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Sussex Moth Diary Blog July to September 2012
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. July to September 2012. Total 10, species 4 (Min 2.1C, Max 6.1C, medium stars, full moon, calm). A thoroughly nasty, cold night! Common Plume 1524 Emmelina monodactyla (1). Large Yellow Underwing 2107 Noctua pronuba (3). Bright-line Brown-eye 2160 Lacanobia oleracea (1). Lunar Underwing 2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa (5). Total 38, species 10 (Min 7.4C, Max 11.0C, almost total thick cloud, calm, light showers). White-shouldered House-moth 0648 Endrosis sarcitrella (1). Total 22, specie...
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog July to September 2015
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. July to September 2015. 30 September/1 October: total 21 species 11, (Min 7.2C, Max 10.6C, medium- stars, calm, dew). Only the 2nd specimen of an Orange Sallow turned up: nice moth! Firethorn Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter leucographella 15.053 (Br. 0332a) x1. Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 49.039 (Br. 0998) x1. Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 70.049 (Br. 1728) x1. Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata 70.097 (Br. 1764) x4. Large Ranunculus Polymixis flavicincta 73&#...
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog July to September 2014
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. July to September 2014. Total 43, species 15, (Min 11.2C, Max 13.6C, zero stars, calm, dew). This late summer-early autumn has been quite remarkable for the almost total absence of any predatory wasps attacking moths in the trap. There were only three this morning, the first of the season. Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 0977 Archips podana (1). Light Brown Apple Moth 0998 Epiphyas postvittana (5). Small Purple and Gold 1361 Pyrausta aurata (1). Brimstone 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata (1).
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog April to June 2012
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. April to June 2012. 30 June/1 July 2012:. Total 57, species 23 (Min 8.6C, Max 12.0C, clear, very windy with some cloud developing overnight). A much cooler night and very windy. The full moon did not help either. Large Twist (Large Fruit-tree Tortrix) 0977 Archips podana (1). Variegated Golden Tortrix 0980 Archips xylosteana (1). Hedge Shade 1014 Isotrias rectifasciana (1). Garden Grass-veneer 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella (3). Inlaid Grass-veneer 1294 Crambus pascuella (9). Total 5...
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog January to March 2015
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. January to March 2015. 31 March/1 April 2015:. Total 7, species 5, (Min 2.6C, Max 7.2C, medium stars, still very windy). Early Grey Xylocampa areola 73.069 (Br. 2243) x1. Pale Pinion Lithophane socia 73.201 (Br. 2236) x1. Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta 73.242 (Br. 2188) x1. Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi 73.244 (Br. 2187) x3. Small Quaker Orthosia cruda 73.245 (Br. 2182) x1. Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta 73.242 (Br. 2188) x1. Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi 73.244 (Br. 2187) x3. Total...
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog January to March 2012
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. January to March 2012. 31 March/1 April 2012:. Total 6, species 5 (Min -0.4C, Max 7.2C, zero stars later clearing, breezy). I am keeping my fingers crossed that there won't be any more hard frosts to ruin the early plum and cherry blossoms. That would spell disaster for this year's crop of fruit! Light Brown Apple Moth. 0998 Epiphyas postvittana (1). 1852 Eupithecia abbreviata (1). 2182 Orthosia cruda (2). 2187 Orthosia cerasi (1). 2258 Conistra vaccinii (1). Light Brown Apple Moth.
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Devon Moth Diary the Moths of Payhembury previously the Sussex Moth Diary featuring the micro and macro moths of Devon and Mid-Sussex
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The Moths of Payhembury. Previously The Sussex Moth Diary. A Clifden Nonpareil from my Sussex days and a glorious Red Underwing from Devon. Digital Wildlife Image maker. Direct link to the sister web site The Sussex Wildlifer.
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog October to December 2012
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. October to December 2012. Total 1, species 1 (Min 5.1C, Max 9.5C, zero stars, very windy, rain). Yellow-line Quaker 2264 Agrochola macilenta (1). Total 3, species 3 (Min 8.4C, Max 10.9C, after a day of rain, zero stars, scant breeze and raining again by morning). Cypress Carpet 1771a Thera cupressata (1). Yellow-line Quaker 2264 Agrochola macilenta (1). Silver Y 2441 Autographa gamma (1). Light Brown Apple Moth 0998 Epiphyas postvittana (1). Total 2, species 2 (Min unrecorded, Max...
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog January to March 2013
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. January to March 2013. Total 2, species 2 (Min 0.5C, Max 5.0C, medium stars, windy). Common Quaker 2187 Orthosia cerasi (1). Chestnut 2258 Conistra vaccinii (1). Total 3, species 3 (Min 7.3C, Max 9.2C, zero stars, breezy). Common Flat-body, 0688 Agonopterix heracliana (1). Common Quaker 2187 Orthosia cerasi (1). 31 January/1 February 2013:. Winter Moth 1799 Operophtera brumata (1). Chestnut 2258 Conistra vaccinii (1). Case-bearing Clothes Moth 0240 Tinea pellionella (1). Total 1, ...
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog October to December 2014
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Sussex Moth Diary Blog. October to December 2014. My next task this winter is to cross check all the changes to the scientific names. Just why is it that our scientists are continuoisly changing their minds about what a moth should actually be called and to which family it should belong? The new check list highlights most of the changes I need to amend and I hope to add the new numbering system to my pages when I get a moment. Light Brown Apple Moth 0998 Epiphyas postvittana (2). Diamond-back 0464 Plutel...