National Moth Night

[aeshna5]

Did you go to an organised event or run your own trap last night for National Moth Night? I went to event in Perivale Wood, Middx+ while I was there until 23.00 we caught:

Copper Underwing
Red Underwing
Large Yellow Underwing
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Lunar Underwing
Brimstone
Willow Beauty
Snout
Black Rustic
Autumnal Rustic
Vine's Rustic
Large Ranunculus
Brindled Green
Straw Dot
Common Marbled Carpet
Mottled Willow

Also a handful of micros, c.10 Hornets, Orange Ladybird, Forest Bug, Cuculio weevil + 100's Tipula craneflies. Several Oak Bush-crickets were found on tree trunks + we heard many chirping Dark Bush-crickets. A good evening!

[DL]

Back garden for me. Poor conditions thick mist and very cool wind off the sea. I thought it was going to be a total no-show but I ended up with-

Common Carpet
November Moth
Brown-line Bright-eye
Green-brindled Crescent
Lunar Underwing
Angle Shades
Rosy Rustic
Silver-Y

[Susie]

I had planned to go to an event last night, unfortunately I wasn't well and then had visitors turn up. I ran the trap on Thursday night in my garden and was pleased with the result though which included:-

Vestal
Engrailed
Large Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Lunar Yellow Underwing
Lunar Underwing
Pale Mottled Willow
Black Rustic
Deep Brown Dart
Common Marbled Carpet

a couple of hawthorn shield bugs and about a hundred daddy long legs.

[Boddie]

I was out with Fourwings and some of his friends at the Priory reserve in Leicestershire. I think we saw some 30+ species. We also took the opportunity to sample copious amounts of lager and a very nice chinese and were still good to go at 9 this morning

It was a very interesting evening, which followed an equally interesting day which saw a tour of the reserve, and many fantastic dragonfly sightings.

Today I have some sleep to catch up on. I will let Steve fill you in on what we saw, but one particular recording was very interesting indeed.

[aeshna5]

Interesting results- I'm envious of Susie's Vestal- a species I've not seen + looks quite pretty in books! After rain cleared this morning I went to Wetland Centre + regular mother there had caught c.50spp + still had a few in pots : Sallow, Black + Autumnal Rustics, Green Silverlines + couple of good migrants: Dewick's Plusia + a pyralid I'd never heard of + don't remember (no English name!)

[Jonny]

Terrible night for mothing here, closed the trap at about midnight and this morning we emptied out a few tortrix something or others and a large yellow underwing and that was it .............

[PMG]

Snap! I gave in at 0030 hours this morning - it was way too cool n breezy. When I opened up there were just three moths in - angle shades, a very tatty lrg yellow u/wing and a bordered straw. . .

Disappointing as the day had been quite hot here in the northwest and had that sneaky wind not got up then I think it might have been a much better night.

Pauline

[DL]

Better than a box full of craneflys and wevils though Jonny

[DL]

We would all be stuffed without the ever faithful Large Yellow Underwing and Angle Shades sometimes.

[Jonny]

Originally Posted by DL

Better than a box full of craneflys and wevils though Jonny

Funny you should mention that, because I didn't. There were erm one or two in there (craneflys not weevils), and loads of them wedged themselves in the top of the egg trays and were hard to get out.........