He caught one last week and pointed out the differences to me first hand.
I wonder how many Southern's have been logged as Smoky's in the past at The Dells ?
2197 Southern Wainscot, Mythimna straminea ... new for site
Another night with a big bright moon and the difference this makes to moth catches is vast.
Last night I ran two similar traps, both skinners and both actinic/blacklight combos.
One is sited at the end of the garden and cops the big moon all night in its current orbit, the other by the house which is out of moon view.
The top trap ... 17 moths of 11 species
House trap ..... 64 moths of 35 species
2 ... 1699 ... Least Carpet
1 ... 1708 ... Single-dotted Wave
4 ... 1713 ... Riband Wave
1 ... 1906 ... Brimstone Moth
3 ... 1937 ... Willow Beauty
1 ... 2047 ... Scarce Footman
2 ... 2050 ... Common Footman
8 ... 2061 ... Buff Ermine
1 ... 2064 ... Ruby Tiger
1 ... 2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart
3 ... 2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2145 ... Nutmeg
1 ... 2165 ... Small Ranunculus
1 ... 2166 ... Campion
1 ... 2197 ... Southern Wainscot, garden first
1 ... 2216 ... Shark, (very worn)
2 ... 2284x . Grey Dagger agg
1 ... 2297 ... Copper Underwing
8 ... 2303 ... Straw Underwing
7 ... 2343x . Common Rustic agg
1 ... 2353 ... Flounced Rustic
2 ... 2381 ... Uncertain
2 ... 0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella
4 ... 0787 ... Bryotropha terrella
2 ... 0873 ... Blastobasis adustella
1 ... 0905 ... Blastodacna hellerella
1 ... 0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana
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| 985 Carnation Tortrix, Cacoecimorpha pronubana |
1 ... 1281?.. Dichrorampha simpliciana ? TBC. Confirmed
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| Dichrorampha simpliciana |
2 ... 1294 ... Crambus pascuella
2 ... 1334 ... Scoparia ambigualis
1 ... 1344 ... Eudonia mercurella
1 ... 1338 ... Dipleurina lacustrata
1 ... 1348 ... Parapoynx stratiotata
1 ... 1390 ... Udea prunalis
5 ... 1424 ... Endotricha flammealis
1 ... 1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla
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