Surrey Moths & Butterflies: Dark Chestnut

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Toadflax Brocade at Berrylands Station

It's been a very slow start at Berrylands this year, Oak Beauty on April 9th and Dark Chestnut on April 15th were both station firsts and very welcome they were, but things picked up yesterday with a Brimstone Moth and a Toadflax Brocade, the fifth succesive year I've recorded this species here. The macro year list stands at 12 species but things should really start to pick up from now on

Nick

Monday, 19 March 2012

Muslin

So far this March, numbers have been relatively low compared to those experienced last month, in February. I did catch this Muslin Moth back on the 13th March, a first for the garden, and certainly the earliest record of this species I've ever heard of, unless anyone can beat it?

Dark Chestnut is also a new one to appear in 2012, with this individual being the 3rd record for the garden since the first turned up on the 25th February of this year...

Double-striped Pug...

Sunday, 26 February 2012

More than I bargained for!

Like others, I've been taking advantage of the very unseasonal weather to pop the moth trap out in the garden. To be honest, I didn't expect to be as successful as I have been, with a total of 15 species recorded (and god knows how many individuals!) over the past 3 days, bringing the 2012 garden moth list to 20... a figure that wasn't reached until 22nd March last year. Perhaps a sign of things to come?
Here's the list so far:

Dark Chestnut
Chestnut
March Moth
Common Quaker
Small Quaker
Clouded Drab
Small Brindled Beauty
Pale Brindled Beauty
Winter Moth
Spring Usher
Tachystola acroxantha
Epiphyas postvittana
Carpatolechia decorella
Ypsolopha ustella
Tortricodes alternella
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
Emmelina monodactyla
Agonopterix heracliana
Mompha subbistrigella
Acleris cristana

Small Quaker, 1 of 3...