Paul's 2023 British & Irish Moth List (2 Viewers)

[Paul Chapman]

And the next tranche from then:-

142 - Gold Spot Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
143 - Poplar Grey Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
144 - Mottled Rustic Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
145 - Dusky Brocade Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
146 - Clouded Brindle Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
147 - Clouded-bordered Brindle Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
148 - Large Nutmeg Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
149 - Rustic Shoulder-knot Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
150 - Light Arches Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
151 - Marbled Minor Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
152 - Tawny Marbled Minor Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
153 - Rufous Minor Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
154 - Middle-barred Minor Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
155 - Light Brocade Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
156 - Common Wainscot Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
157 - White-point Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
158 - Shoulder-striped Wainscot Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
159 - Flame Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
160 - Small Square-spot Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May*
161 - Large Yellow Underwing Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May
162 - Setaceous Hebrew Character Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 31st May

And a few from the local garden traps:-
163 - Tachystola acroxantha Clevedon, North Somerset 31st May*
164 - Cydia pomonella Clevedon, North Somerset 31st May*
165 - Toadflax Brocade Clevedon, North Somerset 1st June*
166 - Dioryctria abietella Clevedon, North Somerset 2nd June*

*pics

All the best

Paul

 

[Frank van Drogen]

Hey Paul, thanks so much for posting these images, it is amazing and actually a great resource.

I was just wondering if you have something that could serve as a scale bar...? I'd love to know the rough size of some

 

[Paul Chapman]

Interesting thought. I'll have a think.

 

[Paul Chapman]

A few moths awaited my return from Morocco from the Clevedon garden traps - micros from a friend for identification:-
167 - Argyresthia cupresella Clevedon, North Somerset 8th June*
168 - Lyonetia clerkella Clevedon, North Somerset 8th June*
169 - Cochylis atricapitana Clevedon, North Somerset 8th June*
170 - Notocelia rosaecolana Clevedon, North Somerset 8th June
171 - Ringed China-mark Clevedon, North Somerset 8th June*
172 - Swammerdamia caesiella Clevedon, North Somerset 8th June
173 - Exoteleia dodecella Clevedon. North Somerset 8th June*

*pics

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

On Friday night, I trapped a local rewilding site where I do some volunteering and recorded 127 species of which 47 were new for me for the year:-

174 - Ghost Moth Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
175 - Praus fraxinella Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
176 - Alabonia geofrella Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
177 - Carpatolechia proximella Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
178 - Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
179 - Pandemis cerasana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
180 - Clepsis consimilana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
181 - Cnephasia communana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
182 - Green Oak Tortrix Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
183 - Pseudagyrotoza conwagana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
184 - Aethes smeathmanniana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
185 - Hedya ochroleucana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
186 - Celypha striana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
187 - Eucosma cana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
188 - Notocelia uddmanniana Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
189 - Rhodophaea formosa Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
190 - Thistle Ermine Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
191 - Homoeosoma sinuella Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
192 - Small Magpie Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
193 - Garden Pebble Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
194 - Eudonia lacustrata Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
195 - Eudonia mercurella Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
196 - Water Veneer Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
197 - Peach Blossom Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
198 - Privet Hawkmoth Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
199 - Small Elephant Hawkmoth Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
200 - Treble Brown Spot Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
201 - Blood-vein Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
202 - Maiden's Blush Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
203 - Common Carpet Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
204 - Dingy Shell Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
205 - Green Pug Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
206 - Valerian Pug Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
207 - Mottled Beauty Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
208 - Light Emerald Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
209 - Buff-tip Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
210 - Scarlet Tiger Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
211 - Cinnabar Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
212 - Beautiful Hook-tip Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
213 - Beautiful Golden Y Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
214 - Marbled White Spot Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
215 - Miller Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
216 - Coronet Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
217 - Silky Wainscot Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
218 - Small Angle Angle Shades Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*
219 - Smoky Wainscot Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June
220 - Heart & Club Watercress Farm, Nailsea 9th June*

*pics - Heart & Club follows in next post

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Bringing the yearlist up to date as at this morning:-

221 - Box-tree Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 9th June*
222 - Lobster Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 9th June*
223 - Dark Spectacle Clevedon, North Somerset 9th June*
224 - Shark Clevedon, North Somerset 10th June*
225 - Red-barred Tortrix Clevedon, North Somerset 10th June*
226 - Bryotropha domestica Clevedon, North Somerset 11th June
227 - Bryotropha terrella Clevedon, North Somerset 11th June
228 - Grapholita lobarzewskii Clevedon, North Somerset 11th June*
229 - Ephestia woodiella Clevedon, North Somerset 11th June
230 - Scarce Footman Clevedon, North Somerset 11th June*
231 - Leopard Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 11th June*
232 - Fox-glove Pug Clevedon, North Somerset 11th June

*pics

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Hey Paul, thanks so much for posting these images, it is amazing and actually a great resource.

