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Although the total number of moths was fairly low, only 34 of 16 species, there were a few very nice moths in the traps last night. Two were new for the year and one appears to be a new species that I haven't identified yet. The two new, eagerly awaited, species were White Underwing (Catocala relicta) and a White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata). This is the first year that I have had two species of Sphinx moth in my backyard, the other being Sphinx Gallium. Another moth of interest was the Eastern form of the Semirelict Underwing (Catocala semirelicta). The eastern form is the less common form in Alberta and has a black streak running along the inner edge of the forewing making it easy to identify. For me this was a good night!
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It was another cool night with a low of 6 Celsius. Just 20 moths of 13 species in the bait and light traps which included one new backyard species a Brachylomia populi and 3 Underwings (2 Semirelict and 1 Briseis). I did have a Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) in the bait trap today which is another good backyard record.
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It was a very cool night which resulted in only 7 moths of 4 species. However, two were new backyard species for the year, a Nameless Pinion Moth (Lithophane innominata) in the bait trap and a Venerable Dart (Agrotis venerabilis) in the light trap. The Nameless Pinion is a hibernator so I guess this a signal for the end of summer. Trying not to think about that at the moment... Hoping for a warmer night tonight.
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Heavy rain last night prevented me from putting the light trap out. There were 2 Underwings and a few Glassy Cutworms in the bait trap plus a White Speck (Mythimna unipuncta) that turned up during the day... There were no new species so I'm posting an Alfalfa Looper (Autographa californica) from yesterday and a Mountain Beauty (Syngrapha ignea) from last year.
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Back in Calgary it was a fairly quite night with 40 moths of 17 species. There was one new backyard macro, a Brown Sallow (Sympistis stabilis). I have seen this species only once before in the Waterton Provincial Park area. There was also another Subflava Sedge Borer Moth (Capsula subflava) in the light trap which was the freshest looking specimen I've seen so far. I've also included two other moths from my weekend trip in Waterton of which Black-disc Sallow (Brachylomia discinigra) was a new species.
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