Sunday 19 August 2012

Almost full to bustin

The Safari set the Mercury Vapour lamp last night - by eck it's bright - no wonder the neighbours complained about it...effective though with over 120 moths of at least 25 species in the trap this morning. It was bright enough to attract the attention of the Boys in Blue as we heard their helicopter directly overhead for ages in the small hours - sounded like they'd parked on the chimney pots!
Any ideas on the following...
Crikey some were small!
 Same individual
 A different one but possibly the same species?
 Same individual as above
Two of a tiny rusty coloured thingy

The Crambids do our head in! Top two are the same individual

 This one is  a different individual - possibly a different species
Pretty sure this one is Double Striped Pug
 Apple/Spindle Ermine?
A much larger Ermine sp - different species?
A bird dropping like thing - Cydia sp?

Two of what is probably Eudonia mercurella


 Another lovely but tiny little thingy.
The new Micro book is good but we still can't find half of what's in the trap in it - this one may be the same as one or both of the similar ones above

A different one, looks like it's got a big black blob towards its back end.

At last some we can put a name to...first up Willow Beauty
 Yellow Barred Brindle - new for Base Camp
Gettin towards the end of the Dotted Clays? This one looks fairly fresh but has a bit a chunk taken out of it

Silver Y showing very well why (Y :-) ) it is  called that.
Smoky Wainscot
Square Spot Rustic
Common Wainscot

And a very nice Flame Carpet

Also in the trap were a Water Boatman, a rather snazzy beetle
And a gorgeous but miniscule little wasp that made the smallest micro moths look large!
Vertebrate-wise it's been a quiet day keeping a feeling-much-better-so-wants-to-charge-about-but-still-very-poorly Frank quiet. We had our third Willow Warbler in three days in the shrubbery at the end of the garden and overhead a Sparrowhawk cruised by upsetting the local gulls.
Where to next? A day that looks like it's going to be packed with variety tomorrow with birds, mammals, moths, hoverflies, amphibians and even, if we're horrendously lucky, reptiles!
In the meantime let us know what's unidentifiable in your outback.

2 comments:

Blackpool Nature said...

Hi Dave !

I thought I'd been getting a lot of moffies the last couple of nights but as usual you've outdone me - great selection.

Great pic of Frank - hope the old boy is on the mend - give him my best wishes.

2 GCN under board A this afto

Cheers

Peter

Warren Baker said...

Well that lot of moth descriptions made me chuckle :-)

You've much to learn davo, and it makes me more likely to stay away from the moth 'bug'