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It was surprisingly quiet last night with only 42 moths of 16 species. However, there was one new Arctiidae species for the backyard, a Pearly-winged Lichen Moth (Crambidia casta). The forewing is grey on the underside. Unfortunately, tonight looks to be very wet and windy so I doubt if the traps will be out :(
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This is a late posting for Sunday. It was another good night with 2 possibly 3 new macro moths for the backyard and one new macro for the year. I also identified 2 micro moth species. The new backyard macros were Narrow-winged Borer (Photedes defecta) and Puta Sallow Moth (Anathix puta). The new macro for the year was Brown Arches Moth (Lacinipolia stricta). I've also included a better photograph of Euxoa comosa. The two micros are Beet Webworm Moth (Loxostege sticticalis) and Lucerne Moth (Nomophila nearctica). The Lucerne Moth seems to be quite a common garden micro.
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A cooler night revealed only 44 moths of 24 species. There were no new moths for the year. There were 2 Semirelict Underwings, one on the outside of the light trap and one in the bait trap. I've added a Mouse moth photograph, as this was a new species yesterday, and another Underwing photograph that was taken today.
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There were 127 macro moths of 34 species in the traps last night including a new Underwing species for my backyard!! The bait trap continues to work as hoped. The 4 new species for the year were:
Forage Looper (Caenurgina erechtea) Charming Underwing Moth (Catocala blandula) Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) Euxoa comosa
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There were 133 macro moths of 23 species in the bait and light traps last night. 42 of these were Glassy Cutworms (Apamea devastator) and 25 were Thoughtful Apameas (Apamea cogitata). These are definitely my most common backyard species. The only new moth was a difficult to identify Abagrotis sp. There were 3 Underwings in the bait again, 1 Briseis and 2 Semirelict. I've added a photograph of an Obelisk Dart (Euxoa obeliscoides) which was in a better condition that yesterdays specimen.
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