Kent Moths Gallery

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Sissinghurst, 5th July 2010

Alder Kitten - A rather gorgeous localised moth found predominantly in the southern half of England.

Bird's Wing - Similar in distribution to the above, both of these moths were new to Alan (Pavey) in his Sissinghurst garden.

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Monday, 5 July 2010

A few from last night below. Two nights ago, I also caught Small Ranunculus which is shown to be RDB/Immigrant. A very pretty little moth and easy to ID, but I didn't have the camera, so was unable to grab a photo. Sorry, but interesting nonetheless.

Common (left) and Scare (right) Footman. Quite different when seen together.

Buff Arches from a couple of nights ago.

My first Elephant Hawkmoths of the year trapped last night.

Saturday, 3 July 2010

Pembury 1st July

Mottled Beauty

Fan-foot

Small Fan-foot

European Corn-borer - 'A rare migrant before the 1930's, this species then began to colonise the area around London and the south-east, and has spread to several other areas since.' UKMoths

Sallow Kitten

Common Emerald

A selection from Hawkwell Farm, Pembury on the night of the 1st July.

Friday, 2 July 2010

Dartford Moths

Short-cloaked Moth

Shark

Privet Hawk-moth

Peach Blossom

Oak Hook-tip

Leopard Moth

Lackey

Blotched Emerald

Bird Cherry Ermine

Barred Yellow

With thanks to James Hunter for all these images.

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Paddock Wood, 27th June 2010

Wormwood Pug - The previous example I posted of this species was rather worn so here's a nice fresh one.

The Coronet - Widely distributed but not particularly common.

Moths from Steve Broyd

"I caught this Scarlet Tiger at Sissinghurst Castle last night (29/6). It was completely off radar. As far as I know it no longer breeds in Kent and is less than annual (unless someone knows otherwise)."

Orange Moth. " The Orange Moth was caught at home in Biddenden"

Clay Fan-foot. "The Clay Fan-foot was also caught last night at Sissinghurst Castle. It carries Nationally Scarce "A" status but is found very locally in parts of Sussex and Kent - as such it was more expected but still very pleasing to catch."

Thanks to Steve Broyd for his photos.

The Fan-foot

'I took these photos of a Fan Foot, after disturbing it in my garden in Sandwich today, 30-6-10.'
With thanks to Keith Heaven for the photo.

Sandwich

Goat Moth - a stunning moth which fortunately didn't stink of goat.

Cream-bordered Green Pea. 'scattered locally throughout south-eastern England, with occasional records elsewhere, and inhabits fens, marshes and damp woodland.'

1414 Synaphe Punctalis - armed with my new copy of Manley I was able to ID a few micro's and pyralids. This species was fairly common in the trap.

Obscure Wainscot - don't look too obscure to me, but subtly stunning.

The Clay

Dotted Fan-foot - we were fortunate enough to trap 2 of these, which are very localised species occuring in East Anglia and some parts of southern England. Not easy to photograph, this one flew off and landed on a water lily!

Red-necked Footman - this one was the 1st observatory record...the 2nd record was trapped the following evening.

Light Arches

Reddish Light Arches

Southern Wainscot - another subtly stunning wainscot from the trap. Over wintering larvae feed on phragmites (Reed).

White-line Dart

Forester - one was netted and I am told that on the 30th up to 6 were found around the Whitehouse.

Some results from trapping and netting around the observatory between the 27th and 30th of June. Every night 4 traps were put out; 3 MV's and 1 Actinic.

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

The Blackneck, 30th June 2010

The Blackneck - A locally distributed moth in the southern half of Britain. Taken at light by Alan Pavey in Sissinghurst (with thanks to Alan for the photo).