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Strong winds and cool temperatures resulted in only 7 moths of 4 species with no new backyard species for the year and no Underwings. The photograph below was taken in Waterton, although, I did get a Satyr Comma in my backyard bait trap this year.
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Another cool night produced only 12 moths of 12 species. There was one new backyard species for the year, a Cow Parsnip Borer Moth (Papaipema harrisii). I had seen this species in Waterton during August so this continues the trend of my seeing some moths in the Waterton area, which is a 3 hour drive south of Calgary, a few weeks before I get them in my Calgary backyard.
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With cool temperatures overnight the moth numbers continue to be low with only 13 macro moths of 12 species last night. Celery Looper (Anagrapha falcifera) was a new backyard species for the year and there are two noctuids that I haven't identified yet. There was also another Even-lined Sallow (Ipimorpha pleonectusa) but this time it was in a good condition.
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There were 35 moths of 18 species in the traps last night which included 3 Underwings (2 Semirelict and 1 Briseis). There was one new species for the year, an Olive Green Cutworm (Dargida procincta) and two species that I haven't been able to identify yet. I've included a photograph of a Forage Looper (Caenurgina erechtea) that was in the bait trap.
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There were 28 macro moths of 12 species in the traps last night which included 2 new backyard species for the year and another White Undering. The new species were Even-lined Sallow (Ipimorpha pleonectusa) and Garden Cutworm Moth (Fishia discors). The Even-lined Sallow was a fairly damaged specimen so I'm using a photograph of this moth from last year. I've also included another two White Underwing photographs as I think these are a slight improvement on yesterday's images.
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