Just a quick hello, the move went well but too much to do & too little time to do it. I did a moth trap last Friday only 2 days after we finished moving, there over 250 moths & I'm still sorting them. This is one that came to the window soon after we moved, just to whet your appetites.
It's called a Brown China-mark.
Sorry it's a quick visit, will pop in again in a few days!
P.S This is the link to my previous moth thread http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/f/13609/t/111255.aspx
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Would your gloves be the Marigold variety HinNH?? Lol
Haven't knowingly had a Toad in my garden for years now & there's plenty of slugs to support them!! Also still waiting for a Frog or two to discover my little pond!
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I think an update is well overdue & as I've got a streaming cold I might as well put a few newbies on, these run from mid-August to early September & there are a couple of beauties,
to kick off there is a Dorset Cream Wave, which makes me homesick as I adore Clotted Cream (being a Somerset girl)
followed by Dog's tooth
a micro moth Agapeta zoegana
Nutmeg (back to food again)
& another micro Scythris limbella
a lovely Striped Hawkmoth
a Cabbage Webworm,
Vapourer moth
Bordered Sallow
Silver Barred which is a small Noctuidae so a macro moth
a Grass Eggar
another micro moth Bedellia somnulentella, with a rather smart hair-do,
& finally a Southern Wainscot
I hope you like all the odd names!
Great update Hazel, such very pretty moths and hard to choose a favourite amongst those delights but the Dorset Cream Wave, Grass Eggar and striped Hawkmoth are just fabulous, however, having said that, I really like them all lol Really sorry you have a heavy cold and hope you feel better very soon.
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Regards, Hazel
Thanks Hazy, a rum toddy & a good nights sleep seem to have worked wonders. In fact I fell asleep again on the sofa this afternoon, but I do feel a lot better. Looks like Rudolph won't be out of a job after all! LOL
Lol Hazel, a good excuse for another rum toddy tonight seeing as it helped you have a good nights rest. No going out in the cold to check the moths without 4 thermal layers on and a thick coat lol
Glad to hear you have taken the cure H & thanks for more moths with quirky names!! That Striped HM is a fabulous creature & , naturally, IWOOT!
I heard sad news last week that the Moth expert whose aquaintance I made on our local moth trapping night has died suddenly at age 79, such a knowledgeable & friendly guy!
It's always sad Wendy to loose someone like that, who is knowledgable & shares their experiences with others. I can't begin to imagine how hard it must have been in pre-internet era to identify moths from descriptions & sketches.
The Striped Hawkmoth is an occasional migrator to UK so you never know, it might turn up on your wall one day!
Thanks Hazy, I don't need too many excuses for rum toddys.
Won't hold my breath though H, just been on a trawl through the internet to check for SHM sightings ... Cornwall, Dorset & Herefordshire in June/July this year! They need to flap a bit faster to reach me here ... never had a Convolvulous one on my lonely Nicotiana either during the reported mass influx, must get me that light! Lol
This is another thread that I haven't kept up!! The last post went up to early September so here are a few new one's from the rest of the month.
Firstly my favourite big moth, never seen one before, a Death's Head Hawkmoth
It actually hissed at me when I tried to pick it up, so I left it alone & it dashed off into the woodpile.
This is a small Noctuidae, a Pinion-streaked Snout,
A Sallow Nycteoline, also a Noctuidae,
a Bedrule Brocade, rare in the UK,
a Geometridae, Horse Chestnut,
a Pale-lemon Sallow moth (from the end of October, somehow got out of order!)
& last of the macros, a Brindled green
Now for the micros, several new Crambidae including this one which was new for our region, Antigastra catalaunalis,
Agriphila latistria
Agriphila selasella
a Gelechiidae with magnificent labial palpes that go over the top of it's head, Helcystogramma triannulella
& a tiddler, Epibema roborana
Thanks for looking!
Nice additions, Hazel. I'm with you, the Death's-head Hawkmoth is fantastic. Never seen one myself.
I guess the new season will be starting in earnest soon.
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