Saturday, 13 June 2015

A Spot of Moth trapping

 After hearing the boys where trapping at Quakers Yard I thought I would have a go and hoped for more Hawkmoths but sadly no joy. But did have some nice moths and some new for the year.
 First up was this cracking  White Ermine Moth and a real pleasure to see again.
 Second was this Thisle Ermine
  Third up was this Hebrew Charter                   .

 The fifth Moth was a very sad looking Pale Tussock  with some of his wings missing.
 Sixth was this Brimstone and could not get a better shot of it as it flew off and seventh was this very                                   .  
 dark moth which I have no idea. Last of all was not in the trap but over the field and there were dozens of them Silver Ground Carpet

5 comments:

  1. The really dark thing looks to be a Turnip Moth and your 'Hebrew Character' is actually Setaceous Hebrew Character. We only had one hawk and at home, I had none, though I had five Bee Moths and two Diamond Backs.

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  2. i had a bee moth to and more pugs which i had no ideas on

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  3. cheers mark for the information and i see they are going to run a moth trap in dare valley for butterfly conservation and run by ben

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  4. it say between july to september but no date mark

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