Dewick's Plusia

Another interesting moth from Alan Prior's Hall Green garden trap last night.........

Dewick's Plusia, Hall Green, 4th October 2019.

Dorstone again turns blue...again

Ray Birchenough was lucky enough to trap his second Cliden Nonpareil of the season last night.

Delicate

Although Saturday was the wettest of the National Moth Night nights, it proved to be the most successful moth wise, with over 200 moths of 31 species to one Robinson light. This included the Delicate a migrant moth, of which another had been recorded at nearby Stourport the previous night. Other migrants included 2 Rush Veneer, and 5 Silver Y, with Rusty-dot Pearl and Dark Sword-grass seen on different nights.
The Vapourer, Beautiful Hook-tip, Pine Carpet, and Dioryctria abietella also added variety over the weekend here at Norchard, Worcestershire.

Vestal, Hall Green.

Alan Prior's Hall Green garden in the north east corner of VC37 recorded a Vestal last night, his first there for 6 years.

Bringsty Common and National Moth Night

One of the guarantees of any public moth event including NMN, is that the weather is likely to be sub-optimal. So I have run a moth trap in the garden for the past 2 nights and will pack it away now as this evening looks wet and windy. Last night was poor. The 2 nights accumulated 22 species and the only moment of excitement, apart from removing hornets, was when I saw a huge moth resting on the side of the house as I went outside to investigate what turned out ot be Agonopterix heracliana on my study window. Hoping to join the Clifden Nonpareil group, I potted it up to take a closer look, but it was a Red Underwing. Still a nice sight. House walls are a good place to look for these during the daytime as well. In no particular order: Sallow, Pink-barred Sallow, Barred Sallow, Snout, Lunar Underwing, Red Underwing, Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Deep-brown Dart, Rosy Rustic, Black Rustic, Brown-spot Pinion, Green Brindled Crescent, Light Emerald, Common Marbled Carpet, Burnished Brass, Grey Shoulder-knot, Frosted Orange, Acleris laterana, Agonopterix heracliana, Epiphyas postvittana and Acleris variegana. Not a Clifen Nonpareil in sight (as expected). Peter Hall

Bringsty Common: Red Underwing

Bringsty Common:Sallow and Green Brindled Crescent

Bringsty Common:Deep-brown Dart

Bringsty Common:One of the many Lunar Underwing variations

 

The Doward turns Blue

Following on from a Clifden Nonpareil being trapped in Dorstone by Ray Birchenough a couple of days ago, Ian Draycott managed to get 2 in one night last night on the Doward by his home. Well done! We now have 3 people in the county who have caught 2. Peter Hall

Clifden Nonpareil: White Rocks

 

Bringsty Common update

Catches of late have been hovering around the 25-30 species a night level with very little to excite apart from hornet numbers. Last nights catch did provide a single Dark Sword-grass and Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) otherwise it was all the expected fayre. I remember Rob H saying he had to pack up recently due to hornet numbers and probably last night in the garden I should have done the same as I had upward of 20 in the trap, the majority I removed around midnight, but others came in afterwards and the moth and general invertebrate catch looked like it had been through a blender this morning. I'll try and different spot tonight, otherwise Nationl Moth Night will be abandoned here. On the lid, and safe from chomping mouths, was a third generation Willow Beauty, about half normal size. Peter Hall