Hi all, as I'm just trying to wrap up all the loose end for the 2009 season I just wondered if anyone is able to help me ID a micro that I caught back at the...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 5, 2009 10:00 pm
Hello Harry, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I try to leave micros to others better qualified than myself, but have you considered Ypsolopha ustella? Â ...
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moneyneil
Dec 6, 2009 11:50 am
Hi All I have just taken over from Mary Legg as Recorder for Caithness (VC109). Building on the work Mary started I am building a data base of records. The...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 6, 2009 12:00 pm
Dear Neil, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I imagine you are aware of Rosie's account: Â Rosie, J. H., 1976. Some notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Caithness....
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Michael
michaeldianthus
Dec 6, 2009 3:00 pm
Hello, I have just added a photo to M Pink's Folder of a moth that I found resting on the outside of our conservatory in Lanarkshire on Friday. I feel it ought...
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John Knowler
john.knowler
Dec 6, 2009 4:03 pm
Yes Winter Moth John ... From: Michael To: ScottishMoths@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:00 PM Subject: [ScottishMoths] Winter Moth ? Hello, ...
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Neil Money
moneyneil
Dec 8, 2009 9:48 am
Dear Roy and Tony Many thanks for your replies. Tony - I will reply direct - I have records for you. Roy - I am aware of Rosie's article in the Enotomolgist's...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 8, 2009 10:31 am
Dear Neil, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I have a copy of Rosie's article and will photocopy it for you. Â Rosie was obviously a competent observer, so his...
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Tony Davis
pyralid1
Dec 8, 2009 12:03 pm
Hi Neil I am going to the BENHS headquarters on Sunday and they have all copies of the Gazette. If you can let me have a reference for the article you are...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 8, 2009 7:11 pm
Hi Neil, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I have the Rosie list photocopied and ready to post, but need your address. It's not yet on the High Branch website. ...
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Chris
cdnj4444
Dec 9, 2009 3:17 pm
Hi All, I have recently had the results of some 'ear moths' by genetical determination. All are Large Ears and such a disparate bunch, I thought you might like...
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Harry
ringaboyne
Dec 10, 2009 8:56 am
Hi all, while clearing out some of this years moth pics I came across an unidentified moth and caterpillar which I hoped that someone might be able to help...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 10, 2009 10:32 am
Hello Harry, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Yes, Grass Rivulet (abundant at St. Cyrus) and Fox Moth cub. ...
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malcolm
mlclmlndsy
Dec 15, 2009 10:29 am
I've placed in "Malcolm's Moths" a noctuid taken in my garden actinic trap last night. I suspect its Dark Chestnut but, as this would be a new...
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Barry Prater
barryprater...
Dec 15, 2009 10:42 am
Hi Malcolm It looks like a Dark Chestnut to me. I had one here in Eyemouth in September - see ...
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markyoung31
Dec 21, 2009 12:58 pm
Dear Malcolm, I think you might be right but I am not 100% sure. The differences are rather tricky and I have always tried to get a really obvious Dark...
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markyoung31
Dec 21, 2009 1:04 pm
Dear All, First of all, Happy Christmas and more especially very best wishes for 2010, with lots of good moths! I know that I am not a very regular user of...
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malcolm
mlclmlndsy
Dec 21, 2009 2:12 pm
Many thanks, Mark and Barry, for your opinions. I've put a further picture of this moth in my folder (Malcolm's moths) and it shows the outer edge shape...
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John Knowler
john.knowler
Dec 21, 2009 2:35 pm
Hi Malcolm I like Mark was not happy with your first picture. It looked like a Dark Chestnut but because many of the claims from south and central Scotland are...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 21, 2009 3:47 pm
Hi,     I was confident Malcolm's moth was Dark Chestnut from the first picture, by wing shape, colour and markings. Otherwise I'd have said so. ...
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malcolm
mlclmlndsy
Dec 21, 2009 7:11 pm
Thank you everyone. I put the trap out in mid-December mainly to discharge and then recharge a battery which hadn't been used for several weeks. A new...
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Neil
droitwichuk
Dec 21, 2009 8:15 pm
Hi, A friend brought me a Red Pepper the other night - kind of her - but the reason was not culinary (although it nearly did become so). Inside the pepper was...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 21, 2009 11:29 pm
Hi Neil, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Small Mottled Willow is an adventive: inadvertently imported with goods or produce. The location must be where the moth was...
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Nick Littlewood
nicklittlewood
Dec 22, 2009 10:30 am
Hi Neil, I too had a moth brought to me some years ago that friends found inside a pepper and it was the very same Small Mottled Willow. I wonder if iit is...
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Barry Prater
barryprater...
Dec 22, 2009 10:26 pm
This could be a very good survival and spread strategy for the species as the moth would get dispersed to wherever the peppers went. Although most peppers may...
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barryprater@...
barryprater...
Dec 28, 2009 5:27 pm
Does anyone have experience of using the Moonlander moth trap? Is it as good as is claimed? Thanks for any help. Barry...
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Tony Davis
pyralid1
Dec 29, 2009 10:32 am
Hi Barry I've only seen it in operation a couple of times and was very disappointed with what it caught. This question has been asked on ukmoths a few times...
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Mark Cubitt
mgcubitt
Dec 29, 2009 3:29 pm
Hi Barry, The traps appear to have a poor reputation, but some people like them. The trap design is non-standard, but it is good to have some innovation in the...
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ROY LEVERTON
roy589777
Dec 29, 2009 3:41 pm
Hi Everybody,                      I agree there is scope for innovation in trap design and its light source. But I don't think success...
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Mark Cubitt
mgcubitt
Dec 29, 2009 4:53 pm
Hi Roy Yes, I wasn't clear about how the comparison should be made, but agree entirely. Not necessarily more species either but even the same number of...
