Moth Trapping Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/moth-trapping/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:33:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Moth Trapping Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/moth-trapping/ 32 32 2696646 Pink-barred Sallow https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/09/pink-barred-sallow/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/09/pink-barred-sallow/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2014 07:09:57 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=17809 We put the moth trap out the other night. There wasn’t a huge number of moths in it by the morning but there was a new garden record for us in the form of a Pink-barred Sallow. Elsewhere in the moth trap were: 3x Large Yellow Underwing 6x Setaceous Hebrew Character 6x Small Square Spot...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/09/pink-barred-sallow/feed/ 0 17809 Masses of Moths https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/07/masses-moths/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/07/masses-moths/#respond Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:12:12 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=17283 Loads of moths in the moth trap last night: 1x Ruby Tiger 2x July Highflyer 2x Heart and Dart 1x Crescent Dart 6x Shuttle-shaped Dart 3x Common Footman 1x Rustic 1x Drinker 1x Scalloped Oak 1x Elephant Hawkmoth 6x Dingy Footman 4x Oligia sp. 2x Single-dotted Wave 1x Antler Moth 2x Shore Wainscot 1x True...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/07/masses-moths/feed/ 0 17283 Last Night’s Moths https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/06/last-nights-moths-6/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/06/last-nights-moths-6/#respond Sat, 14 Jun 2014 06:50:54 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=16974 The weather is nice at the moment so after a nice geocache walk with first the beavers and Cubs, and then the Scouts last night we put the moth trap out. We aren’t getting huge number of moths at the moment, but I have a feeling that the bulb in the trap could do with...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/06/last-nights-moths-6/feed/ 0 16974 A New Garden Moth – Pine Carpet https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/a-new-garden-moth-pine-carpet/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/a-new-garden-moth-pine-carpet/#respond Tue, 27 May 2014 08:35:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=16866 Morgan and I managed to put the moth trap out over the weekend. There weren’t loads of moths in it by the morning, just 12, but the trap did have to compete with the new garden lights so that may have had something to do with it. There was a new species for our garden...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/a-new-garden-moth-pine-carpet/feed/ 0 16866 Spring Moths https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/spring-moths/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/spring-moths/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2014 09:01:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15968 It’s been ages since we put the moth trap out. The last time was back in August last year. Terrible I know, but the weather hasn’t been kind and we’ve been busy so finding an evening where it wasn’t going to rain and when Morgan and I would hjave time to go through the trap...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/spring-moths/feed/ 0 15968 Moths and Fireworks https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/moths-and-fireworks/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/moths-and-fireworks/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:15:48 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14452 We put the moth trap out last night and then had a nice surprise as there were fireworks at the caravan park so we stood in the garden watching the fireworks whilst moths flew around the trap and bats swooped by to eat them. It was a lovely evening out there, if a little chilly now, although temperatures...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/moths-and-fireworks/feed/ 0 14452 Glamping in the Garden https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/glamping-in-the-garden/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/glamping-in-the-garden/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:56:36 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14305 We have visitors coming this weekend – Well, actually they are arriving Sunday night for a couple of days. It’s my Sister Trudi, her boyfriend Mike and he children Kia an Shaun. As we only live in a small(ish) bungalow we don’t have huge amounts of room for them, mainly because one of our bedrooms...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/glamping-in-the-garden/feed/ 1 14305 Another New Moth Record https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/another-new-moth-record/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/another-new-moth-record/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:31:28 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14292 No, not a record in numbers, but just a new species for the garden, a lovely little Flame Carpet. Here’s the full list from last night – A nice manageable 45 moths from 18 different species. Enough to keep us busy, but not so many as top take all day to go through and identify...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/another-new-moth-record/feed/ 0 14292 Moths Galore https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/07/moths-galore/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/07/moths-galore/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:45:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14167 Despite having to compete with an almost full moon, we were greeted with loads of moths in the trap this morning. Temperatures only dropped to 16.2ºC and winds were light. As well as loads of Caddis Flies and quite a few nice looking micro moths (that I didn’t record), I managed to record 143 moths...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/07/moths-galore/feed/ 3 14167 The Moths of Summer https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/07/the-moths-of-summer/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/07/the-moths-of-summer/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:36:12 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13962 Day 6 of Summer is here and after collecting strawberries from the garden it was time to inspect the moth trap that I’d put out last night. It’s been a while since we did any moth-trapping but there was quite a haul. Conditions were perfect for the moths, temperatures only dropped to 14°C and winds...

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