I was just wondering if you have something that could serve as a scale bar...? I'd love to know the rough size of some

A few illustrations of differing sizes all against a five pence piece.

Micros
Argyresthia cupresella - a small micro with a 5mm forewing
Cochylis atricpitana - a small tortrix with a 8mm forewing
Red-barred Tortrix - a small tortrix with a 8mm forewing
Eudonia pallida - a pyralid with a 9mm forewing
Small Magpie - a larger pyralid with a 15mm forewing
Box-tree Moth - another pyralid - a large invasive one with a 20mm forewing

Macros
L-album Wainscot - a noctuid with a 17mm forewing
Coronet - a noctuid with a 17mm forewing
Lobster - another macro - this time with a 25mm forewing - so five times the forewing of the Argyresthia cupresella above...

Hopefully of interest.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

So Argyresthia cupresella with & without the scale.

All the best

Paul

 

[Frank van Drogen]

So Argyresthia cupresella with & without the scale.

All the best

Paul

A few illustrations of differing sizes all against a five pence piece.

.....

Hopefully of interest.

All the best

Paul

That is awesome, thanks so much!

I'll have to look at a smaller scale than thought

 

[Paul Chapman]

A couple of days' additions from the local garden traps following the return from a short birding trip to Mallorca:-

233 - Lozotaeniodes formosana Clevedon, North Somerset 15th June*
234 - Anania coronata Clevedon, North Somerset 15th June*
235 - Riband Wave Clevedon, North Somerset 15th June*
236 - Blue-bordered Carpet Clevedon, North Somerset 15th June*
237 - Puss Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 15th June*
238 - White Satin Clevedon, North Somerset 15th June*
239 - Uncertain Clevedon, North Somerset 15th June*
240 - Glyphipterix thrasonella Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
241 - Hawthorn Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
242 - Crassa unitella Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
243 - Metzneria metneriella Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
244 - Teleiodes vulgella Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
245 - Rhyacionia pinivorana Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
246 - Pammene fasciana Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
247 - Nephopterix angustella Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
248 - Large Tabby Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
249 - Pyrausta aurata Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
250 - Small Dusty Wave Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
251 - Common Wave Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
252 - Small Clouded Brindle Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June
253 - Broad-barred White Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
254 - Obscure Wainscot Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
255 - Crescent Dart Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
256 - Scarce Silver-lines Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
257 - Brown China-mark Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June*
258 - Single-dotted Wave Clevedon, North Somerset 16th June

Itching to get in the field and will do shortly but some Test match tickets first. Come on England... In a tricky position now!

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Hey Paul, thanks so much for posting these images, it is amazing and actually a great resource.

I was just wondering if you have something that could serve as a scale bar...? I'd love to know the rough size of some

Some more illustrations of size from smallest to largest:-
Crassa unitella - wingspan 12 to 16mm - an oecophorid - micro
Homoesoma sinuella - wingspan 18 to 23mm - a pyralid - micro
Riband Wave - wingspan 23 to 30 mm - a geometrid - macro
Obscure Wainscot - wingspan 36 to 40mm - a noctuid - macro
Puss Moth - wingspan 45 to 70mm - but this is closest to the latter as a female - notodontidae - macro

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Distracted this week by three days at Edgbaston which ended ultimately in failure but a few moths in the background nevertheless........

259 - Small Blood-vein Clevedon, North Somerset 17th June
260 - Pine Carpet Clevedon, North Somerset 17th June*
261 - White Plume Clevedon, North Somerset 18th June*
262 - Lackey Clevedon, North Somerset 18th June
263 - Cloaked Minor Clevedon, North Somerset 18th June*
264 - Common Clothes Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 21st June
265 - Diamond-back Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 21st June
266 - Batia lunaris Clevedon, North Somerset 21st June
267 - Calamotropha paludella Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 21st June
268 - Magpie Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 21st June
269 - Swallow-tailed Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 21st June
270 - Common Footman Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 21st June
271 - Fan-foot Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 21st June
272 - Rustic Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 21st June
273 - Clay Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 21st June
274 - Dingy Shears Clevedon, North Somerset 21st June*
275 - Sycamore Clevedon, North Somerset 21st June*

*pics

A couple of additional pics of non-year ticks being Dark Spectacle and Figure of Eighty. Hoping to be in the field on both Friday and Saturday nights. Fingers crossed.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Friday saw me heading down to Wareham Forest - a location I trapped a few times in 2021 & 2022. I added 54 additions to the year-list but forgot my macro lens so mainly phone pics - starting with:-

