<no title>Last night was the best night so far with 15 moths of 11 species. 7 of them new for the year. Also, after 4 years of trying I finally manged to get a photograph of a Common Gluphisia (Gluphisia septentrionis) that wasn't moving its wings! The new backyard species were: American Idia (Idia americalis) Wavy Chestnut Y (Autographa mappa) Gray dagger (Acronicta grisea) The Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) Disparaged Arches (Orthodes detracta) Euxoa tristicula (Euxoa tristicula) Dark Metanema (Metanema determinata)
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Gven the very heavy rain I didn't put the light trap out last night and didn't expect anything in the bait trap. However, I did find a Yellow-Headed Cutworm (Apamea amputatrix) in the bait trap which is a new species for the year. This photograph was taken in 2008.
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Just 6 moths of 6 species in the traps last night. However, one of these moths was a Bilobed Looper (Megalographa biloba). This appears to be a very early sighting as the previous early record for this moth is August! The last time I recorded this species, which was only the 3rd record for Alberta, was in October 2010. Perhaps not scientifically significant but it does seem to add to the unusual nature of the year with regards to moth and butterfly sightings. The other new species for the year were, The Scribe (Habrosyne scripta) and Bridled Arches (Lacinipolia lorea). Extremely wet again today so not expecting many moths tonight.
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This post is for last Friday. There were 15 macros of 13 species in the trap on Friday morning. 8 were new backyard species for the year and 3 where new species. I've identified one as Lobophora magnoliatoidata but nivigerata cannot be entirely ruled out. Either way it's a new backyard species. The light trap has not been out for the last two nights due to heavy rain.
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It was a better night for moths in Lethbridge last night. I recorded 11 species, 5 of these were new for the year. The new ones were:
9053 Pink-barred Lithacodia (Pseudeustrotia carneola) 8939 Hooked Silver Y (Syngrapha alias) 8912 Wavy Chestnut Y (Autographa mappa) 9660 Civil Rustic (Platyperigea montana) 8322 American Idia (Idia americalis) The others were Abstrusa Looper (Syngrapha abstrusa), Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus), Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) and a dart that I haven't identified yet. I've called the moths below Syngrapha alias and Syngrapha abstrusa based largely on whether the stigma and satellite spots are joined or separated. I understand that the genitalia must be examined to positively separate these species.
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