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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Managed to get out last night for the first time in a fortnight! Was quite calm when setting up but within minute of it getting dark the wind picked up and my phone beeped letting me know that a Maritime Wind Warning had just been issued for Weipa! That said the night was surprisingly rductive -...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    I was out briefly last night but a combination of lack of cloud cover and strong winds made conditions far from ideal and very little appeared on the sheet so I cut my losses and went home! These two were about the best of the bunch Anemosa isadasalis (Crambidae, Chrysauginae) - I have caught a...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    A species that moth-ers from the UK may recognise as I believe there are a handful of records, has started to appear on the sheet regularly the last 6 weeks or so...Antigastra catalaunalis (Spilomelinae).
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    I am over six weeks behind with my photos so all I am managing to do after each session is a quick run through to delete obvious out of focus image. A very quick sort from Fridays trapping session in the forest area (was too windy for my main site) came up with these highlights Agrotera...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    The ID of Trissodoris is incorrect - it is infact a Stathmopoda species (the big curved labial palps are just visible in this image and I have since triple checked another out of focus angle and the palps are clearly Stathmopoda like...back to the drawing board for this one!
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    An unexpected visitor to the sheet last night....... I am told it is Neosarmatium fourmanoiri
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Slowly working through my photos from April. These two were particularly pleasing to find. Imma atrosignata - I believe this is the second example of Imma atrosignata that I have caught (the first being on TI April 2021). I am unsure of its status in Australia, it is not listed on the digital...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    So after three complete strip downs over the last six weeks my genny is it seems back to its old self - possibly running even smoother than ever. I got a good 7 hours trapping out of it last night until at 0030 the sounds of the local Rufous Owl and Large-tailed Nightjar were drowned out by the...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    A trio from last month Heliocheilus neurota (Noctuidae, Heliothinae) - a rare annual visitor with a couple of records eah year Ophyx pseudoptera (Erebidae, Erebinae) - only my fourth record of this species Pygospila tyres (Crambidae, Spiloelinae) - a regular visitor to the sheet, one of the...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    A combination of work, on going family issue and a genny that just will not stay fixed ha meant not had time to post for a while let alone get out with the traps. Last night conditions were quite good but we decided to try and see the "Devils Comet" that was supposedly visible...sadly the cloud...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Always satisfying to get to the bottom of an ID that has been frustrating you for some time. I have caught this on a couple of occasions this Wet and had got no further than Notodont sp. Turns out I was way off base and this is Calophasidia cana (Noctuidae, Acronictinae). Listed as an endemic...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    A few more of the initial highlights, thee are from last night. I have not really started looking at anything other than the very obvious stuff at the moment Anthela phoenicias (Anthelidae) - a regular visitor to the sheet Arrade ostentalis (Erebidae, Hypeninae) - my fifth record of this species...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    I have a mothing buddy up for the week so we are out every night but will probably barely start the process of processing all the photos. These are the obvious highlights from the first two nights but there are a lot of interesting micros in particular to work through Avitta ophiusalis...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Last night I set my trap up slightly differently (see first picture below) with the LepiLED on the otherside of the sheet to the MV. I forgot my strimmer to garden the area behind so could not get it quite as I would have liked but I think that this was less effective at holding stuff as there...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Have a week off work and a mothing friend coming to stay so much to my wifes dismay will be a week of solid trapping and a chance to get a whole heap of specimens ready to go down to ANIC for identification...and a chance to catch up on my stupid backlog of photos... Two from February this year...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    To quote my favourite sloth, Sid, I almost did something involuntary on Saturday... there was a large Green Tree Frog that watched proceedings that evening from the top of a wall, occasionally taking a tasty morsel. It vanished after a while apparently to get a better position from which to...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Have finally finished the first sort of last Friday (8th March) photos - the best night of the Wet so far with 251 species so far and another 60 photos still being worked on...I am just starting on Saturday 9ths photos - we have torrential rain and strong winds at moment as there is a TC in the...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Managed to get out both Friday and last night and now have the minor task of IDing over 700 photos...have not even finished the initial sort for January this year, or in fact finished any of the last ten years specimen IDing, really need a prolonged period off work think going to have to start...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    First time have been able to get out trapping for a couple of weeks, primarily due to the weather - clear skies and full moon not really worth the effort! Last night conditions were nearly perfect for the first half (calm, humid with rain) then in the space of 15 minutes rain stopped, clouds...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    The numbers in the Tropics can be intimidating thats for sure. The night in the photo was the best night so far this season with c2000 individuals of 200+ species (only just started to look though the photos) but compared to last Wet that is very poor. Peak last season was a minimum of 20000...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Last night caught two of these Dahlia (Erebidae, Erebinae). They are either a species called Dahlia melanica which is currently only known from PNG or more likely a completely new species. Both have been retained and will get sent to ANIC with my next batch of specimens
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    With the Wet finally kicking in properly, all be it a bit late, my last couple of sessions have been more productive. I am only just starting to sort the photos as work has been hectic leaving little time for the more interesting things in life but the first couple of sessions in Feb have both...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Caught a second example of the genus highlighted in my previous post - quite likely the same species but there are some differences that are most likely natural variation.
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    This season continues to be very frustrating. There has been reasonable if patchy rain but the constant feature has been the wind - normally wind is a killer but last weekend showed me that I really dont have a clue what makes a decent moth night! The conditions were less than ideal as the sheet...
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    Australian Moths and other garden observations

    Went out last night to main my bush sites (an old pistol range) and used the remains of one of the buildings as a base as it was windy and didn't fancy trying to photograph off a flapping sheet! Despite there having been steady rain all last week it was relatively quiet but there was still...
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