Moth Monitoring: 2011 Survey

I have just been adding up my 2011 moth records. The cumulative total is now 222, which means I have added 67 new species this year. There are a few more waiting identification but I doubt these numbers will change much

The highlight was Merveille du Jour in October.

In 2010 Debbie wrote that:

I've been interested in butterflies for a while, and last year this developed into a curiosity about moths. I bought myself a light trap and started using it at home last March. I am lucky that our back garden backs onto Fryent Country Park. As our house is in the middle of a terrace and the trap is only three metres from the garden fence I can say with some confidence that the moths I trap have come from the Park.

There are over 860 species of 'macro' moths in the UK, plus another 2000+ 'micro' moths. The 1989 'Collage Map' of Fryent Country Park lists only 17 moth species. But compared to birds and butterflies, moths are under-recorded, partly due to their nocturnal nature. I wanted to see how many new records I could add. I try to run the trap several times a month, avoiding the full moon and rainy evenings. By the 4th August, I had added 36 new records to the list (see below), with the likelihood of many more to come. Some of the moths I have recorded are: Lime Hawkmoth, Angle Shades, Flame Shoulder, Red Underwing, Scarce Footman, Clouded Border, Riband Wave, Willow Beauty, Blotched Emerald, Mottled Pug, Streamer and Small Quaker. I photograph as many as I can, and upload them to Flickr. I really enjoy this hobby as every night brings something different and the moths themselves are often very beautiful.

DP The first 156 moths

Here's the first 156 moths identified by DP - see Flikr for a selection of photos:

Taxon Date order Taxon order Date Magpie moth July 1982 Agriphila geniculea moth 23/08/2010 Brimstone moth August 1982 Alucita hexadactyla 19/06/1985 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Angle Shades moth 19/05/2009 moth August 1982 Straw Underwing moth August 1982 Antler moth 15/08/1986 Cinnabar moth 27/08/1984 Apotomis betuletana moth 23/08/2010 Lackey moth June 1985 Apotomis capreana moth 29/06/2010 Alucita hexadactyla 19/06/1985 Archips xylosteana 16/06/2009 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing moth 19/06/1985 Autumn Rustic moth 11/09/2004 Dark Arches moth 19/06/1985 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix moth 07/07/2010 Garden Tiger moth 19/06/1985 Barred Straw moth 23/06/2009 Heart and Dart moth 19/06/1985 Barred Yellow moth 21/06/2010 Knot Grass moth 19/07/1986 Bee Moth moth 24/06/2009 Antler moth 15/08/1986 Black Arches moth 27/07/2010 Large Yellow Underwing moth 01/07/1987 Blotched Emerald moth 16/06/2009 Blue-bordered Carpet moth - 21/06/2010 Six-spot Burnet moth 31/07/1987 rubiginata Buff Tip moth 19/08/1987 Bordered White moth 25/06/2010 Peppered moth 22/09/1987 Bramble Shoot moth 17/07/2010 Green Silver-lines moth 26/05/1988 Brick moth 14/09/1996 Elephant Hawkmoth 06/09/1988 Brimstone moth August 1982 Brick moth 14/09/1996 Brindled Pug moth 24/03/2010 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Cloaked Minor moth 14/09/1996 moth 19/06/1985 Copper Underwing moth 14/09/1996 Broken-barred Carpet moth 03/06/2010 Lunar Underwing moth 14/09/1996 Brown China-mark moth 31/07/2009 Sallow moth 14/09/1996 Brown Rustic moth 23/06/2010 Square-spotted Rustic moth 14/09/1996 Buff Arches moth 12/06/2010 Frosted Orange moth 1996 Buff Tip moth 19/08/1987 Autumn Rustic moth 11/09/2004 Burnet Companion moth 12/06/2010 Orange Swift moth 11/09/2004 Centre-barred Sallow moth 05/09/2010 Feathered Thorn moth 2/11/2008 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix moth 19/08/2009

