Recent Records

[melbellingham]

An update of recent moths recorded

11/09/2020 (min temp 11.8 deg C) 28 moths of 12 species.

12/9/2020 (min 15.2C) 49 moths of 19 species, Black Rustic, Lunar Underwing, Pale Mottled Willow and Stenolechia gemmella all NFY.

13/09/2020 (min 13.1C) 117 moths of 29 species. The count assisted by 19 LYU, 10 Lesser YU and 46 Tachystola acroxantha.

14/09/2020 (min 14.6C) 114 moths of 29 species, Brindled Green NFY. Amongst the micro’s were 25 Tachystola acroxantha, 10 Light Brown Apple Moths, 5 Phyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leaf-miner) and 2 Prays ruficeps (Dark Ash Bud Moth).

My Ash tree started showing signs of dieback last year, so I’m constantly removing this in the hope that I can save the tree, or at least prolong the useful life of it.

15/9/2020 (min 15.2C) 53 moths of 17 species.

16/09/2020 (min 12.7C) 65 moths of 21 species. Pink-barred Sallow NFY. Black Rustic, Brindled Green and Lunar Underwing now showing in most traps. Vine’s Rustic still appearing also.

17/09/2020 (min 11.2C) 62 moths of 17 species. Most notable was Light Emerald. LYU and Lesser YU still just in double figures.

Mel.

[JulianB]

Some nice moths in there Mel.

We're also seeing significant Ash die-back in our area, with armfuls of small twigs knocked down in high winds. I do hope the trees manage a recovery of some kind, or those moths dependent on Ash may be hard-hit.

Regards, Julian