A week of mothing in the Highlands this week was very productive and a complete contrast to VC110. On the night of 25th March I trapped near Spean Bridge where...
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andy_kirkham
Apr 1, 2012 9:33 am
Many thanks Tony....
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Thomas Stewart
asstezz
Apr 1, 2012 9:58 am
Hi All  I've added a pic of a pair of what I think are Common Quaker to my Tam's East Kilbride moths folder, it's a first for my garden. Could someone...
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sue.agnew@...
sue.agnew
Apr 1, 2012 4:46 pm
Hi Graham I have early grey records from Assynt, but nothing further north. Would welcome receiving all your records if you are able to submit them to me. I...
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Duncan
dwwd1
Apr 1, 2012 6:58 pm
Hi Tam Yes - both Common Quaker. Duncan...
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Tam
asstezz
Apr 1, 2012 7:14 pm
Hi Duncan Thanks very much for that. Tam...
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Martin
martin.culshaw
Apr 1, 2012 10:41 pm
As well as my first Early Tooth-stripe of the year tonight, I've just had my first Flame Carpet of 2012 at house lights. 1st April seems rather early going by...
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Graham Crittenden
grahamcritte...
Apr 2, 2012 10:02 am
Hi Sue 2009, 2010 and 2011 records were all submitted to you and I know you received the 2009 and 2010 records as you commented on them. I've forwarded them...
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rjg_dawson
Apr 2, 2012 1:15 pm
Oh dear, I guess there is no chance then, of me putting this one down as Eriocrania sangii? Lovely little moths though. ...
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rjg_dawson
Apr 2, 2012 1:23 pm
Hi John, Sounds like a good week! Grey Birch not too unusual in the Stirling-ish area from mid-April but would have thought yours, up there, definitely a...
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Anand Prasad
swanandprasad
Apr 2, 2012 5:23 pm
New book out on 'Conifer' moths, Prasad -- http://treshnishbirdlog.blogspot.co.uk...
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kempjohn89
Apr 2, 2012 7:04 pm
Hi Bob, I trapped a single Early Tooth-striped at Insh on 24th March (image in 'John B Kemp' album) while I had 11 next day at Spean Bridge. Rather scarce and...
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roy589777
Apr 3, 2012 10:35 am
In Banffshire we woke up to 6 inches of snow - the most we've had all winter and the first since late November. It's weather like this that messes moths up in...
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Audrey Turner
audrey2961
Apr 3, 2012 10:45 am
We've had the same in Aviemore this morning, and it's wet and heavy stuff as well. Â A main bough on a 25+ year old tree in my garden has snapped under the...
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John Knowler
john.knowler
Apr 3, 2012 10:53 am
I notice that David Brown's "Early Spring Moths" course started at Kindrogan yesterday afternoon. He must have upset the gods. I have just identified the moths...
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Tony Davis
pyralid1
Apr 3, 2012 12:37 pm
Hi Bob All I'll say is that I won't be telling you to put it down as sangii..... Best wishes Tony ________________________________ From:...
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Michael
michaeldianthus
Apr 3, 2012 3:46 pm
Hello, I have added a picture to my album of a small micro moth I caught in my light trap on the 13 March. The nearest I can get to an id is Agonopterix...
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roy589777
Apr 3, 2012 4:11 pm
Hi Michael, Almost certainly heracliana, except that ciliella can't be ruled out. Roy...
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jwoolly@...
jwoolly...
Apr 3, 2012 7:31 pm
I have uploaded two photos into my JohnW,Peebles folder. I caught the moth on Sunday and at first sight I though that it was a Common Quaker but it was a very...
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roy589777
Apr 3, 2012 7:40 pm
Hi John, Yes, Common Quaker, but with unusually heavy freckling, making it appear dark. Your first impressions were correct, as is often the case. Roy...
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NickL
nicklittlewood
Apr 3, 2012 9:01 pm
Hi Bob, The cocoon is not a Drinker. They are more elongated, paler coloured and tend to be along the side of grass or rush stems (or frequently on fence...
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John Woolliams
jwoolly...
Apr 3, 2012 10:06 pm
Dear Roy Thank you! John ... From: jwoolly@... To: ScottishMoths@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 8:31 PM Subject: [ScottishMoths]...
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barryprater@...
barryprater...
Apr 4, 2012 4:33 pm
Hi James Are you still planning on trying lures for Thrift Clearwing? It would be good to coordinate this with others if possible. Cheers Barry...
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rjg_dawson
Apr 5, 2012 11:12 am
Hi Nick, Many thanks. Emperor seems to be the one. I looked at the UK Leps site and very different to Drinker. Plus, overwintering as larvae kind of kyboshed...
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rjg_dawson
Apr 5, 2012 11:15 am
Thanks Tony, understood! Did I get the Semioscopis avellanella and Diurnea fagella correct though?? More confident about the former than the latter. Bob...
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rjg_dawson
Apr 5, 2012 11:20 am
Hi John, Hopefully the weather a bit more clement by 10th and you get plenty of moths on the Outer Hebrides. Snow clearing rapidly from the hills near Stirling...
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J DAVIS
jo.davis60...
Apr 6, 2012 8:50 am
Prasad,  For some reason your e mail ended up in my spam folder. But with my capture of the first Pine Beauty of the year came this book that I had...
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Jon Clifton
hindolveston
Apr 6, 2012 12:57 pm
Well we had to put a Scottish moth on the cover didn't we Jo ;-) Seriously, there are one or two species that should turn up in Scotland before long,...
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Ronald Mcbeath
ronald.mcbeath
Apr 7, 2012 8:57 am
Hi Folks, I have added three photos at the start of my Lamberton Moth Album of one tiny micro moth caught at lights in mature woodland in Berwickshire. One...
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Neil Gregory
gregory7576c...
Apr 7, 2012 9:12 am
Ron, These are some of the pollen munching eriocrania micros. Neil...