Common Quaker moth 20/03/2009 08/06/2010 Choristoneura hebenstreitella moth Small Quaker moth 20/03/2009 Cinnabar moth 27/08/1984 Streamer moth 20/04/2009 Clay Triple-lines moth 21/09/2010 Common Pug moth 16/05/2009 Cloaked Minor moth 14/09/1996 Light Emerald moth 16/05/2009 Clouded Border moth 14/07/2009 Angle Shades moth 19/05/2009 Clouded Silver moth 16/06/2009 Green Carpet moth 20/05/2009 Codling moth 25/07/2010 Mottled Pug moth 20/05/2009 Common Carpet moth 08/08/2010 Red Green Carpet moth 20/05/2009 Common Footman moth 31/07/2009 Flame Shoulder moth 23/05/2009 Common Marbled Carpet moth 24/06/2009 Archips xylosteana 16/06/2009 Common Pug moth 16/05/2009 Blotched Emerald moth 16/06/2009 Common Quaker moth 20/03/2009 Clouded Silver moth 16/06/2009 Common Rustic/Lesser Common 27/07/2010 Rustic moth Double Square-spot moth 16/06/2009 Common Swift moth 25/05/2010 Green Oak Tortrix moth 16/06/2009 Common Wainscot moth 05/09/2010 Lime Hawkmoth 16/06/2009 Common Wave/Common White 30/05/2010 Wave moth Marbled White Spot moth 16/06/2009 Copper Underwing moth 14/09/1996 Riband Wave moth (remutata) 16/06/2009 Dark Arches moth 19/06/1985 Straw Dot 16/06/2009 Dark/Grey Dagger moth 25/05/2010 Udea olivalis 16/06/2009 December moth 17/11/2009 White Plume moth 21/06/2009 Dingy Footman moth 27/07/2010 Garden carpet moth 22/06/2009 Dipleurina lacustrata moth 07/07/2010 Barred Straw moth 23/06/2009 Double Square-spot moth 16/06/2009 Bee Moth moth 24/06/2009 Double-striped Pug moth 07/07/2010 Common Marbled Carpet moth 24/06/2009 Dun-bar moth 02/07/2009 Mottled Beauty moth 24/06/2009 Early Moth 30/05/2010 Grey Pine Carpet moth 24/06/2009 Elephant Hawkmoth 06/09/1988 Dun-bar moth 02/07/2009 Emmelina Monodactyla moth 23/05/2010 Clouded Border moth 14/07/2009 Endotricha flammealis 14/07/2009 Endotricha flammealis 14/07/2009 Eudonia mercurella moth 29/06/2010 Mother of Pearl moth 14/07/2009 European Corn Borer moth 07/07/2010 Red Underwing moth 14/07/2009 Fan-foot moth 25/06/2010 V-Moth 14/07/2009 Feathered Thorn moth 2/11/2008 Brown China-mark moth 31/07/2009 Flame Shoulder moth 23/05/2009 Least Carpet moth 31/07/2009 Frosted Green moth 10/04/2010 Lesser-spotted Pinion moth 31/07/2009 Frosted Orange moth 1996 Phlyctaenia coronata moth 31/07/2009 Garden carpet moth 22/06/2009 Common Footman moth 31/07/2009 Garden Grass-veneer moth 27/06/2010 Tree-lichen Beauty moth 31/07/2009 Garden Pebble moth 03/06/2010 Ruby Tiger moth 04/08/2009 Garden Tiger moth 19/06/1985 Shuttle-shaped Dart moth 04/08/2009 Green Carpet moth 20/05/2009 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix moth 19/08/2009 Green Oak Tortrix moth 16/06/2009

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow 19/08/2009 Green Pug 12/06/2010 Underwing moth Maiden’s Blush moth 19/08/2009 Green Silver-lines moth 26/05/1988 Marbled Beauty moth 19/08/2009 Grey Pine Carpet moth 24/06/2009 Setaceous Hebrew Character moth 19/08/2009 Heart and Club moth 25/06/2010

