Bird Guiding

2004 Moth Diary

This is a diary of moths trapped in my garden at Berrow, Somerset. As I catch about 50 macro-moth species in the trap on good nights, only the first records for the year are listed here. The moths have been attracted to either a Robinson mercury vapour trap or a Heath actinic trap. Follow the links to see photos of the actual moth.

Note: Photos have been deleted due to lack of webspace.

29/9/04 - Blairs Shoulder-knot

22/9/04 - Feathered Ranunculus

9/9/04 - Lunar Underwing

8/9/04 - Black Rustic, Vapourer (larvae), Vines Rustic, Dusky Thorn.

7/9/04 - Centre-barred Sallow, Red-green Carpet

5/9/04 - Yellow Belle, Pinion-streaked Snout, Dark Swordgrass, Wax Moth, Lesser Wax Moth

4/9/04 - Tawny Speck Pug, Hedge Rustic

2/9/04 - Pearly Underwing, Frosted Orange, Straw Dot, Gold Spot.

28/8/04 - Red Underwing, Small Square Spot, Square Spot Rustic

25/8/04 - Cypress Pug, Copper Underwing

1/8/04 - Oak Eggar, Oblique Striped, The Olive, Shore Wainscot

31/7/04 - Twin-spotted Wainscot

30/7/04 - Dingy Footman

29/7/04 - Migrant Hawker(!), Oblique Striped, Straw Underwing

28/7/04 - Canary Shouldered Thorn, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Round-winged Muslin, Bloodvein, Common Lutestring

27/7/04 - Rosy Minor, Antler Moth, Swallow Prominent, Drinker, Archers Dart, Donacaula mucronellus

23/7/04 - Least Yellow Underwing

22/7/04 - Blackneck, Saltern Ear?, Bordered Pug

21/7/04 - Small Fan-footed Wave, Gothic

19/7/04 - Garden Tiger, Shore Wainscot, another C. paludella, Yellow-tail

18/7/04 - Phoenix, Calamotropha paludella, White-line Dart (looking like Coast Dart)

17/7/04 - Swallow-tailed Moth, Ruby Tiger

15/7/04 - Yellow Shell, Dusky Sallow, True Lovers Knot

13/7/04 - Fan-foot

10/7/04 - Brown-line Bright-eye, Rosy Footman, Short-cloaked Moth

9/7/04 - Common Footman

29/6/04 - White Satin Moth, Dwarf Cream Wave, Cloaked Minor, Plain Golden Y, Dot Moth, Small Fan-foot, Marbled Beauty, Broad-barred White, Muslin Footman, Small Dusty Wave, Scalloped Oak, The Lackey, Small Blood-vein, Common Rustic, White-line Dart.

19/6/04 - Lesser Yellow Underwing

14/6/04 - Peach Blossom, Galium Carpet, Bordered Sallow, Silver Ground Carpet.

13/6/04 - Light Arches, The Clay, Grey Pine Carpet

12/6/04 - Buff Arches, Dog's Tooth, Sand Dart, Silky Wainscot, Common Emerald, Beautiful Hook-tip, Puss Moth, Tawny Marbled Minor, Dwarf Cream Wave, Obscure Wainscot

9/6/04 - Dusky Brocade, Dog's Tooth, May Highflier, (Great Silver Beetle)

8/6/04 - The Magpie, Common Marbled Carpet, Common Swift, Treble Brown Spot, Purple Bar, Sand Dart, Tawny Marbled Minor, Poplar Grey, Freyers Pug

7/6/04 - Striped Hawkmoth, Scorched Wing, Riband Wave, Buff Tip, Puss Moth, Gold Spot, Common Wainscot, Clouded Silver, Sycamore, Reddish Light Arches, Straw Dot, Miller, Light Emerald, Heart and Club, The Flame, Sand Dart

29/5/04 - Brown Rustic, Middle-barred Minor

27/5/04 - Peppered Moth, Turnip Moth, Mottled Rustic

25/5/04 - Latticed Heath, Silky Wainscot, Buff Ermine

24/5/04 - Yellow Belle, Burnished Brass, Willow Beauty, Cream-spot Tiger

23/5/04 - Shears, Yellow-barred Brindle, Sandy Carpet, Silver Y, Figure of Eighty, Elephant Hawkmoth, Large Yellow Underwing

22/5/04 - Large Nutmeg, Marbled Minor, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Eyed Hawkmoth, Heart and Dart

21/5/04 - Clouded Border, Nutmeg, Small Square-spot

16/5/04 - Small Elephant Hawkmoth, Poplar Hawkmoth, Lime Hawkmoth, Chocolate Tip, Clouded Border, Cream-spot Tiger, Narrow-winged Pug, Scorched Carpet, Mottled Pug

15/5/04 - Treble Lines, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Uncertain, Common Marbled Carpet

14/5/04 - White Ermine, Small Elephant Hawk Moth x3, Light Brocade, Pale Tussock

13/5/04 - Dark Sword Grass, Mullein, Common Wave

12/5/04 - Poplar Grey, Common Pug, Knot Grass, Flame Shoulder, Green Carpet

11/5/04 - Cabbage, Sharp-angled Peacock

10/5/04 - Lime-speck Pug, Chocolate Tip, Swallow Prominent, Shark, Mullein, Green Pug, Yellow-barred Brindle, Least Black Arches

26/4/04 - The Lychnis

25/4/04 - Sallow Kitten, Waved Umber, Spectacle, Oblique Striped, Garden Carpet, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Pale Prominent, Muslin, Powdered Quaker

24/4/04 - Bright-line Brown Eye, Herald, Cinnabar, Grey/Dark Dagger

23/4/04 - Oblique Striped, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Brimstone, Pale Mottled Willow, Dotted Border

15/4/04 - Oblique Striped, Pebble Prominent

14/4/04 - Angle Shades

29/3/04 - Double-striped Pug, Pale Pinion, Small Quaker

17/3/04 - Water Carpet

15/3/04 - Herald, Early Grey

14/3/04 - Twin-spotted Quaker, Early Thorn

13/3/04 - Common Quaker, Hebrew Character, Clouded Drab

4/3/04 - March Moth

14/2/04 - Pale Brindled Beauty, Hebrew Character

 

 

 

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