April Moths (2 Viewers)

[Farnboro John]

Not looking for a discussion but I check the trap in the morning and for all I know stuff was caught after midnight, so here goes with a fairly ordinary catch for 1 April:

Common Quaker 13
Hebrew Character 3
Clouded Drab 2
Early Grey
Twin-spotted Quaker.

Cheers

John

 

[Farnboro John]

Trapped again last night despite the wind not dropping as much as I expected, and I was rewarded with two charismatic NFY: Brindled Beauty and Pine Beauty. Both are expected annual catches in the back garden.

Other than that just 3 Common Quakers, 2 Small Quakers and a single Hebrew Character perhaps do indicate that the wind suppressed numbers.

John

 

[Farnboro John]

Another NFY last night with the year's first Sharp-angled Peacock sitting on the wall behind the moth trap.

Other than that an array of repeat recent visitors: 5 each of Common and Small Quaker; a Brindled Pug on the watering can; singles of Brindled Beauty, Early Grey, Clouded Drab and Hebrew Character.

John

 

[earthdragon64]

The temperature dropped to minus 1.6c overnight, so just a Clouded Drab, which is more than I was expecting when I saw the temperature.

 

[Allen]

Meanwhile in rural Surrey

Common Quaker
Hebrew Character
Lunar Marbled Brown
Brindled Pug
Brindled Beauty
Early Grey

 

[Allen]

Addition to my list....found a moth in the bathroom (oops its above my trap!) which held it's wings like a resting butterfly. It wasn't a Thorn but anything else this time of year? I flushed it out the window before I thought to ID.

 

[Farnboro John]

Addition to my list....found a moth in the bathroom (oops its above my trap!) which held it's wings like a resting butterfly. It wasn't a Thorn but anything else this time of year? I flushed it out the window before I thought to ID.

Shocking behaviour! There are a few that do that including some of the carpets.

John

 

[KenM]

Yes, Carpets can close their wings making ID a bit tricky, especially when they’re circa 12’ up the wall above the halogen!😩

 

[Farnboro John]

Trapping on another night that started fairly warm before the temperature plummeted leaving frost on the grass - and also in the trap where Frosted Green was one of two NFY, the other being Nut-tree Tussock! Two each of Common and Small Quakers also crept in.

John

 

[dwallace]

Our local group trapped in good conditions last Friday at Botley Wood, Hampshire, running 4 MV lamps and 1 actinic. We had 290 moths of 44 species; nothing exceptional but good numbers for April.

Dave W

 

[Farnboro John]

Our local group trapped in good conditions last Friday at Botley Wood, Hampshire, running 4 MV lamps and 1 actinic. We had 290 moths of 44 species; nothing exceptional but good numbers for April.

Dave W

We don't all know what species are normal for Botley Wood.....

John

 

[dwallace]

OK, here goes:

Dyserocrania subpurpurella
caloptilia stigmatella
diurnea fagella
semioscopis steinkellneriana - a good local moth
agonopterix ocellana
acleris hastiana
acleris ferrugana/notana agg.
acleris logiana - local
epinotia immundana
Scalloped Hook-Tip
Chinese Character
Frosted Green
Yellow Horned
Shoulder Stripe
Red-Green Carpet
Grey Pine Carpet
Water Carpet
Brindled Pug
Early Tooth-striped
Sharp-Angled Peacock
Early Thorn,
Purple Thorn
March Moth
Oak Beauty
Engrailed
Lunar Marbled Brown
Great Prominent
Scarce Prominent - good local moth
Nut-Tree Tussock
Early Grey
Chestnut,
Grey Shoulder Knot
Satellite
Pine Beauty
Clouded Drab
Blossom Underwing
Small Quaker
Common Quaker
Hebrew Character
Flame Shoulder
Twin-Spotted Quaker
Red Chestnut
Oak Nycteoline
Least Black Arches.

Dave W

 

[Farnboro John]

From my NE Hants pov some belters there! Chinese Character is one I still need (and covet) for a lifer let alone a home trap.

Interesting that you got "the other" Semioscopis from the one I had recently in Farnborough.

TYVM!

John

 

[loiner]

Still rather chilly nights so only a small catch last night but my first new garden moth this year with a Water Carpet.

 

[KenM]

After a drought of nowt!…a Brindled Pug and a Chestnut on the wall tonight before lights out!

 

[earthdragon64]

The temperature dropped to1.9C so I wasn't expecting much but got 6 moths of 5 species. 2 Hebrew Character and singles of Early Tooth-striped, Common Pug, Double-striped Pug and Chestnut. Aviemore, VC95. All NFY apart from the Hebrew Characters.

 

[Farnboro John]

Most varied catch of the year so far overnight with NFY Flame Shoulder, Pale Tussock and 4 Lunar Marbled Browns the pick of the bunch.

Supporting cast was made up of 4 Brindled and 2 Oak-tree Pugs, 3 Common Quakers, Frosted Green, a single revolting Case-bearing Clothes Moth, Early Grey, Brindled Beauty and 2 Hebrew Characters.

John

 

[KenM]

Ran the trap for the first time in yonks last night
Drum Roll…..4CQ’s a Chestnut and one of me favourites Streamer.

 

[Steve Lister]

After a blank one night in March I have started my 2025 account wth three moths this morning! A Common Quaker and two Brindled Beauties.

It is still early to expect much more in urban gardens.

 

[KenM]

Nothing on the wall Sunday night, however last night a single Coronet, a life tick under the halogen.
This prompted me to run the trap (and it was raining, had it covered by a parasol).
Upon a 6am inspection 2 pugs escaped from under said + one moth that didn’t…Least Black Arches…with nowt in pot!😮