276 - Small Skipper Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
277 - Large Skipper Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
278 - Small Heath Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
279 - Grayling Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
280 - Small Copper Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
281 - Silver-studded Blue Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
282 - Small Grass Emerald Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
283 - Coptoptriche marginea Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
284 - Isotrias rectifasciana Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
285 - Acleris laterana Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
286 - Hedya nubiferana Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
287 - Piniphila bifasciana Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
288 - Epinotia bilunana Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
289 - Pempelia palumbella Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
290 - Dioryctria simplicella Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
291 - Synaphe punctalis Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June* (10)
292 - Endotricha flammealis Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
293 - European Corn-borer Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
294 - Crambus pascuella Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
295 - Catoptria pinella Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
296 - Small China-mark Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
297 - Fox Moth Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
298 - Pine Hawkmoth Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
299 - Dwarf Cream Wave Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
300 - Satin Wave Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
301 - Dotted Border Wave Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
302 - Plain Wave Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
303 - Grey Pine Carpet Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
304 - Barred Yellow Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
305 - Chevron Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
306 - Narrow-winged Pug Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
307 - Small Seraphim Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*

*pics

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Remainder from Wareham Forest:-

308 - Tawny-barred Angle Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
309 - Horse Chestnut Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
310 - Grey Birch Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
311 - Bordered White Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
312 - Barred Red Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
313 - Grass Emerald Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
314 - Large Emerald Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
315 - Black Arches Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
316 - Dark Tussock Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
317 - Clouded Buff Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
318 - Speckled Footman Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
319 - Four-dotted Footman Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
320 - Small Purple-barred Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
321 - Rosy Marbled Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
322 - Beautiful Yellow Underwing Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
323 - Beautiful Brocade Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
324 - Broom Moth Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
325 - Striped Wainscot Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
326 - Ingrailed Clay Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June
327 - True Lover's Knot Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
328 - Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*
329 - Kent Black Arches Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*

All the best

Paul
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[Paul Chapman]

I was back out at a local rewilding site on Saturday night and added 25 moth species overnight:-

330 - Nematopogon schwarziellus Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
331 - Bird-cherry Ermine Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
332 - Ethmia dodecea Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
333 - Helcystogramma rufescens Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
334 - Crescent Plume Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
335 - Acleris umbrana Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
336 - Lobesia abscisana Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
337 - Ancylis achatana Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
338 - Acrobasis consociella Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
339 - Anania lancealis Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
340 - Udea prunalis Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
341 - Mother of Pearl Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
342 - Buff Arches Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
343 - Drinker Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
344 - Barred Straw Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
345 - Haworth's Pug Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
346 - Maple Pug Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
347 - Common Emerald Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
348 - Pinion-streaked Snout Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
349 - Slender Brindle Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
350 - Common Rustic Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June
351 - Grey Arches Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
352 - Dot Moth Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
353 - Double Square-spot Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
354 - Short-cloaked Moth Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*

*pics

Also photographed Swallow-tailed Moth & White Satin.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

A few bits since:-

355 - Brown-tail Clevedon, North Somerset 24th June*
356 - Ringlet Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 25th June*
357 - Marbled White Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 24th June*
358 - Mompha ochraceella Clevedon, North Somerset 25th June
359 - Small White Wave Clevedon, North Somerset 25th June*
360 - Bordered Sallow Clevedon, North Somerset 25th June*
361 - Olive Clevedon, North Somerset 25th June*

Finally, a twitch yesterday but a fluffed photo attempt for my 16th Clearwing species:-

362 - Dusky Clearwing Fordham, Cambridgeshire 26th June.

*pics

All the best

Paul

 

[Frank van Drogen]

Friday saw me heading down to Wareham Forest - a location I trapped a few times in 2021 & 2022. I added 54 additions to the year-list but forgot my macro lens so mainly phone pics - starting with:-


281 - Silver-studded Blue Wareham Forest, Dorset 23rd June*


Paul

Your two pics of Silver-studded Blue look somewhat different?

 

[Paul Chapman]

Your two pics of Silver-studded Blue look somewhat different?

It would not surprise me if I fluffed up a butterfly identification but pretty sure that these are both Silver-studded Blue.... 🤞

Silver-studded Blue

Males blue with a dark border. Females brown with a row of red spots. Undersides brown-grey with black spots, a row of orange spots, and small greenish flecks on outer margin. Males are similar to Common Blue, which lacks greenish spots. This small butterfly is found mainly in heathland where...

butterfly-conservation.org

All the best

Paul

 

[Owene]

They're both silver studded, what you can see in the closed wing one is the lower underside rather than the upper and that looks the same as on the open wing shot.

 

[Frank van Drogen]

It would not surprise me if I fluffed up a butterfly identification but pretty sure that these are both Silver-studded Blue.... 🤞

Silver-studded Blue

Males blue with a dark border. Females brown with a row of red spots. Undersides brown-grey with black spots, a row of orange spots, and small greenish flecks on outer margin. Males are similar to Common Blue, which lacks greenish spots. This small butterfly is found mainly in heathland where...

butterfly-conservation.org

All the best

Paul

Indeed you are fully correct, mea culpa. Didn't realize they would look that different