pleuroptya ruralis10x Spilonota ocellana1x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Acleris schalleriana2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana3x Cydia splendana4x Argyesthia goedartella1x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Clepsis consimilana2x Batia unitella2x Epiphyas postvittana1x Pandemis corylana4x Plutella xylostella

Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Clump Point, Queensland, Australia