Small Dusty Wave 19/08/2009 Heart and Dart moth 19/06/1985 Pale Mottled Willow moth 12/09/2009 Hebrew Character moth 31/03/2010 December moth 17/11/2009 Ingrailed Clay moth 05/06/2010 Brindled Pug moth 24/03/2010 Knot Grass moth 19/07/1986 Hebrew Character moth 31/03/2010 Lackey moth June 1985 Frosted Green moth 10/04/2010 Large Yellow Underwing moth 01/07/1987 Small Phoenix moth 27/04/2010 Least Carpet moth 31/07/2009 Muslin moth 15/05/2010 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow 19/08/2009 Underwing moth Poplar Hawkmoth 21/05/2010 Lesser-spotted Pinion moth 31/07/2009 Emmelina Monodactyla moth 23/05/2010 Light Brown Apple moth 20/09/2010 Common Swift moth 25/05/2010 Light Emerald moth 16/05/2009 Dark/Grey Dagger moth 25/05/2010 Lime Hawkmoth 16/06/2009 Early Moth 30/05/2010 Lunar Underwing moth 14/09/1996 Common Wave/Common White 30/05/2010 Lychnis moth 29/07/2010 Wave moth Broken-barred Carpet moth 03/06/2010 Magpie moth July 1982 Garden Pebble moth 03/06/2010 Maiden’s Blush moth 19/08/2009 Middle-barred Minor moth 05/06/2010 Marbled Beauty moth 19/08/2009 Ingrailed Clay moth 05/06/2010 Marbled Minor moth 12/06/2010 Seraphim moth 05/06/2010 Marbled White Spot moth 16/06/2009 Willow Beauty moth 08/06/2010 Middle-barred Minor moth 05/06/2010 08/06/2010 Mother of Pearl moth 14/07/2009 Choristoneura hebenstreitella moth Burnet Companion moth 12/06/2010 Mottled Beauty moth 24/06/2009 Buff Arches moth 12/06/2010 Mottled Pug moth 20/05/2009 Marbled Minor moth 12/06/2010 Mottled Umber moth 03/11/2010 Green Pug 12/06/2010 Muslin moth 15/05/2010 Barred Yellow moth 21/06/2010 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet moth August 1982 Treble Brown Spot moth 21/06/2010 Old Lady moth 02/07/2010 Blue-bordered Carpet moth - 21/06/2010 Orange Sallow moth 13/09/2010 rubiginata Brown Rustic moth 23/06/2010 Orange Swift moth 11/09/2004 Fan-foot moth 25/06/2010 Pale Mottled Willow moth 12/09/2009 Bordered White moth 25/06/2010 Pammene regiana moth 20/07/2010 Heart and Club moth 25/06/2010 Peppered moth 22/09/1987 Garden Grass-veneer moth 27/06/2010 Phlyctaenia coronata moth 31/07/2009 Shaded Broad-bar moth 27/06/2010 Phycita roborella moth 08/08/2010 Small Fan-footed Wave moth 29/06/2010 Poplar Hawkmoth 21/05/2010 Eudonia mercurella moth 29/06/2010 Pyrausta aurata moth 02/08/2010 Apotomis capreana moth 29/06/2010 Red Green Carpet moth 20/05/2009 Scarce Silver-lines moth 02/07/2010 Red Underwing moth 14/07/2009 Scalloped Oak moth 02/07/2010 Rhopobota naevana moth 10/09/2010 Old Lady moth 02/07/2010 Riband Wave moth (remutata) 16/06/2009 Small Blood-vein moth 02/07/2010 Ruby Tiger moth 04/08/2009 Short-cloaked moth 02/07/2010 Rush Veneer moth 11/09/2010 Snout moth 04/07/2010 Sallow Kitten moth 02/08/2010 Small Magpie moth 07/07/2010 Sallow moth 14/09/1996 Double-striped Pug moth 07/07/2010 Scalloped Oak moth 02/07/2010 European Corn Borer moth 07/07/2010 Scarce Silver-lines moth 02/07/2010 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix moth 07/07/2010 Scoparia ambigualis moth 07/07/2010 Dipleurina lacustrata moth 07/07/2010 Seraphim moth 05/06/2010 Scoparia ambigualis moth 07/07/2010 Setaceous Hebrew Character moth 19/08/2009

Smoky Wainscot moth 17/07/2010 Shaded Broad-bar moth 27/06/2010 Uncertain moth 17/07/2010 Short-cloaked moth 02/07/2010 Bramble Shoot moth 17/07/2010 Shuttle-shaped Dart moth 04/08/2009 Swallowtail moth 20/07/2010 Silver Y moth 14/08/2010 Pammene regiana moth 20/07/2010 Single-dotted Wave moth 27/07/2010 Codling moth 25/07/2010 Six-spot Burnet moth 31/07/1987 Black Arches moth 27/07/2010 Small Blood-vein moth 02/07/2010 Single-dotted Wave moth 27/07/2010 Small Dusty Wave 19/08/2009 Common Rustic/Lesser Common 27/07/2010 Small Fan-footed Wave moth 29/06/2010 Rustic moth Dingy Footman moth 27/07/2010 Small Magpie moth 07/07/2010 Lychnis moth 29/07/2010 Small Phoenix moth 27/04/2010 Turnip moth 29/07/2010 Small Quaker moth 20/03/2009 Pyrausta aurata moth 02/08/2010 Smoky Wainscot moth 17/07/2010 Yellow Shell moth 02/08/2010 Snout moth 04/07/2010 Sallow Kitten moth 02/08/2010 Spectacle moth 02/08/2010 Welsh Wave moth 02/08/2010 Square-spotted Rustic moth 14/09/1996 Spectacle moth 02/08/2010 Straw Dot 16/06/2009 Common Carpet moth 08/08/2010 Straw Underwing moth August 1982 Phycita roborella moth 08/08/2010 Streamer moth 20/04/2009 Silver Y moth 14/08/2010 Swallowtail moth 20/07/2010 Apotomis betuletana moth 23/08/2010 Treble Brown Spot moth 21/06/2010 Agriphila geniculea moth 23/08/2010 Tree-lichen Beauty moth 31/07/2009 Centre-barred Sallow moth 05/09/2010 Turnip moth 29/07/2010 Common Wainscot moth 05/09/2010 Udea olivalis 16/06/2009 Vine's Rustic moth 05/09/2010 Uncertain moth 17/07/2010 Rhopobota naevana moth 10/09/2010 Vine's Rustic moth 05/09/2010 Rush Veneer moth 11/09/2010 V-Moth 14/07/2009 Orange Sallow moth 13/09/2010 Welsh Wave moth 02/08/2010 Light Brown Apple moth 20/09/2010 White Plume moth 21/06/2009 Wormwood Pug moth 21/09/2010 Willow Beauty moth 08/06/2010 Clay Triple-lines moth 21/09/2010 Wormwood Pug moth 21/09/2010 Mottled Umber moth 03/11/2010 Yellow Shell moth 02/08/2010